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“Finish what you start”
/0 Comments/in Newsletter/by Jaan PillIt’s taken me some years – decades, or more precisely over half a century – to learn to finish every project that I start. I’ve become better at this task with the passage of the years and as a retired teacher I have the opportunity to finish many unfinished projects. I now try to work […]
Letter from Long Branch resident David Godley to executive director of Ontario Municipal Board
/0 Comments/in Long Branch, Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillBelow is a letter from David Godley of Long Branch to Lynda Tanaka, executive director of the Ontario Municipal Board, as well as a letter to the Official Plan Review team. David Godley has requested that people send an email to Lynda Tanaka at ontario.municipal.board@ontario.ca asking for a copy of her reply to this letter. […]
April 29, 2013 FoNTRA letter re: Planning Reform and the OMB
/0 Comments/in Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillFollowing message, which I strong support as a Toronto resident, is from Geoff Kettel (whose work on behalf of the Toronto community I have known about for some time) & Peter Baker: FoNTRA Others: On April 29, the following letter (also attached as a pdf file) was sent to the Minister of Municipal Affairs and […]
Christopher Hume April 26, 2013 Urban Issues article in favour of respect for and adaptation of a shared architectural heritage
/2 Comments/in Newsletter/by Jaan PillI’m pleased to share the following article: Please note: The original article includes links which, to save time in the posting of the text, I have omitted. Please refer to the original article if you wish to see the links. Geoff Kettel has shared the article with a number of people; David Juliusson has forwarded […]
Citizenship Ceremony at Fort York, April 26, 2013, featured sharing of thoughts about what it means to be a Canadian
/0 Comments/in Toronto/by Jaan PillIn the last several days I had the good fortune to attend several enjoyable events. On April 26, 2013 I helped out as a discussion host prior to a Citizenship Ceremony at Old Fort York in the morning and gave a short talk and slide show about the Long Branch Jane’s Walk at the Centre […]
Ward 3 Trustee Pamela Gough’s Update April 26
/0 Comments/in Newsletter/by Jaan PillFollowing is from Trustee Pamela Gough’s Office: Sent on behalf of Trustee Pamela Gough: Ward 3 Trustee Pamela Gough’s Update April 26, 2013 Happy Earth Week! I did my traditional community clean-up on Monday, Earth Day. My husband, who is truly talented at building and fixing things, built a raised vegetable garden in our backyard […]
The geography of opportunity: Low-income families in the suburbs and related topics
/0 Comments/in Toronto/by Jaan PillThe geography of opportunity: Race and housing choice in Metropolitan America, edited by Xavier de Souza Briggs, was published in 2005, before the Great Recession of 2008. Nonetheless, the book covers topics that remain of interest. Chapter 7 is entitled “New capabilities in new places: Low-income black families in suburbia.” The chapter begins with a […]
Rethinking unequal exchange: The global integration of nursing labour markets (2012)
/0 Comments/in Newsletter/by Jaan PillUpdate: An April 28, 2013 New Yorker article about migrant labourers is entitled “Hidden from view.” Rethinking unequal exchange: The global integration of nursing labour markets (2012) deals with research related to migrant workers. The author is Salimah Valiani, Associate Researcher with the Centre for the Study of Education and Work, University of Toronto. Chapter […]