D. Paul Schafer

Will This Be Canada's Century?

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

In this thought-provoking book, D. Paul Schafer makes the case that Canada possesses the potential to play a crucial role in the world. After taking stock of the country’s history, geography, and two of its greatest assets–creativity and diversity–he sets his sights on the rapidly-changing global and Canadian landscape. Schafer contends that by applying a cultural and chronological approach to Canadian development and focusing attention on the public sector and the responsibilities of governments and especially the federal government, it will be possible to achieve sustainable development, improve the well-being of Canadians and people in other parts of the world, and realize Wilfrid Laurier’s famous prediction that a century will "belong to Canada"—albeit the twenty-first century rather than the twentieth. Schafer ends the book with a rallying cry for all Canadians—"It’s time to lead!"

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rock's Mills Press
• Seitenzahl: 184
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. Oktober 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 10mm
• Gewicht: 276g
• ISBN-13: 9781772440881
• ISBN-10: 1772440884
• Artikelnr.: 49343675

Autorenporträt

D. Paul Schafer has worked in the cultural field for more than fifty years as an author, advisor, educator, and administrator. He was assistant director of the Ontario Arts Council from 1967 to 1970, taught arts administration and cultural policy at York University and the University of Toronto, has undertaken many projects for UNESCO, and is founder and director of the World Culture Project. He has written many books on culture, including Culture: Beacon of the Future, Revolution or Renaissance: Making the Transition from an Economic Age to a Cultural Age, The Age of Culture, The Arts: Gateway to a Fulfilling Life and Cultural Age, and, more recently, The World as Culture: Cultivation of the Soul to the Cosmic Whole. He lives in Markham, Ontario, Canada.