1960s-era documentary films by the Maysles brothers and The Meaning of Human Existence (2014)

This post is concerned with 1960s-era films by Albert and David Maysles. The post also appears as an update to an earlier post entitled: The Meaning of Human Existence (2014) I’m posting the update as a separate item in order to bring attention to it. I’ve also edited the original update and added links. In […]

The MCHS 69er Reunion was held in Montreal on July 31, 1999

Update We have received a series of photos, and the Reunion Program, for the MCHS 69er Reunion, from Bruce Goodman, and will be posting scans of these great items soon. [End of update] 1) I’m pleased to share the following text, regarding the MCHS 69er Reunion that was held in Montreal on July 31,1999, from […]

Provisional list of MCHS ’60s (and other decades) students/alumni/teachers who have passed away

Comment from Charles Tsiang (MCHS ’62) at the post at which Elvis Presley said that the image is one thing and the human being is another

I’ve recently taken a break from work on the MCHS 2015 Reunion, but work has now resumed. My absence from the volunteer task of helping to organize the reunion, a task that focuses on the wider community, of which I am a part, is accounted for by the fact that a government agency alerted me […]

Jim Benedict seeks details about Morison School

Jim Benedict has shared the following comment at the post entitled Cartierville School in Montreal. Can you help him find the details that he seeks? His Comment [I’ve corrected the spelling for the school’s name – it has one “R” not two “R”s] is as follows: “I attended Morison School for part of the 61-62 […]

Elvis remarked: “The image is one thing and the human being is another.”

The Elvis Presley quote is from: Is Gwyneth Paltrow Wrong About Everything? When Celebrity Culture and Science Clash (2015). I borrowed the book from the Toronto Public Library because evidence is of interest to me: Evidence has value to the extent it is solid, verifiable, and corroborated by other solid evidence Eat your vegetables; the research […]

Message from David Warr to Harry Chan (MCHS 65) regarding some great Sixties memories

The following message has been added by David Warr to the post entitled: Harry Chan (MCHS 65) shares with us some great MCHS Sixties memories I’ve devoted a separate post to the message in order to bring your attention to it. Message from David Warr to Harry Chan (MCHS 65) Hello again Harry! I have […]

Gina (Davis) Cayer, who attended MCHS in the 1960s, shares some great winter photos from St. Williams, Ontario

At our Nov. 26, 2014 MCHS 2015 reunion organizing committee meeting in Kitchener, Gina (Davis) Cayer, who attended MCHS in the 1960s, joined us for the first time. At the meeting, Gina shared the suggestion – which we adopted at once – that when we’re mixing and mingling during the reunion, we don’t want to have […]

Memories are malleable – capable of being stretched or bent into different shapes