Port Union Waterfront Park Opening Celebration – June 22, 2013

Following message is from Connie Pinto of the Toronto and Region Conservation Authority: All, Please follow the link below for the invitation to the opening celebration next Saturday morning. Port Union Waterfront Park Celebration Feel free to share this invitation Best regards, Connie  

MPP Laurel Broten 9th Annual Seniors’ Tea & Information Session, Thursday, June 20, 2013, 12 noon – 2:00 pm

The following text is from MPP Laurel Broten’s Office: Attached please find a flyer for MPP Laurel Broten’s 9th Annual Seniors’ Tea and Information Session, in recognition of Seniors’ Month. The Tea will be held on Thursday, June 20th, 2013, from 12 noon – 2:00 pm at Griggs Manor, 100 Cavell Avenue (Royal York south of Judson). Laurel looks […]

Bethel Green Seniors Residence, 645 Millwood Road, Toronto is a church conversion featuring mixed form and function

In their article about church reconversions in Toronto, Jason Hackwork and Erin Gullikson (2013) describe the Bethel Green Seniors Residence as a church conversion involving mixed function and form. In such a form of church redevelopment, a building is constructed around all of part of a congregation’s initial place of worship, and a new church, or […]

June 2013 Humber Arboretum newsletter

I have attended field trips at Colonel Samuel Smith Park for Grade 4 students organized by Humber Arboretum in 2012 and 2013. I am very highly impressed with, and inspired by, the work that Humber Arboretum is doing. The field trips, in my experience, provide a tremendously valuable form of outdoor education for elementary school […]

Chief Planner Jennifer Keesmaat will lead a Bike Month ride on June 23, 2013

Feeling Congested? Cycle Toronto Rides with Chief Planner Jennifer Keesmaat   Here’s the announcement on BikeEventsTO website   Date: Sunday, June 23, 2013 – 12:00 – 14:00 Join this ride as part of City of Toronto Feeling Congested? consultation process. Meet at noon at the fountain at City Hall. Address: City Hall 100 Queen Street W Toronto

Wesley Mimico United Church community forum on April 8, 2013 described the church’s redevelopment plans

The most recent Wesley Mimico United Church community forum took place on April 8, 2013. The next one is on June 24, 2013. Background about the Wesley Mimico redevelopment project  – and related topics, of which there are many – can be found at the Wesley Mimico United Church Category. The April 8 report is […]

U of T vows to bill city if council quashes plans for artificial turf – May 10, 2013 Globe and Mail

Update: A June 12, 2013 Toronto Star article updates the following report. [End of update] A June 10, 2013 Globe and Mail article provides an update concerning the plan for artificial turf at the University of Toronto back campus. The opening paragraphs read: The University of Toronto is promising to send the city a bill […]

Here’s the church and there’s the congregation – Church and sect in Canada (1948)

What space can be used for is a question that concerns the geographical imagination, in the sense that James A. Tyner (2012) speaks of a person’s imagination. Although Tyner has, in the above-noted study, applied the concept of the geographical imagination specifically to the study of genocide, his conceptualization is equally applicable to other discussions – that […]

In The malaise of modernity (1992), Charles Taylor speaks of the cult of authenticity

The Malaise of Modernity (1992) In The Malaise of Modernity (1992), Charles Taylor speaks of the cult of authenticity. A blurb for Taylor’s book at the Toronto Public Library site notes: “In Malaise of Modernity, Charles Taylor focuses on the key modern concept of self-fulfillment, often attacked as the central support of what Christopher Lasch […]

Comment from Jake, a Long Branch resident, regarding plans for sand beach at Marie Curtis Park

In recent blog posts, I’ve discussed plans regarding the sand beach at Marie Curtis Park. I’ve recently posted a comment from Jake Yoo, a Long Branch resident. By way of bringing attention to his comment, I am pleased to post it here in its entirety: Comment from Jake Hi Jaan, I attended the most recent […]