Identity area
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Title
Date(s)
- [1988]-[2009] (Creation)
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Extent and medium
1.3 m of textual and other records including:
42 audiotape cassettes
3 DVD
3 CD-Rs
11 CDs
212 slides
1 VHS
203 photoprints
339 photonegatives
4 contact sheets
3 postcards
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Kathleen Joyce Foreman was born June 6th 1958. She received her Bachelor of Fine Arts (Drama) from the University of Calgary in 1981 and her Teacher Certification in 1986. Foreman completed her graduate degree at the University of Victoria between 1986-1988.
Foreman was a professor in the Department of Drama for 25 years, specializing in actor training, improvisation, mask creation and theatre for young audiences. She was involved with the Canada-Asia Partnership and the Philippines Educational Theatre Association in the early 90s developing a course using theater techniques for community development. Foreman was a founding member of Loose Moose Theatre and masQuirx, a supporter and producer of Wagon Stage Children’s Theatre, and also active with the Calgary Internatonal Chidren’s Festival.
Foreman was recognized for both her teaching and service with a Student Union Teaching Excellence Award (2000), a nomination for the UofC Women’s Resource Centre Wisdom, Resilience and Compassion Award (2007) and the Duval Lang Theatre for Young Audiences Award (2012).
Foreman died in Calgary September 2nd 2013.
Repository
Archival history
Kathleen Foreman was a member of the Department of Drama and a close colleague of Clem Martini. Foreman died in 2013, leaving her records in her departmental office, which Martini took custody of. In 2016 Martini sought and was granted permission from Foreman's husband to donate her records to the University Archives.
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Clem Martini, Department of Drama
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Fonds consists of records that document Foreman's education and training, her scholarly activities including the planning of an edited volume on "Feminists, Theatres, Social Change," and drafts and final versions of articles, conference papers and scripts, teaching activities, and involvement with an Orientation Week play addressing issues such as sexuality, racism, homophobia, alcohol, body image and sexual harassment.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
No accruals are expected.
System of arrangement
The fonds is arranged into six series:
- SEXXXY
- Education
- Scholarly activities
- Millennium project
- Canada-Asia partnership
- Audio-visual and electronic records.
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Allied materials area
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Related units of description
See also the Clem Martini fonds. Martini and Foreman collaborated on the book "Something Like a Drug," a history of Theatresports.
Notes area
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Place access points
Name access points
- Foreman, Kathleen Joyce (Subject)