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In a book entitled The antidote: Happiness for people who can’t stand positive thinking (2012), Oliver Burkeman argues that positive thinking has its limitations. Another book along the same lines is The power of negative thinking: Using “defensive pessimism” to manage anxiety and perform at your peak (2001) by Julie K. Norem. Among books that […]
According to Narrative theory: Core concepts and debates (2012), “Narrative is somebody telling somebody else, on some occasion, and for some purposes, that something happened to someone or something” (p. 3). Beginnings The book offers a categorization (p. 60) of four ways to conceptualize beginnings, middles, and endings. For beginnings, the categories outlined on page […]
The Wesley Mimico United Church redevelopment project is predicated upon the fact that churches are not autonomous agents with regard to heritage places of worship. They are, instead, part of a regulated land-use system. Hackworth and Gullikson (2013) A recent journal article by Jason Hackworth and Erin Gullikson of the University of Toronto outlines how Ontario’s […]
The following June 7, 2013 message is from Councillor Grimes’ Office: Please find the full eNewsletter attached as a .pdf June 7, 2013 Humber Bay Shores Farmers Market Last Saturday, June 1st, marked the first day of the Humber Bay Shores farmers market in Humber Bay Park West. Several hundred local residents came out to […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
The True Intrepid (2001) is listed as a Reference-only book at the Toronto Public Library, but is nonetheless available on loan under the Call Number 940.54864 MACD. This bit of confusion about what one is dealing with is characteristic of the story of William Stephenson, who played a key role, as I understand, in the […]
As I’ve discussed in previous posts, relatively little is known about Colonel Samuel Smith of Long Branch (Toronto not New Jersey) as a historical personality. There hasn’t been much of a mythology built around him. Consequently, our attention isn’t taken up with Colonel Samuel as a brand. He doesn’t have a brand, as many of […]