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Long Branch residents ponder lot-splitting proposals they feel are arbitrary: ‘The culture of decision making is decidedly more coherent and robust in Mississauga than it is in Toronto’ – July 19, 2018 Etobicoke Guardian opinion article

July 19, 2018/0 Comments/in Committee of Adjustment, Toronto Local Appeal Body, Local Planning Appeals Tribunal, Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan Pill

A July 19, 2018 Etobicoke Guardian opinion article is entitled: Long Branch residents ponder lot-splitting proposals they feel are arbitrary:’The culture of decision making is decidedly more coherent and robust in Mississauga than it is in Toronto,’ writes Jaan Pill.” Comment: The headline might work better as: “Long Branch residents ponder lot-splitting decisions they feel are […]

Launch of SO THIS IS TEACHING – July 12, 2018, 6-8pm at 2 Colonel Samuel Smith Park Drive at Lake Shore and Kipling

July 12, 2018/0 Comments/in Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan Pill

I am pleased to share the following early-morning July 12, 2018 tweet from Lakeshore Grounds @LakeshoreGrnds: TONIGHT! Join us for the launch of SO THIS IS TEACHING. Step back into the 1960s-1970s and explore a revolution in teaching through the Lakeshore Teachers’ College. Launch runs 6-8pm at 2 Colonel Samuel Smith Park Drive #LakeshoreGrounds #EtobicokeLakeshore […]

OMB rules against Blue Water Place/Avondale Court townhome development proposal: City of Burlington successfully defends its position to protect established residential neighbourhoods

July 11, 2018/0 Comments/in Newsletter/by Jaan Pill

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April 6, 2018 comment from Leaside Property Owners Association Incorporated concerning how Toronto Local Appeal Body goes about its work

July 11, 2018/0 Comments/in Committee of Adjustment, Toronto Local Appeal Body, Local Planning Appeals Tribunal, Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan Pill

A previous post is entitled: Toronto Local Appeal Body procedures: April 2018 comments from (among others) Leaside, Swansea, and Long Branch residents The comments at the above-noted post are in response to a public consultation organized by the Toronto Local Appeal Body in April 2018, regarding how TLAB goes about its work. By way of […]

What I have learned about the launch of volunteer associations

July 11, 2018/0 Comments/in Newsletter/by Jaan Pill

Toronto Local Appeal Body procedures: April 2018 comments from (among others) Leaside, Swansea, and Long Branch residents

July 10, 2018/0 Comments/in Committee of Adjustment, Toronto Local Appeal Body, Local Planning Appeals Tribunal, Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan Pill

For residents who may have an interest in such matters, here’s a recent message to south Etobicoke residents planning a TLAB appeal. The residents learned of an impending appeal deadline just recently. A July 10, 2018 message from TLAB reads: Please note that as appeals must be submitted to the Committee of Adjustment, they may […]

Conceptual metaphor theory seeks to explain how abstract conceptualization works

July 8, 2018/0 Comments/in Newsletter/by Jaan Pill

At a previous post I’ve discussed Mark Johnson’s overview of a theory related to the concept of an embodied mind. I began by highlighting the first paragraph of the third chapter of Embodied Mind, Meaning, and Reason (2017). Later in the same chapter, the authors offer an overview of the role of metaphors in the […]

Reporter: A Memoir (2018) and Bring the War Home (2018) address history and legacy of Vietnam War

July 7, 2018/2 Comments/in Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan Pill

Change in culture of decision making not easy but can be achieved

July 7, 2018/0 Comments/in Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan Pill

A March 1966 Harvard Business Review article by Chris Argyris is entitled: “Interpersonal Barriers to Decision Making.” This long-ago article highlights a fact that has not changed over the years. Change in the culture of decision making is not easy, but it can be achieved – provided that specified steps are followed. Commentary Given that the document was […]