Chapter 3: My family fled as refugees

Click here to access BBC Estonia country profile > Chapter 3 of my Autobiography Story is concerned with my family’s refuge story – which as it turns out, is a story about how I ended up in Canada and among other things helps to explain my interest in military history. A couple of previous posts […]

Chapter 2: Learning fluency as a second language

In recent years, I’ve spoken to several hundred elementary school students, in schools served by the Peel District School Board and the Toronto District School Board, about the topic of stuttering. So I can picture that one of my autobiography stories will be a blending of those stories – a large number of which I […]

We seek contact details for L. Rhind (front row) who is in this 1961-62 MCHS photo

We have a message from Lynne H. on Facebook (Malcolm Campbell High School page): “Would be interested in finding L. Rhind. (Front row) My grandmother was a Rhind and I went to MCHS….#ancestry. Thanks” Anybody who can help with this quest, please contact me through this website.  

The 2016 festival is over, but there’s always more Jane’s Walk!

Here are three ways to keep walking until next May >  

Local urban planning “Fair Process” overview has been prepared by David Godley of Long Branch

The following text is from the following document prepared by David Godley: fairprocess A Fair Process for Severance and Variance Applications Restoring the balance between competing interests * Recommendations 1)That the Planning Department plan education sessions with the Committee of Adjustment members, focussing on due process, equality of participants, role in implementing City policies, and […]

Conserving Long Branch – David Godley June 2016 Update Addendum

A previous post, based on my experiences as a Long Branch resident, is entitled: How to prepare a 5-minute presentation to the Committee of Adjustment Another previous post is entitled: The question of lawn signs and the Long Branch Neighbourhood Association (LBNA), which is currently being formed  Click here to access previous posts featuring input from […]

Chapter 1: Cartierville School in Montreal

In a previous post, I’ve discussed Graeme Decarie’s recommendation that Malcolm Campbell High School grads start working on their Autobiography Stories. A short version of a part of my story appears in a post entitled: MCHS bio for Jaan Pill, class of ’63  Below is a draft of another part of the autobiography story that I’ve […]

Chapter 1: Dick and Jane

Graeme Decarie’s impressive and evocative MCHS Bio is outlined at a previous post: MCHS Bio for Graeme Decarie, who taught for three years at Malcolm Campbell High School  Click here for previous posts about Graeme Decarie > Graeme’s suggestion, that MCHS grads get to work on their stories, has prompted me to begin  to work […]

Suspicious person reportedly asking student to go to a car near Seventh Street Junior School

I have been informed of an incident near Seventh Street Junior School in southern Etobicoke on June 20, 2016. It was reported that a suspicious person – described as an older white male driving a dark grey, two-door car – appeared to be following a male student as he made his way to school on the […]

In Search of the Third Man (2000), a study by Charles Drazin, examines the making of The Third Man (1949), based on Graham Greene’s novel