I’ve recently been reading The Religion of Falun Gong (2012) by Benjamin Perry. A blurb for the book at the Toronto Public Library reads: “In July 1999, a mere seven years after the founding of the religious movement known as the Falun Gong, the Chinese government banned it. Falun Gong is still active in other […]
I’m pleased to share with you the following message (please see below) from Etobicoke-Lakeshore MPP Peter Milczyn’s Office: Date: Monday, January 4, 2016 at 7:45 PM Subject: MPP Peter Milczyn’s New Year’s levee, 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm, Sunday January 10, 2016 @ Royal Canadian Legion Branch 210, 110 Jutland Road, Etobicoke Dear Neighbours: Attached […]
The photo is from Twitter: Toronto Guardian @TORGuardian: Our photo collection from the @TorontoArchives of people skating in #Toronto – #History – http://bit.ly/1SuOVTo Multiculturalism in Canada and Europe Multiculturalism in Canada and in Europe, as viewed by Kenan Malik: The Failure of MulticulturalismL Community Versus Society in Europe Canada’s multiculturalism is no model for Europe: Europe […]
You can access the new rules, which came into effect on Jan. 1. 2016, at this link: New rules at pedestrian crossovers and school crossings
A Jan. 1, 2016 Toronto Star article is entitled: “Mississauga looks to continue post-Hazel renaissance in 2016.” The subhead reads: “Under Bonnie Crombie, transit, waterfront redevelopment, affordable housing and repairing strained police-citizen relations are shaping up as top issues.” Waterfront The article notes: “However, higher-order transit plans will have to compete with other key issues […]
In The Government Next Door (2015), Luigi Tomba describes five “rationalities” whereby the Chinese state has maintained control over local neighbourhoods during the transition from socialism to capitalism, namely: Social clustering micro-governing social engineering contained contention, and exemplarism Homogeneity of collective interests In Chapter 1 of the above-noted, exquisitely well-organized study, Luigi Tomba notes that “Communities are places […]
You can access the post here: Dec. 26:This is very long but,….. Graeme Decarie: I’ve just finished a very long blog. But I like it because this one gets me away from the dreadful newspapers down here. If you like, notify any students who might be interested that they can get it by googling The […]