Author Archive for: Jaan Pill
Entries by Jaan Pill
Stuttering – A Listener’s Guide: The video has now been viewed over 800 times at Vimeo.com
Some years ago, I put together a video that has now been viewed online over 800 times. Editing of such videos is time consuming and requires expertise, but can result in great online materials. The video that I put together, based on a presentation at an event in North York some years ago, […]
Hidden Hydrology: Exploring lost rivers, buried creeks & disappeared streams
Interesting website: Hidden Hydrology: Exploring lost rivers, buried creeks & disappeared streams. Connecting historic ecology + the modern metropolis On Twitter it’s at @hiddenhydrology (joined September 2016). Well worth following. Click here for previous posts about lost rivers >
Seeking information: Wartime and postwar housing at Small Arms Ltd. in Lakeview and elsewhere
Please note that subsequent posts include: Where will the people go: Toronto’s Emergency Housing Program and the Limits of Canadian Social Housing Policy, 1944-1957 Ted Long shares photos from the Long Branch army camp in the 1950s; with comments from Ted Long & Garry Burke Life at the Long Branch Army Camp, long, long ago! […]
How do I reach an audience?
A previous post is entitled: What makes a good story? The following links address a related question, namely: How do you reach an audience? Harvard Business Review counsels readers on how to get attention A Jan. 6, 2017 Harvard Business Review article is entitled: “What You Need to Stand Out in a Noisy World.” The […]
Great interview regarding Human Scale Development with Councillor Jim Tovey at NewsTalk 1010 on Jan. 7, 2017
You can access the interview at 43.15 on the streaming Jan. 7, 2017 clip at the following link: Simply Real Estate with Todd C. Slater Click here for previous posts about Mississauga Ward 1 Councillor Jim Tovey > Jim Tovey has on Jan. 8, 2017 retweeted a Dec. 26, 2016 CBC article entitled: “Want to […]
Conserving Long Branch – January 2017 Update from David Godley
Update: We’ve had a question regarding what the De Gasperis decision, which David has referred to from time to time, means. David writes: “De Gasperis is the Divisional Court decision which says minor means small in size and small in impact. You can google it and get the Aird Bayliss summary. “Minor has been used as 10% rule […]
Early in 2017, the Local Appeal Body for Toronto will replace the function of the OMB to hear Toronto-based appeals of COA decisions
Click here to access City of Toronto webpage about the Toronto Local Appeal Body > “Early in 2017,” the page notes, “the Local Appeal Body for Toronto will replace the function of the Ontario Municipal Board (OMB) to hear Toronto-based appeals of Committee of Adjustment decisions about minor variance and consent applications. The Ontario Municipal […]
Sugar is the scourge, not fat, according to several, converging lines of evidence
An April 7, 2016 Guardian article is entitled: “The sugar conspiracy.” “In 1972,” the article notes, “a British scientist sounded the alarm that sugar – and not fat – was the greatest danger to our health. But his findings were ridiculed and his reputation ruined. How did the world’s top nutrition scientists get it so […]