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A Call for Walk Leaders + First Walkshop! (Message from Jane’s Walk Toronto)
/0 Comments/in Commentary, Jane's Walk, Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillThe following is an excerpt from an email message from Jane’s Walk Toronto: “No one can find what will work for our cities by looking at…suburban garden cities, manipulating scale models, or inventing dream cities, you’ve got to get out and walk,” – Jane Jacobs, Downtown is for People (1957) We’re nearly a month away […]
In Dark Age Ahead (2004), Jane Jacobs outlines, with a sense of despair, as well as of hope, how we can protect and strengthen our culture and communities
/0 Comments/in Commentary, Jane's Walk, Newsletter/by Jaan PillA previous post is entitled: Investing in cultural cohesion and preservation can help rebuild cities devastated by war or natural disasters, says a new World Bank report – March 12, 2019 CityLab article I have an interest in the history of land-use decision making, a history that dates back millions of years. Human beings have […]
Tim Hewlings has shared photos of our grade 6 class from Laurentide School and our grade 7 class from Morison
/4 Comments/in MCHS Stories, Newsletter, Uncategorized/by Jaan PillTim Hewlings has been reading some of our posts about years gone by and has added one of his own, by way of a recent comment. He adds: “Nice story about Joelle [King]. Both Ron Dykhof and Fred Laflamme had written me about her passing. Made me think of couple of photos Allen Jones dug […]
8 jaw-dropping allegations from B.C. Speaker’s report – Jan. 22, 2018 CBC article
/0 Comments/in Commentary, Newsletter/by Jaan PillA Jan. 22, 2019 CBC article is entitled: “8 jaw-dropping allegations from B.C. Speaker’s report: Wood-splitter, home iMac support and subscriptions to magazines among alleged expenses.” Some of the best journalism, in my view, appears in official reports of various kinds. The following report is in that category: Plecas Report The report is conveniently laid […]
History begins with definition of terms
/0 Comments/in Commentary, Newsletter/by Jaan PillAt a recent post, I began to write about my approach, as a layperson, to reading about history: Article by Andres Kasekamp: “Fascism by Popular Initiative: The Rise and Fall of the Vaps Movement in Estonia” (2015) In his 2015 article, Kasekamp comments (p. 156): “Using Stanley Payne’s typology of fascism [3], I have previously argued […]