1Reading series of plays-in-translation features some of the best of Ukraine’s theatre, created since the beginning of the full-scale Russian invasion – Stratford Festival, Sept. 23-24, 2023September 29, 2023/1 Comment/in Commentary, Language usage, Newsletter/by Jaan Pill
2Stepping Out of the Shadow: Ukraine Known on Its Own Terms – Meighen Forum at Stratford Festival, Sept. 23, 2023September 23, 2023/0 Comments/in Commentary, Newsletter/by Jaan Pill
3In an interview with DW, Mark Galeotti explains why the West did not believe Russia would invade Ukraine and how he sees the war playing out in 2023December 26, 2022/0 Comments/in Newsletter/by Jaan Pill
4Fiona Hill, former top adviser on Russia who resigned shortly before Ukraine call, has written first-rate book about Putin’s formative experiences, worldview, and rise to powerOctober 14, 2019/0 Comments/in Commentary, Newsletter/by Jaan Pill
5David Godley’s travel report from UkraineJune 6, 2019/0 Comments/in Long Branch, Newsletter/by Jaan Pill
6In the 1960s, students from Ahuntsic School visited The Montreal Star and The Gazette; The Montreal Star folded in 1979; other newspapers across North America have folded more recentlySeptember 18, 2023/1 Comment/in Commentary, MCHS Stories, Newsletter/by Jaan Pill
7‘Looking back on the war through some writings: 2022 in retrospect’: Phillips P. O’Brien (from a newsletter I subscribe to)December 31, 2022/0 Comments/in Newsletter/by Jaan Pill
8Haberman (2022), Galeotti (2022), and O’Kane (2022) among others are exemplars of the gangster genre of literary nonfictionDecember 11, 2022/3 Comments/in Language usage, Newsletter/by Jaan Pill
9Three authors with an in-depth, well-documented, balanced view of things: Haberman (2022); Galeotti (2022); O’Kane (2022)December 6, 2022/3 Comments/in Newsletter/by Jaan Pill
10If a person has no use for vaccinations they probably have no use for sanctions on Russia: March 19, 2022 Toronto Star article highlights polling dataMarch 19, 2022/0 Comments/in Commentary, Newsletter/by Jaan Pill