Government & Community Services Fair – Saturday, Feb. 11, 2017 11:00 am – 3:00 pm at Cloverdale Mall

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Toronto’s 1950s emergency housing: An informative, comprehensive overview by Kevin Brushett (2007)

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First meeting of Toronto Local Appeal Body – Feb. 10, 2017 in Scarborough

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Lakeshore Planning Council has passed along the following message: The first meeting of the TORONTO LOCAL APPEAL BODY Agenda – Orientation on the Operations of the LAB NOTICE OF MEETINGS – TORONTO LOCAL APPEAL BODY Toronto Local Appeal Body meeting has been called for: Friday, February 10th, 2017 commencing at 9:00 am in Committee Room […]

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Through A Lens, Brightly – Ecology (of Col. Samuel Smith Park) photo exhibit – Humber College Lakeshore Campus, until April 29 2017

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I was very impressed with the recent Grand Openings of three new buildings at Humber College: Humber College Lakeshore Campus Grand Openings took place on Jan. 26, 2017 Humber College is featuring two exhibits. I’ve discussed the first exhibit at a post entitled: Behind the Bricks: Recovering the Stories (oral histories) of the Lakeshore Psychiatric […]

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Behind the Bricks: Recovering the Stories (oral histories) of the Lakeshore Psychiatric Hospital – Humber College until May 31, 2017

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I was very impressed with the Grand Openings of three new buildings at Humber College: Humber College Lakeshore Campus Grand Openings took place on Jan. 26, 2017 Click here for a quick overview and short video about the new buildings > The Lakeshore Grounds Interpretive Centre at Humber College is now open to the community […]

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Why and how are Finno-Ugric people disappearing?

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A Jan. 30, 2017 Estonian World article is entitled: “One-minute lecture: Why is the number of Finno-Ugric peoples decreasing?” The article includes a link to the lecture. The opening paragraphs read: According to the census, there are 9,614 “other” Finno-Ugric people living in Estonia: Erzyas, Mokshas, Udmurts, Komis, Karelians, Maris, Hungarians, Finns, Ingrians and many others. […]

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Narcoland (2013) describes a disastrous “war on drugs” that has led to more than 80,000 deaths in Mexico since its inception in 2006

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Over the years, I’ve written several posts about the War on Drugs. One post, by way of example, is entitled: The Drug Wars in America, 1940-1973 (Kathleen J. Frydl, 2013) A key point in the above-noted study is that national drug laws have to do with power. It has to do with the assertion, enactment, and […]

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Life at the Long Branch Army Camp, long, long ago! – Garry Burke shares additional comments

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Ted Long shares photos from the Long Branch army camp in the 1950s; with comments from Ted Long & Garry Burke

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A decent breakdown of all things real and fake news (Album on Imgur)

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We owe thanks to Donna Magee of Toronto for sharing (on Facebook) this image, which is from an Album on Imgur. A Jan. 27, 2017 nymag.com article is entitled: “This Is a Great Psychological Framework for Understanding How Fake News Spreads.” A March 29, 2017 Pew Research Center article is entitled: The Future of Free […]

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