An occasional Newsletter from Preserved Stories.
In previous posts I’ve discussed the topic of how we learn: The research defies what we’ve been told: How We Learn (2014) and The Handbook of Language Socialization (2014) Mindfulness stands in contrast to mindlessness Memories are malleable – capable of being stretched or bent into different shapes Teaching I retired as an elementary teacher […]
David Godley lives on Lake Promenade in Long Branch in south Etobicoke. You can reach David Godley at mhairig@pathcom.com or 416-255-0492. In the text that follows – with the exception of the introduction you are now reading, the text is all from David Godley – I’m using the colour scheme that David has chosen. I’ve […]
Social Enterprise Toronto On Feb. 26, 2015, I attended a screening at the Riverdale Hub of a documentary – Not Business As Usual – about Social Enterprise, organized by Social Enterprise Toronto. The evening was a great opportunity for networking. Like the concept of Social Innovation, which I learned about through my involvement with Jane’s […]
Maureen Doyle has added a comment to a previous post about Vaughn Tanaka of Vaughn Automotive: Phone, voicemail, or text at 416-565-8466 or Vaughn Tanaka <vaughn.tanaka@rogers.com> The original post is entitled: Vaughn Tanaka of Jim Morita Inc. has relocated; he’s been looking after my car for many years I’m pleased to share Maureen’s comment today, […]
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 […]
The study in question is Museums and the Paradox of Change, Third Edition (2013, 1997, 1995). A blurb for the book (see link above) begins with the following opening paragraph: “Museums throughout the world are under increasing pressure in the wake of the 2008/2009 economic recession and the many pressing social and environmental issues that […]
Recently I received an email saying a document had been left for me at Dropbox. The message, from an email account that I’ve been in touch with in the past, directed me to log on to Dropbox via email. In order to do that I would have had to enter the password for my email […]
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 […]
We support community-driven urban planning at the City of Toronto. We support urban planning that accords with the Official Plan for the City of Toronto. We do not support the concept that developers are qualified to serve as de facto urban planners in neighbourhoods across the City of Toronto. There is value in community self-organizing. […]
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 […]