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In recent years, I’ve spoken to several hundred elementary school students, in schools served by the Peel District School Board and the Toronto District School Board, about the topic of stuttering. So I can picture that one of my autobiography stories will be a blending of those stories – a large number of which I […]
You can access a review of the book here. The Canadian Oral History Reader ed. by Kristina R. Llewellyn, Alexander Freund, and Nolan Reilly (review) Heather Read From: The Canadian Historical Review Volume 97, Issue 1, March 2016 pp. 145-147 The opening paragraphs of the review read: [I have broken the longer text into shorter […]
This post is dedicated to internal coherence in storytelling. The discussion concerns culture and materiality. Based upon the work of novelist Yiyun Li (2014) and researcher Luigi Tomba (2015), as discussed at a separate page, at and of the work of students of the relationship between Buddhisms and violence as discussed at still another separate webpage, […]
A previous post concerns Petit Bois Franc in Montreal: Graeme Decarie has a question about the old Bois Franc. Do you know the answer? At the above-noted post, Alan McWaters has added a comment, which I am posting as a separate post in order to bring attention to it: “I am writing memoirs about those […]
For many years, I was involved in community self-organizing on behalf of people who stutter. Years ago I formed a Toronto-based self-help group for people who stutter; our first meeting took place in September 1988 at the North York Central Library. That meeting, for which I had made plans for several months beforehand, led in […]
The following message has been forwarded to me by Barbara Spyropoulos, on whose mailing list I am following my involvement, which was of a minor nature, with the Étienne Brûlé/Wendat project. Barbara Spyropoulos CPLC 12 Division Toronto Police Service 200 Trethewey Drive Toronto ON M6M 5E6 Tel: (416) 808-1068 Fax: (416) 808-1002 spyro12d@gmail.com The message refers to […]
Updates: An April 15, 2016 Globe and Mail article by Bob Rae is entitled: “Attawapiskat is not alone: Suicide crisis is national problem.” An April 23, 2016 CBC article is entitled: “West-end residents call for traffic light after fatal crash: Neighbour describes ‘mind-bogglingly horrendous bang’ as car hits building near Jane and Bloor.” A Sept. 27, […]