Entries by Jaan Pill

David Hulchanski’s “Three Cities Within Toronto” map closely matches the Oct. 27, 2014 ward by ward mayoral election results

David Hulchanski’s “Three Cities” map can be accessed here. An Oct. 27, 2014 CBC article that features a ward by ward map of the Oct. 27, 2014 mayoral electoral results can be accessed here. Updates, including Oct. 29, 2014 article by David Hulchanski An Oct. 29, 2014 Spacing article by David Hulchanski is entitled: “Toronto’s […]

The research defies what we’ve been told: How We Learn (2014) and The Handbook of Language Socialization (2014)

I’ve recently had the opportunity to encounter many resources that address how we absorb information. Among the resources is a book entitled How We Learn: The Surprising Truth about When, Where, and Why It Happens (2014). A blurb at the Toronto Public Library website notes: Thinking, Fast and Slow (2011) “In the tradition of The […]

History of Turkey, Armenia, and the Kurdish people

By way of background about Turkey, an Oct. 21, 2014 CBC article is entitled: “ISIS fight: Outside help for Kurds in Kobani could mark turning point: Turkey to let Kurdish peshmerga fighters from Iraq cross into Syria as U.S. air-drops supplies.” An Oct. 26, 2014 Reuters article is entitled: “Syrian Kurds repulse Islamic State attack […]