Munk School of Global Affairs – News & Events
Some time back, I learned from a local resident about presentations at the Munk School of Global Affairs at the University of Toronto. These are talks that are well worth knowing about, and attending. The most recent announcement of News & Events from the Munk School of Global Affairs can be accessed here.
Graeme Decarie recalls the lines from Splendor in the Grass
Jaan Pill: Scott Munro (MCHS ’63) has mentioned to me: “By the way, Mr. Decarie was advisor to the Film Society in 1962-63 at Malcolm Campbell High School.” Do you recollect anything about the Film Society? I recall there had been controversy about whether or not “Splendor in the Grass” was a worthwhile film to screen. […]
Beware of energy scammers going door to door; they are still going door to door
The energy scammers continue to go door to door. Please refer, in this context, to my earlier post, one of the most frequently viewed posts at this website: Beware of energy scammers going door to door I haven’t (because I’m short of time) put all of my posts that deal with this topic into the […]
Etobicoke-Lakeshore MPP Peter Milczyn’s planning reform bill passes second reading – Nov. 26, 2014 Etobicoke Guardian
You can access the article here. Opening paragraphs read: “Etobicoke-Lakeshore MPP Peter Milczyn’s ‘bold and far-reaching’ private member’s bill to amend the Planning Act and the City of Toronto Act passed second reading in the Ontario legislature last week. “Milczyn’s Bill 39, the Planning Statute Law Amendment Act, would ensure local municipalities have the final […]
Why do we have nation states today?
Q: Why do we have nation states today? A: To suppress the extremely violent confessional civil wars that followed the Reformation and the counter-reformation. The Q & A is based upon the following text from a Nov. 27, 2014 Open Democracy article entitled “IS – a threat to the structure of international law?”: “Why do […]
George Takach is the candidate who can win back Etobicoke-Lakeshore for the Liberals in 2015
You can access a Nov. 26, 2014 message from George Takach here. Below is a text of a Nov. 26, 2014 message from George Takach: Have our elections been reduced to little more than popularity contests – filled with sound bites, attack ads and slogans? Or, do issues and big ideas still matter when you […]
If you are an MCHS 60s grad, you are cordially invited to add your name to the MCHS 60s Reunion database
We are now working on the planning for the music, playlist, and entertainment details for the Malcolm Campbell High School 60s Reunion and Celebration of the 60s that will take place at Old Mill Toronto on Oct. 17, 2015. Any person who attended MCHS at any point in the 1960s – including students who graduated […]
Sherry B. Ortner has emphasized “bridge making between theoretical and methodological divisions within anthropology.”
When I’m working on other projects, as a diversion I like to read about the great anthropologists of our time. I recently came across Fifty Key Anthropologists (2011). The blurb (I have added italics to the title) at the Toronto Public Library website for the book notes: “Fifty Key Anthropologists surveys the life and work of some […]