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Tim Hewlings of Montreal has confirmed that the creek in Cartierville, that I discussed in a previous post, a post that has been widely read, and that has been described as “very evocative” – it’s great to get that kind of feedback – by a recent site visitor, was called Raimbault Creek. You can click […]
I enjoyed reading the December 2013 issue of The Fife and Drum – The Newsletter of The Friends of Fort York and Garrison Commons. You can access the PDF version of the document here: fife-and-drum-dec-2013 I found it a challenge to read the printout of the original PDF file, as the print is small. That […]
In his first work in a trilogy about Nazi Germany, Richard J. Evans discusses the role of narrative in the writing of the history of Germany in the 1930s. Peter Burke, in History and Social Theory, Second Edition (2005), notes that narrative has regained prestige as a way of understanding the world. In the preface to […]
Updates A Jan. 6, 2014 Public Books article is entitled “What’s so social about social media?” Excerpts from the article, which I found of interest, are included at the end of this post. A Jan. 17, 2014 New York Times article is entitled “Technology is not driving us apart after all.” A Jan. 27, 2016 […]
Updates: A Feb. 20, 2014 New Yorker article is entitled:” Will Ukraine break apart?” A Feb. 28, 2014 Globe and Mail article is entitled: “Globe in Kiev: Ukraine’s new government declares Russia has invaded.” A Feb. 28, 2014 Guardian article is entitled: “Ukraine: Night Wolves and unidentified military men seize key Crimea sites.” A Feb. […]
The following message, forwarded by David Juliusson, is from Sean Fraser of the Ontario Heritage Trust: Friends and colleagues, You are invited to attend the exciting speakers series event, “War on the Homefront; Women and the War of 1812,” presented by Dr. Jane Errington at Parliament interpretive centre on Thursday, November 14, 2013. Please see […]
The following text is based upon a previous post entitled Drug Wars (2013) updates. It focuses and enlarges upon themes related to editing, contextualization, and management of attention and emotional response in accordance with principles of instrumental reason in a machine in the garden era. Film history We are dealing with history, and its conceptualization. Heritage […]
Updates An update to this post can be found here: Colleen O’Mara found the Small Arms Doors Open very crowded (great turnout!) Some time after the event I learned that the popular children’s author Eric Walters has written several novels related to history – some dealing with the Second World War – of interest to […]
You can find the schedule here. Below is information from the Lost River web page that you can access at the link in the previous sentence. You can access the live links by going to the above-noted web page, which is part of the Toronto Green Community website. Sunday, May 19, 2013, 2 pm – Daylighting […]
Nathan Ng has shared with me the following information: Date: Sunday, 14 April, 2013 To: Jaan Pill Subject: Fort York and Garrison Common Maps Hello! I’m sending this note because you had previously referenced a mapping project of mine, Historical Maps of Toronto, on your Preserved Stories blog. I’d like to draw your attention to another online historical […]