An occasional Newsletter from Preserved Stories.
Re-purpose, renew, add In this blog post, I will share information from a Nov. 20, 2012 community forum concerned with redevelopment of the Wesley Mimico United Church. A more recent blog post provides a further update. Some attendees at the Nov. 20, 2012 meeting are members of the congregation; some work with groups now using […]
Previous blog posts at the Preserved Stories website have addressed social history in the context of deindustrialization and documentary making. I’ve also shared highlights from studies addressing history and social theory in the context of postmodernity and a return to narration. As well, I’ve shared information related to military history and the relation between instrumental reason and modernity. The […]
Updates When I say that perception is reality does not apply in the case of climate change I’m saying that reality in this case obtrudes – as contested to many other situations in life, where evidence and facts can readily be ignored in favour of varied preferred ways of seeing things. A book that comes […]
Following message is from Mary Bella of Mimico Dear Mimico Friends and Neighbours, Please find below a poster for the First Annual Community Carol Concert next Sunday December 16th. There’s lots of space, so we’d like to fill it up by inviting lots of neighbours, friends and family to this event and making this […]
Malcolm Archer has sent an e-mail stressing the importance of having a good turn-out at the OMB hearing that’s being held to determine the future of 168 Lake Promenade. He writes: Even if you are not planning to speak at the hearing, your presence will reinforce our stand against the severing of this lot and […]
A Bailey bridge, named after a British engineer, Donald Bailey, is a temporary bridge of lattice steel designed for rapid assembly from prefabricated standard parts, used especially in military operations, according to the Canadian Oxford Dictionary, Second Edition. It’s also the name by which a permanent footbridge, across the Queen Elizabeth Way at Applewood Village […]
A Community Workshop was held at the Lakeview Golf Course (Grand Hall) at 1190 Dixie Road, Mississauga on Dec. 8, 2012. I had the good fortune to attend the event, which was scheduled from 9:00 am to 12:00 pm. The event followed the schedule closely, which I found impressive. The meeting was cordial, which I […]
The haves and have-nots (2011) is a valuable and readable book. The subtitle is: A brief and idiosyncratic history of global inequality. The book includes an extensive list of resources for Further Reading. I became interested in the above-noted book after reading an article by Chrystia Freeland whose column, which often deals with global inequality, […]
For your interest, the following letter from Lori Moore appears in the Dec. 7, 2012 edition of The Etobicoke Guardian: To the Editor: In the New Toronto and Long Branch areas just north of the lakeshore, there are many affordable older cottages and small bungalows being torn down so that two houses can be built […]