Joe Foster was educated at private schools in Scotland and Lower Canada College in Montreal, Quebec

    1926-1927-- -He worked for a year in London England at Samuel Courtauld Textile Company learning the ropes.

    1928-1942---During this time he held various positions with Courtaulds Canada Ltd from Sales up to Office Manager to Advertising and Sales                        promotion manager.

    1942-1944---Flight Lieutenant, Public Relations R.C.A.F. at headquarters in Ottawa.

    1944-1956---Senior Account Executive at Cockfield Brown and Company in Montreal, including two years in the Vancouver office.

    1956-1964---Senior Account Executive at Foster Advertising (no   relation), this included setting up and managing the Ottawa office where he                        handled many Government accounts.

    1964-1967---Working for the Public Relations Council and being a   Eastern Ontario and Montreal representative of Ganes Productions of                        Toronto, Ontario and then setting up his own company which he ran until he retired in 1970.

    To see a copy of the Outdoor column he wrote for many syndicated newspapers in Eastern Ontario and Quebec, follow this link.

    To see a clipping from a Newspaper regarding this upcoming featue of the paper, follow this link.

    To see a copy of a memorial about Joe Foster and carried in the Newspapers by a good friend Wally Walford, follow this link.