Monthly Archives: September 2013

Dr. Foster divides his time between research, writing, and teaching, and he is a professor of sociology at the University of Guelph. For this month’s featured Oral History, he joins Paul Watkins, PhD student in English Literature, ICASP Graduate Fellow, and Toronto-based sound poet, for an informal public interview (during the 2011 Guelph Jazz Festival Colloquium) about jazz, improvisation, the writing process, and multiculturalism.

Cecil Foster in conversation with Paul Watkins

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http://www.improvcommunity.ca/content/cecil-foster

Whose values: mine, yours or ours?

Whose values: mine, yours or ours?
It is said values make societies. They are the cement that binds people together. And at the same time these values are produced by society, for it is society that instills values in us. It is the society that teaches us what is valuable about values. Values are very much in vogue in the societies I...
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McGill-Queen’s University Press

McGill-Queen’s University Press

A provocative look at why multiculturalism could only have originated in the Americas.
While many modern societies are noted for their diversity, the resulting challenge is to determine how citizens from different backgrounds and cultures can see themselves and each other as equals, and be treated equally. In Genuine Multiculturalism, Cecil Foster shows that a society's failure to bridge these differences is the tragedy of modern living and that pretending it is possible to mechanically develop fraternity and solidarity among diverse groups is akin to seeking out comedy.

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