With a focus on evidence, ‘giant among giants’ influenced research and treatment across health care spectrum

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MCHS 2015 Reunion: True communication involves meeting others halfway (May 29, 2015 Inc. article)

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The planning for the MCHS 2015 Reunion is based upon a standard communications strategy. A recent Inc. blog post sums up the strategy beautifully. A May 29, 2015 post at the Inc. website has an overview about communication that I really like: 12 Great Communication Secrets You’ve Never Heard Before The headline is great, is […]

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Women’s roles in Special Operations during the Second World War

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Some years ago I became interested in the history of police services in the Village of Long Branch. Long-time residents that I’ve interviewed have filled me in on this topic. I enjoy hearing and sharing stories about long-ago police officers who lived and worked in our local neighbourhoods – including one who had a blacksmith shop on […]

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More 1962-63 Candid Camera photos & overview of staff who have passed away

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I can only guess what the photo on the right is about. Something to do with a sound system. Maybe at a dance? If anybody knows, we look forward to your comments. The “I have a little surprise for you” caption refers to Mr. Louis. Graeme Decarie has shared his recollection of Mr. Hill at […]

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Additional MCHS 1962-63 yearbook photos. Limbo Contest. Beatniks.

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I will be attempting to add one or two photos per day to the MCHS ’60s Reunion Facebook Group. I will try to keep track of the uploads through blog posts such as this one. On this page are two photos that I posted at the latter Group recently. Comments I don’t remember many high […]

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Candid Camera pages at MCHS 1962-63 yearbook

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Bretheren, I say to you! Regarding the photo on the right, Graeme Decarie wrote on December 28, 2014: I’ve been going through the MCHS yearbook once a day to dredge up memories that connect names to faces. With some, like Peter McAllister and Gordon Flowers and Dianne Fagg and you, I made the connection immediately. […]

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Graeme Decarie has shared a recent photo of himself. We also discuss the crop tops topic.

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I’m currently catching up on still photo and video projects, related to the MCHS 2015 Reunion. One of the projects concerns a recent photo of Graeme Decarie, and a photo from the MCHS 1962-63 yearbook that I had spoken about with Graeme some time ago. I will include the photo from the yearbook in a […]

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Jane Jacobs contributed strongly to 1960s and 1970s intellectual currents

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I recently came across a book, The Urban Wisdom of Jane Jacobs (2012), that positions Jane Jacobs as among the most influential thinkers who contributed to the intellectual currents of the 1960s and 1970s – “along,” as the book notes (p.2), “with Thomas Kuhn, Ian McHarg, Rachel Carson, Betty Friedan, John Rawls, to name a […]

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CBC Fresh Air: A prescription for better public health – May 24, 2015

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To access May 24, 2015 CBC podcast, A prescription for better public health, click here > I’m a keen fan of following the evidence, wherever it may lead as in the case of what research indicates about sugar. A typical post that I’ve uploaded previously is: Free sugars cause more inflammation at a cellular level, […]

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Great day for planting perennials at Small Arms Building in Mississauga

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In recent years I’ve written several blog posts about the history dating back to the 1940s, that is connected with the Small Arms Building, located at 1352 Lakeshore Road East at the foot of Dixie Road. Click here to access Heritage Mississauga overview of Small Arms Ltd. story > Originally dedicated to the inspection of […]

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