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Collected Item: “Lee Foster Oral History, 2020/08/04”

Title

Lee Foster Oral History

Who conducted the interview? List all names, separated by comma.

Hope Gresser

Who was interviewed? List all names, separated by commas.

Lee Foster

Email Address(es) for all interviewers. Separated by comma.

hgresser@uwo.ca

If this oral history is related to research conducted in association with an institution (e.g. a museum, university, library), please include the name of the institution. If you are a faculty member or student conducting research, please provide the name of your school.

University of Western Ontario

Use one-word hashtags (separated by commas) to describe your oral history. For example: Where did it originate? How does this object make you feel? How does this object relate to the pandemic?

Winnipeg, Manitoba, Western Canada, teacher, K-12, education, shop teacher, parent, children, nurse, essential worker, health care, family, gratitude, acceptance

What is the format of your recording?

Audio

In what ZIP code is the primary residence of the interviewee? (enter 5-digit ZIP code; for example, 00544 or 94305)? In what city/town/village does the interviewee live? In what country does the interviewee live? All comma-separated.

Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

What is the gender of the interviewee? Be sure to allow interviewees to self-identify their gender in the pre-interview or interview. *Do not assign a gender identity to interviewees.*

Male

What is the age of the interviewee?

25 to 34

How does the interviewee describe their race or ethnicity? Be sure to allow interviewees to self-identify their race/ethnicity in the pre-interview or interview. *Do not assign a racial or ethnic identity to interviewees.*

Irish

Describe the oral history.

Oral History in which Lee Foster discusses how one teaches shop (Industrial Arts) through online learning, what it is like teaching your students at the same time as your own children, and having a spouse working in a hospital during the pandemic. He also discusses the changes, or lack thereof, in family dynamics during a pandemic all with his easy-going positivity and sense of gratitude for his situation.

On what date did you record this oral history?

2020-08-04
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