Informed Choices: How to avoid Greenwashing – Competition Bureau of Canada
The graphic is from a June 4, 2017 tweet from the Competition Bureau of Canada @CompBureau The tweet reads: Tomorrow is #WorldEnvironmentDay. We celebrate by providing you with tips to avoid #GreenWashing. #Canada150 [End] Click here for posts about scams and scanning >
The Finland Phenomenon (2011): DVD about Finland’s educational system
I’ve been reading about Finnish education. Finland does really well in international standardized testing. Some people say standardized testing is of relevance only to some extent, but that’s another story. Anyway, a key thing about Finnish education is that the selection of teachers is highly rigorous. Teacher-training candidates need to have high marks but only […]
June 10, 2017 (with a rain date of June 11) is revised date for Lakeshore Psychiatric Hospital Cemetery visit
The following message is from Ed Janiszewski: Due to the severe rains which saturated the grounds and formed ponds at the Lakeshore Cemetery, the May visit was cancelled. Another opportunity will be Saturday June 11 with a rain date Sunday June 12 at 2:00pm Please note the phone number on the attached flyer to confirm a […]
Retail Developments in Alderwood & Long Branch
The following June 2, 2017 message is from a neighbour: Farm Boy is opening this Fall in Alderwood. ETOBICOKE COMMUNITY HOME TO NEW FARM BOY™ STORE Shoppers Drug Mart is moving from the Lakeshore & 30th Street Location to the No Frills/LCBO/Dollarama Plaza. Confirmed last night with a staff member in cosmetics. Valerie [End] Update […]
February 2017 draft of Long Branch (Toronto) Urban Design Guidelines document available online
As you may know, the Preserved Stories website has a good number of posts devoted to the most recent draft – published in February 2017 – of the Long Branch Urban Design Guidelines project. The latter project involves input from a broad range of people, expressing a wide range of viewpoints, developed in an environment where […]
Not a good day, some days ago: Graeme Decarie, who taught history at Concordia University for many years, shares thoughts about mass murders
I’m just catching up with posting of a message from Graeme Decarie. Graeme Decarie was a history teacher at Malcolm Campbell High School in Montreal. I didn’t have a history class with him but he was an advisor to the student council, of which I was a member. In the fall of 1963 (if I […]
Humber College Lakeshore Aboriginal Movie Café – Two Spirit (Pride Month Special) – June 15, 2017 at 1:30-3:30 pm
Click here for previous posts about the Aboriginal Movie Cafe > The following details are from the Humber College (Lakeshore Campus) Aboriginal Resource Centre: This month’s Aboriginal Movie Café will feature the film Two Spirits. The film is on June 15, 2017 at 1:30 – 3:30 pm. The screening will take place on the second floor […]