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Munden Park Public School
/by Jaan PillJaan taught at the Peel District School Board’s Munden Park Public School from 1995 to 2006. This was a great school to work at. Mike James, who was Principal at Munden Park for the last several years when Jaan taught there, recently took Jaan on a history tour of Long Branch and New Toronto. Mike […]
Storytelling depends upon the pragmatics of communication inherent in a conversation: the ball gets hit back and forth across the net
/3 Comments/in Bullying, Commentary, Committee of Adjustment, Toronto Local Appeal Body, Local Planning Appeals Tribunal, Language usage, Long Branch, Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillDoctors in the U.S. and Canada encouraged to promote early literacy to families – CBC Sept. 12, 2018
/0 Comments/in Newsletter/by Jaan PillA Sept. 12, 2018 CBC article is entitled: “‘Nothing short of remarkable’: Study finds parents’ chats with their toddlers pay off 10 years later: Doctors in the U.S. and Canada encouraged to promote early literacy to families.” I began my teaching career in 1975 (I retired from the Peel District School Board in 2006) by […]
Richard J. Evans’s trilogy and related 2015 text offers a valuable historical overview of Nazi Germany
/0 Comments/in Language usage, Newsletter/by Jaan PillRichard J. Evans’s Nazi Germany trilogy along with The Third Reich in History and Memory (2015) is strongly evidence-based, and is presented within a framework that is well-reasoned and well-informed by the available historiography. A Jan. 4, 2016 review by Christopher E. Mauriello, Salem State University, of The Third Reich in History and Memory (2015), […]
Lakeview Ratepayers Association AGM: Impressive meeting, inspiring speakers including Mayor Crombie & Councillor Tovey
/0 Comments/in Commentary, Mississauga, Newsletter/by Jaan PillI had the good fortune to attend the Annual General Meeting of the Lakeview Ratepayers Association, which took place on Oct. 11, 2017 at the Mississauga Seniors Centre. I learned about the meeting some time back, when I was driving south on Cawthra Road by the Mississauga Seniors Center and noticed a handy roadside sign, […]
Chapter 2: Learning fluency as a second language
/0 Comments/in Autobiography Stories - J. Pill, Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillIn 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 […]