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The difference between what is said and what is done matters
/0 Comments/in Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillA May 16, 2016 London School of Economics blog article is entitled: “From the Third Way to the Big Society: the rise and fall of social capital.” An Aug. 16, 2016 Forbes article is entitled: “The Lesson Behind Fortune’s ‘Change the World’ List.” The topics addressed in the two, above-noted articles are of interest to […]
Well-attended Government and Community Services Fair took place at Cloverdale Mall on Feb. 20, 2016
/0 Comments/in Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillI’ve been visiting Cloverdale Mall for many years: Click here for previous posts about Cloverdale Mall > One of my previous posts refers to one of several Government and Community Services Fairs I’ve attended over the years: Government and Community Services Fair – Feb. 23, 2013 – Cloverdale Mall As well, I wrote a post […]
Chinese gated communities feature social clustering, micro-governing, and social engineering
/0 Comments/in Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillIn 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 […]
Price for MCHS Sixties Reunion tickets now tentatively set at $125 [final figure: $150] single, $200 [final figure: $250] per couple
/0 Comments/in MCHS 2015 Reunion, Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillPeter Mearns and Jaan Pill met on June 9, 2014 at a Tim Horton on Lake Shore Blvd. West in Long Branch (south Etobicoke) not far from the Fair Grounds Cafe at Twenty Fourth Street and Lake Shore. At the end of this post I’ll share Peter’s story about the arrival of Mr. Edelstein at the […]