Archive for month: September, 2017
Reggio Emilia approach has been of interest to early childhood centres and schools worldwide, especially in last thirty years (Alison Wells, University of Manitoba)
/0 Comments/in Commentary, Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillLakeshore Grounds Interpretive Centre presenting Mental Health Series Film Premiere, Wed., Oct. 4, 2017
/0 Comments/in Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillI am pleased to share with you the following message from Jem Cain – Jem.Cain@humber.ca – at the Humber College Institute of Technology & Advanced Learning: Hi Folks, Please share this information with anyone who might be interested: The Lakeshore Grounds Interpretive Centre is having a Mental Health Series Film Premiere on Wednesday, October 4. […]
Conserving Long Branch September 2017 Part 1 (David sent this out on Sept. 9, 2017; I am slow in posting it)
/0 Comments/in Commentary, Committee of Adjustment, Toronto Local Appeal Body, Local Planning Appeals Tribunal, Long Branch, Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillThe text from David Godley will follow my preamble to this post; if you want to skip the preamble, just go forward to the heading entitled: “Conserving Long Branch September 2017 Part 1.” Preamble from Jaan Pill I have changed “Toronto Local Appeal Board,” in David Godley’s text, to “Toronto Local Appeal Body,” as the […]
Artist and activist Ai Weiwei traveled to 23 countries to chronicle the global refugee crisis in the documentary, Human Flow
/0 Comments/in Language usage, Newsletter/by Jaan PillA CBC Radio Twitter message dated Sept. 28, 2017 features the following message: Ai Weiwei on his new documentary, Human Flow: Artist and activist Ai Weiwei traveled to 23 countries to chronicle the global refugee crisis in the documentary, Human Flow. It’s not an easy film to watch but he says it’s meant to feel alarming […]
Upcoming events: Lakeshore Hospital Grounds (e.g. Tunnel Tours; pre-registration is required)
/0 Comments/in Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillClick here to access the list of events >
Story of M: Updates to Mississauga-based storytelling, story making project
/0 Comments/in Commentary, Mississauga, Newsletter/by Jaan PillThree articles of interest, with regard to story management of the Rohingya crisis
/0 Comments/in Newsletter/by Jaan PillI have discussed Myanmar and related topics at a page entitled: Mindfulness meditation. A more recent post is entitled: Ongoing Rohingya crisis: Updates. The following two articles are of interest for me, because they explore a topic of particular interest to me, namely the connection between story and frame. A related topic concerns story management, […]
Joyce Moore of North Toronto has added a comment regarding “the same destruction of neighbourhoods by developers”
/0 Comments/in Commentary, Committee of Adjustment, Toronto Local Appeal Body, Local Planning Appeals Tribunal, Language usage, Long Branch, Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillA recent post is entitled: May 2017 Update from David Godley: Committee of Adjustment & related topics At that post, Joyce Moore of North Toronto has added the following comment: I have read many of the letters on your website and I believe that the same destruction of neighbourhoods by developers who are interested in […]
Check out the Lakeshore Connecting Communities upcoming meetings in Mississauga on Sept. 26 and 27, 2017
/0 Comments/in Commentary, Long Branch, Mississauga, Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillYou can access details at Lakeshore Connecting Communities. Previous posts about Mississauga Click here to access previous posts about Mississauga > Commentary My anecdotal evidence suggests to me that civic engagement in Mississauga is qualitatively different from civic engagement in Toronto. At the risk of generalizing (by which I mean there may be exceptions), civic […]