An occasional Newsletter from Preserved Stories.
Geoff Kettel of Toronto has passed along the following City of Toronto news release: News Release January 23, 2015 Toronto’s Market Gallery features city in black and white through the lenses of three Toronto photographers The Market Gallery will present an exhibition from January 24 to May 9 featuring about 80 black-and-white photographs by three […]
A member of our MCHS 60s Reunion organizing committee has remarked: “Now it had been established that we have a dress code. “BUT…….it seems to have concerned a few. “In retrospect dress code was perhaps not necessarily the best term. After all it is a high school reunion. Not a return to high school. “I […]
Updates: A Jan. 29, 2016 Guardian article is entitled: “Was there ever a time when so few people controlled so much wealth?” An April 5, 2016 Foreign Policy article is entitled: “Taxpayers of the World, Unite! The Panama Papers confirm that the world’s elite cheat, lie, and steal. Will the masses finally do something about […]
Update A member of our MCHS 60s Reunion organizing committee has remarked: “Now it had been established that we have a dress code. “BUT…….it seems to have concerned a few. “In retrospect dress code was perhaps not necessarily the best term. After all it is a high school reunion. Not a return to high school. […]
I have an interest in storytelling – including in the context in which it can potentially find a place at the MCHS 2015 reunion. We’ve briefly referred to storytelling, as it relates to the MCHS 2015 reunion, at recent posts: Discussion continues regarding DJ vs MC question, live music, and projected attendance at MCHS 2015 […]
In a previous post, I’ve shared views from Speaker #7 concerning the DJ vs MC question. Stephanie Shaar (Speaker #7) has mentioned that it’s just as well to mention her by name, as it makes it easier to keep track of who said what when you have a name rather than a number. I sometimes […]
The source for the cartoon is an earlier post: Timely cartoon – on the topic of High School Reunions I’m currently working on the FAQ for the MCHS 2015 menu for the re-configured Preserved Stories website. The draft of the FAQ can be accessed here. What’s a good answer to the question, “What’s in it […]
Update For an update on the site re-configuration, click here. [End of update] We are re-designing our website to make it easier for potential MCHS 2015 attendees to find their way – quickly and easily – to relevant information about the 1960s reunion that is taking place at Old Mill, Toronto on Oct. 17, […]
I have discussed the Jan. 15, 2015 Review of the Toronto District School Board in previous posts. You can access the review here: Review of the Toronto District School Board Previous posts include: “Trustees mistrusted within schools”: TDSB governance review – Jan. 15, 2015 CBC article Message from Trustee Pamela Gough regarding Jan. 15, 2015 […]
The following message is from Trustee Gough’s office: Sent on behalf of Trustee Pamela Gough: Yesterday, the Minister of Education announced the report of education consultant Margaret Wilson, who had been instructed to investigate problems in governance and administration at the TDSB. I am enclosing the link to this report below. I would like to […]