Graeme Decarie (teacher at Malcolm Campbell High School) recalls Raimbault Creek, the stream that ran through Cartierville in the 1960s

Two additional messages from Harry Chan (MCHS 65) at previous MCHS post

I was pleased to open my email messages this morning and to find two great comments, via my Preserved Stories website, by Harry Chan (MCHS 65). You can access the new comments as additions to a previous post, and I’ve posted them below as well, by way of bringing your attention to them: “We had quite […]

Howard Hight and Wayne Grier travelling in Greece. The topic is MCHS 2015.

I’m very pleased to share with you this photo (right) of Howard Hight and Wayne Grier from a recent cruise in Greece. Oct. 17, 2015 MCHS Sixties Reunion Howard Hight, who lives near Boston, and Wayne Grier have been friends going back many years. Howard is a key member of the organizing group that is […]

The research defies what we’ve been told: How We Learn (2014) and The Handbook of Language Socialization (2014)

I’ve recently had the opportunity to encounter many resources that address how we absorb information. Among the resources is a book entitled How We Learn: The Surprising Truth about When, Where, and Why It Happens (2014). A blurb at the Toronto Public Library website notes: Thinking, Fast and Slow (2011) “In the tradition of The […]

Aside from addressing bullying, Marjorie H. Goodwin (2006) focuses on collaboration and agency

The Humber River starts at Ontario’s Niagara Escarpment; experience shows it’s best to not build housing on its flood plain

On the day the First World War was declared, Robert Home Smith opened the Old Mill Tea Room

A July 27, 2014 Etobicoke Guardian article notes that on Aug. 4, 1914 Britain declared war on Germany, automatically bringing Canada into the First World War. That was now over 100 years ago. On the same day, Robert Home Smith opened the Old Mill Tea Room in Toronto. The Tea Room is located at Old Mill […]

Music from the MCHS days in the 60s – and then some. We owe thanks to Ron Van Dyke for this link.

Ron Van Dyke writes: “Music from the MCHS days in the 60s ….and then some.” http://www.45rpmdb.com/Top10.html Thank you, Ron, for the link!   Updates on the way from MCHS 60s Reunion Committee We are currently preparing a series of blog posts with updates about the following topics. During the past two weeks, the MCHS 60s […]

Linguistic anthropology features a close study of schoolyard games of stance, status, and exclusion

We have more details about the Church of the Good Shepherd, across from Cartierville School

When I recently read a mention of the Church of the Good Shepherd, in Cartierville, I recalled a passage in Memory Fitness (2004), in which it is noted that sometimes when we hear a particular name, then many memories, that otherwise are inaccessible to us, come back to us at once. I am keen to […]