Charles Sousa reports a great day canvassing with Peter Milczyn
Charles Sousa: @PeterMilczyn volunteer team is well organized & energized. Thank you Peter for adding a positive voice to #onpoli
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Peter Milczyn – Etobicoke-Lakeshore Campaign Kick-Off BBQ!
I much enjoyed the Etobicoke-Lakeshore Campaign Kick-Off BBQ at Peter Milczyn’s Campaign Headquarters. You can access Peter Milczyn’s campaign website here. You can request a lawn sign here. Alternatively, you can request a lawn sign by calling 647-748-8683. I’m serving as a volunteer in Peter Milczyn’s by-election campaign. My support is in continuation of my support for […]
News update from Councillor Grimes’ Office – July 5, 2013
PDF of newsletter is available here: July 5, 2013 Following message is from Councillor Grimes’ Office: Feeling Congested – Transportation and Congestion Study Starts Phase 2 Phase 2: Making Sound Decisions www.feelingcongested.ca In early June, the City of Toronto officially kicked off Phase 2 of the “Feeling Congested” transportation public consultation campaign, which focuses […]
The Standards and Guidelines for the Conservation of Historic Places in Canada
The document can be accessed at a website which outlines its key features. The website notes that The Standards and Guidelines for the Conservation of Historic Places in Canada is the first-ever pan-Canadian benchmark for heritage conservation practice in this country. It offers results-oriented guidance for sound decision-making when planning for, intervening on and using historic […]
You can request a lawn sign for Peter Milczyn’s campaign by calling 647-748-8683
Because Laurel Broten, among her many other contributions to the well being of our communities, played a key role in keeping Parkview School in public hands, as explained at this website, I served as a volunteer in her previous campaign and am serving as a volunteer in Peter Milczyn’s campaign. I’ve also discussed Laurel Broten’s […]
Fife and Drum newsletter from Friends of Fort York – June 2013
I much enjoy reading news from or about Fort York. Below is a link to the June 2013 Fife and Drum newsletter, published by Friends of Fort York: fife-and-drum-june-2013 The lead article features Laura Secord. I much enjoyed a heritage walk some time ago, organized in association with Fort York, where participants traced the path […]
Table 2 from Hackworth and Gullikson (2013) describes three Toronto church conversion categories
A previous post is devoted to Table 1 from a paper by Hackworth and Gullikson (2013) about church conversions in Toronto. Table 2 from the paper (see below) presents 33 church conversions in terms of three categories. A fourth category involves no change. That is, the site of a church remains religious in form and […]
Thirty three church conversions in Toronto – Table 1 from Hackworth and Gullikson (2013)
Update A June 4, 2018 CBC article is entitled: “This pastor closed his church: Graham Singh is saving a Montreal church by first closing the doors, then opening them wider than ever.” [End] In a previous post, I have summarized a paper by Hackworth and Gullikson (2013) regarding church conversions in Toronto. Below is […]
What is worth preserving?
What is worth preserving? Our attitudes toward ruins and historically significant buildings and cultural landscapes have a relationship to a wider conversation about what matters. After the Second World War, destruction of heritage properties and landscapes was the norm in much of the world, a practice which in some cases continues today. Jane Jacobs among […]