Conserving Long Branch – February 2017 Update from David Godley

Following message is David Godley <mhairig@pathcom.com> * Hello from Cool Long Branch * Contents 1) Status of applications 2) How to Proceed after the committee of Adjustment has made their decision. 3) Agenda TV program on the OMB 4) Awarding costs against participants 5) Local Appeal Board Meeting 6) Selection of Committee of Adjustment Members […]

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

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

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 […]

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

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 […]

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

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 […]

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

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

Where Europe’s GDP Is Rising And Falling: Impressive data visualization at CityLab.com

A Jan. 18, 2017 CityLab.com article is entitled: “Where Europe’s GDP Is Rising And Falling: These maps break down the EU’s wealth, region by region.” Great use of data visualization! Very impressive work. Also, of interest: A Jan. 27, 2017 Brookings Institution article is entitled: “What science tells us about how to combat fake news.” An […]

CBC The Current podcast: We are natural storytelling machines, not statisticians – The Undoing Project (2017)

A Jan. 27, 2017 CBC The Current article (with a link to a podcast) is entitled: “How two game-changing psychologists changed the way we think about thinking.” Click here for a transcript of the Jan. 27, 2017 CBC interview > The CBC interview on which the article is based, was with the author Michael Lewis. […]

History of Canadian housing: Keeping to the Marketplace (1993); Unplanned Suburbs (1996); Emergence of Social Security (1997); Social Policy & Practice (2006)

A previous post is entitled Where will the people go: Toronto’s Emergency Housing Program and the Limits of Canadian Social Housing Policy, 1944-1957. Many perspectives – such as ones based on history, political economy, and economics, or a combination of them – are available with regard to housing. Among these perspectives, original, first-hand accounts from people who’ve actually […]