Ted Long shares photos from the Long Branch army camp in the 1950s; with comments from Ted Long & Garry Burke
/6 Comments/in Jane's Walk, Long Branch, Mississauga, Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillA decent breakdown of all things real and fake news (Album on Imgur)
/0 Comments/in Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillWe owe thanks to Donna Magee of Toronto for sharing (on Facebook) this image, which is from an Album on Imgur. A Jan. 27, 2017 nymag.com article is entitled: “This Is a Great Psychological Framework for Understanding How Fake News Spreads.” A March 29, 2017 Pew Research Center article is entitled: The Future of Free […]
Where Europe’s GDP Is Rising And Falling: Impressive data visualization at CityLab.com
/0 Comments/in Jane's Walk, Long Branch, Mississauga, Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillA Jan. 18, 2017 CityLab.com article is entitled: “Where Europe’s GDP Is Rising And Falling: These maps break down the EU’s wealth, region by region.” Great use of data visualization! Very impressive work. Also, of interest: A Jan. 27, 2017 Brookings Institution article is entitled: “What science tells us about how to combat fake news.” An […]
CBC The Current podcast: We are natural storytelling machines, not statisticians – The Undoing Project (2017)
/1 Comment/in Jane's Walk, Long Branch, Mississauga, Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillA Jan. 27, 2017 CBC The Current article (with a link to a podcast) is entitled: “How two game-changing psychologists changed the way we think about thinking.” Click here for a transcript of the Jan. 27, 2017 CBC interview > The CBC interview on which the article is based, was with the author Michael Lewis. […]
History of Canadian housing: Keeping to the Marketplace (1993); Unplanned Suburbs (1996); Emergence of Social Security (1997); Social Policy & Practice (2006)
/1 Comment/in Jane's Walk, Long Branch, Mississauga, Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillA previous post is entitled Where will the people go: Toronto’s Emergency Housing Program and the Limits of Canadian Social Housing Policy, 1944-1957. Many perspectives – such as ones based on history, political economy, and economics, or a combination of them – are available with regard to housing. Among these perspectives, original, first-hand accounts from people who’ve actually […]
Humber College Lakeshore Campus Grand Openings took place on Jan. 26, 2017
/0 Comments/in Jane's Walk, Long Branch, Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillOn Jan. 26, 2017 I had the good fortune to attend the Lakeshore Campus Grand Openings to celebrate three new additions to Humber College in South Etobicoke. The Lakeshore Student Welcome and Resource Centre The Lakeshore Fitness Centre The Lakeshore Grounds Interpretive Centre Click here for a quick overview and short video about the new […]
Where will the people go: Toronto’s Emergency Housing Program and the Limits of Canadian Social Housing Policy, 1944-1957
/17 Comments/in Jane's Walk, Long Branch, Mississauga, Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillA subsequent post is entitled: Toronto’s 1950s emergency housing: An informative, comprehensive overview by Kevin Brushett (2007) A previous post is entitled: Seeking information: Wartime and postwar housing at Small Arms Ltd. in Lakeview and elsewhere I have recently learned of a March 1, 2007 paper, in the Journal of Urban History, entitled “Where will […]
Speeding, reckless driving are major problems on historic Riverside Drive in west end
/0 Comments/in Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillA Jan. 23, 2017 CBC article is entitled: “Riverside re-design angers residents who say it will encourage speeding: Speeding, reckless driving are major problems on historic Riverside Drive in west end.” Click here for previous posts about Étienne Brûlé/Wendat expedition >
Artifacts and Alliances (2015) concerns museums and storytelling
/0 Comments/in Mississauga, Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillA previous post is entitled: Storytelling: Getting attention; playing the role; collaboration. As noted at the post, a Dec. 1, 2016 Canadian Museum of History article is entitled: “Canadian History Hall Storytelling: The Human Experience.” The opening paragraph reads: As the Canadian History Hall team began its task of creating an exhibition spanning 15,000 years, […]