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I now buy Doi Chaang coffee at FreshCo and brew it at home
/0 Comments/in MCHS Stories, Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillI continue to be much interested in Fair Trade coffee as brand and back story. As you will note from the link in the previous sentence, a most interesting back story is associated with the Fair Trade concept. I was pleased to recently receive a link, by email from a Malcolm Campbell High School contact, to […]
Stage magic and Fair Trade coffee
/2 Comments/in Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillBy way of an introduction: 1) Truthiness refers to sense making in the absence of evidence. 2) What does the work of stage magicians tell us about how the mind works? The link to a May 3, 2008 Boston Globe article about this topic can be accessed at the previous sentence. The article notes that […]
Fair trade coffee: Backpacking trip to Nicaragua changes course of entrepreneur’s life (Nov. 14, 2013 Globe and Mail)
/1 Comment/in Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillThe story, which you can access here, introduces Tracey Clark, managing director of Bridgehead Coffee, a small fair trade coffeehouse chain which now has fifteen outlets in Ottawa. Here is the opening Q & A in the article: 1. Let’s start with the basics. Can you briefly describe your business, including when it was founded, […]
March 29, 2013 Globe and Mail article notes Long Branch has until now been slow in becoming gentrified
/0 Comments/in Long Branch, Newsletter/by Jaan PillA real estate article by Carolyn Ireland published in the March 29, 2013 print edition of The Globe and Mail, and appearing a day earlier on The Globe’s website, is entitled “How to find the home you never thought you wanted.” [To access the article, click on the link in the previous sentence.] A sidebar […]
Christina Myers, age 87, asks: Were the Wartime Housing residences in Ville St. Laurent (Quebec) ready to move in, in 1942?
/1 Comment/in Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillWe have in recent years had some great discussions (and photo-sharing) about emergency postwar housing in Canada at a number of posts, including at one entitled: Ville St-Laurent, Quebec: Wartime housing and architectural change, 1942-92: Article by Annmarie Adams & Pieter Sijpkes (1994) I am pleased to share with you the following message from Christina Myers, […]
“Jus’ thinkin'” post from Graeme Decarie, who taught at Malcolm Campbell High School in the early 1960s
/3 Comments/in Jane's Walk, MCHS Stories, Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillClick here for previous posts from or about Graeme Decarie > I am pleased to share with you the following post from Graeme Decarie: * * * * * * * * * * Jus’ thinkin’ My thoughts went back to the days when we and the world were young. I just caught a glimpse […]