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Toronto Reference Library
(Elizabeth Beeton Auditorium)
February 12th
7:00 – 8:15 PM
As part of Black History Month and the eh List Author Series, MQUP author and Giller Prize jury member Cecil Foster will be speaking with Donna Bailey Nurse about his life and latest books, Genuine Multiculturalism and Independence (Harper Collins).
Read Cecil’s guest post on our blog: Who owns a country?
About Genuine Multiculturalism:
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.
Arguing that genuine multiculturalism is the search for social justice by individuals who have been trapped by ascribed identities or newcomers who have been shut out of perceived ethnic homelands, Foster details how this process, in essence, is the story of the Americas. Reconceptionalizing the terms of multiculturalism, he offers an intervention into Canada’s claim that its definition and practice are based on recognizing equality of citizenship. Identifying genuine multiculturalism as an ongoing work in progress, rather than a tightly defined policy position, Foster challenges readers to imagine a greater and more harmonious ideal.
A necessary theoretical reconsideration of diversity within society, Genuine Multiculturalism refocuses the debate about ideals and practices in modern societies.
Cecil Foster is a professor in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at the University of Guelph. Along with Genuine Multiculturalism, he has written works such as Independence, and Blackness and Modernity, which was awarded the John Porter Tradition of Excellence Book Prize.
To learn more about Genuine Multiculturalism, click here.
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