Author Archive for: Jaan Pill
Entries by Jaan Pill
Sue (Robinson) Brady has shared with us photos from an MCHS reunion a decade ago in Vancouver
I was very pleased to read a comment from Sue (Robinson) Brady at a post entitled: Cheryl Vince’s favourite teachers at Malcolm Campbell High School included a principal and a vice-principal Click on the photos – from a reunion in Vancouver about a decade ago – to enlarge them; click again to enlarge them further […]
Executive Function and Child Development (2013)
Sometimes I do a good job of getting things done, but sometimes I could do better. For that reason, I’ve been reading about executive function. Executive Function and Child Development (2013) The following text is from p. 8 of Executive Function and Child Development (2013): “In recent years there has been a surge of interest in […]
Japanese knotweed in Colonel Sam Smith Park and Marie Curtis Park
I’ve been following some recent email discussions about Japanese knotweed in Colonel Sam Smith Park and Marie Curtis Park. A number of such patches are evident in Colonel Sam Smith Park, according to one email, which adds: “Getting rid of knotweed is a complicated business that requires expertise. By the way, it is a big problem all along […]
Nicholas Winton Is Dead at 106; Saved Children from the Holocaust – July 1, 201t New York Times
A July 1, 2015 New York Times article is entitled: “Nicholas Winton Is Dead at 106; Saved Children from the Holocaust.” An excerpt reads: Nearly all the saved children were orphans by war’s end, their parents killed at Auschwitz, Bergen-Belsen or Theresienstadt. After the war, many remained in Britain, but others returned to Czechoslovakia or […]
It’s been 11 years since I took an MBSR course in Toronto
I’ve recently had the occasion to write a few words about mindfulness meditation. In this post I will add a few words. I attended an eight-week Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) course at the Meditation for Health medical clinic in Toronto in 2004. It took me over a decade of daily meditation, between 20 and 40 minutes […]
Steven Lesser has shared a great comment regarding MCHS dress codes (and a second great comment about a favourite song)
Update We have a great discussion (please see comments below, and the photo – which you can enlarge if you click on it – at the very top of the page you are now reading) about the Banning of the Twist at MCHS in the early 1960s. The yearbook photo at the top of this […]
Background document (June 22, 2015) from David Godley regarding: Character of Long Branch
For an important update, related to the following background document from David Godley, please refer to a recent post entitled: Update regarding Character of Long Branch: Message from Ward 6 Councillor Mark Grimes Following text is from David Godley: New Houses in Long Branch: Severances & Variances – Draft Issues David Godley 416 255 […]