The nation-state circa 1950 is described as unencumbered by international obligations, co-operation, and constraint
/0 Comments/in MCHS Stories, Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillThe quotation is: ” Its focus is the nation-state circa 1950, romantically unencumbered by international obligations, co-operation and constraint.” That’s one way to characterize the 1950s. The source is a Dec. 3, 2014 article at openDemocracy.net entitled: “UKIP is the formation of a new political elite – nothing more.” Conceptualizations of the 1950s My purpose in […]
Graeme Decarie has a question about the old Bois Franc. Do you know the answer?
/60 Comments/in MCHS Stories, Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillBob Carswell adds a comment about the caddy shack at the Marlborough golf club. Eric Karbin comments also.
/12 Comments/in MCHS Stories, Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillBob Carswell has added a comment at a previous post entitled: Additional comments from Graeme Decarie – regarding Saraguay, Cartierville School, and Marlborough golf club This is the comment; I’m posting it here to bring your attention to the discussion: Bob Carswell comments: To Eric et al, These were posted a few weeks ago so […]
La Parete Gallery, 1086 Bathurst St., Toronto – Art of the 1960s and contemporary painters
/0 Comments/in MCHS Stories, Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillAmong the cultural resources that interest me, with regard to MCHS 60s Biographies & Histories, are painting from the 1960s. If you make it to the MCHS 60s Reunion & Celebration of the 60s on Oct. 17, 2015, and decide to stay to visit around Toronto that weekend, La Parete Gallery at 1086 Bathurst Street (just […]
Graeme Decarie: The 78th Fraser Highlanders fought at Quebec, were disbanded, and settled in Fraserville
/9 Comments/in MCHS Stories, Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillThe following text is from Graeme Decarie as a follow-up to a previous post. Census figures I just found some old census figures I have going back to Nouvelle France. They go from 1665 up to 1861. There is no mention of St. Laurent until 1739, when it had 165 families. Most of them would […]
Graeme Decarie recalls the lines from Splendor in the Grass
/0 Comments/in MCHS Stories, Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillJaan 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. […]
Q & A with Graeme Decarie regarding the history of Cartierville and Ville St. Laurent
/17 Comments/in MCHS Stories, Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillWhat is the relation between culture and materiality?
/0 Comments/in MCHS Stories, Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillVeronica Foster the Bren Gun Girl was a non-smoker, except on the occasion of a wartime NFB photo shoot
/0 Comments/in MCHS Stories, Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillOld Mill Toronto has a close connection with military history. By way of example, I recently learned, on a CBC The Current broadcast, that Veronica Foster – also known as Ronnie the Bren Gun Girl during the Second World War – performed as a musician at Old Mill Toronto during the postwar years. Despite the […]