I have a strong interest in the work of Karl Polanyi. What he says makes sense to me. A blurb for Reconstructing Karl Polanyi : Excavation and Critique (2016) reads: Karl Polanyi was one of the most influential political economists of the twentieth century and is widely regarded as the most gifted of social democratic theorists. In […]
In a page at my website dealing with mindfulness meditation, I’ve discussed the uses and abuses of compassion. I’ve also discussed a range of viewpoints regarding empathy. A July 12, 2012 Wired article is entitled: “Compassion over empathy could help prevent emotional burnout.” A June 3, 2013 Harvard University Press article is entitled: Is Empathy […]
Reminder Please find attached a flyer [see above] with regard to my 3rd Annual March Break Free Family Skate, which will take place on Wednesday, March 15, 2017 from 2 – 4 pm at the MasterCard Centre for Hockey Excellence, 400 Kipling Avenue. Residents and stakeholders are invited to bring your skates and join me […]
The following text is from David Godley [I have added some notes in square brackets] * 1) Status of applications Severance Applications for 9 February Committee of Adjustment 75 41st Street, (2) 2 storey buildings, one existing and one proposed from density 0.35 to 0.63. Two storeys is a better fit for the street than […]
The DeGasperis Case, related to a July 2005 finding of the Divisional Court, concerns what I have come to view as a remarkable parallel universe or alternative reality. The alternate reality that I refer to – in which Up is Down, In is Out, and Minor is Major – concerns what takes place at the City of […]
A March 10, 2017 CBC article is entitled: “No Vacancy: Scarborough art exhibition takes look at Kingston Road motel strip: The exhibition features interviews with people who had personal experiences on the strip.” I look forward to attending this event, which I first learned about through listening to a CBC Metro Morning interview on March […]
I am very pleased that at a previous post about Morison School in Montreal, which I attended in the 1950s, we now have forty comments. I am pleased about the forty comments because I see such tremendous value in the sharing of a wide range of viewpoints and reminiscences at the Preserved Stories website. In […]
In the next while, I will be posting some Long Branch Updates from David Godley; in the meantime, below is a message that he has shared by way of a recent email: March 8, 2017 message from Susan Garossino Hello Mr. Godley, Duxbury Law is retained to provide legal services to the Toronto Local Appeal Body […]
As a rule, I make it a practice to avoid posting my own input with regard to ongoing public consultations such as the Long Branch Guidelines Draft. Instead, I just send in my comments and then I forget about it. My reasoning is that my own views are neither here nor there, in the wider […]
Works by Jennifer Churchill at the Assembly Hall to April 12, 2017. This is a great exhibition of paintings by Jennifer Churchill, a Long Branch artist. Jennifer’s paintings have a sense of exuberance, along with gestural qualities, that I much enjoy. The exhibit at the Assembly Hall underlines for me that art is very much […]