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Built Heritage News – Issue No. 204 – November 28, 2012
/0 Comments/in Long Branch, Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillFrom time to time, I like to post items from Built Heritage News. You can subscribe to this newsletter by visiting the website, which you can access through the link in the previous sentence. Click here for information about Built Heritage News. Click here for information about the Toronto branch of the Architectural Conservancy of […]
Instrumental reason drives climate change; and war is work that soldiers do
/0 Comments/in Long Branch, Toronto/by Jaan PillUpdates A Feb. 20, 2014 CBC article is entitled: “Are we doomed? Elizabeth Kolbert explains why the world might be in the midst of a major mass extinction.” A July 24, 2014 New Yorker article is entitled: “Spare the rod, school the child.” The article notes that a causal chain links the health of ocean […]
Response from Mimico Lakeshore Network regarding Nov. 8, 2012 Mimico 20/20 Open House
/0 Comments/in Newsletter/by Jaan PillTo view the graphics in this response, please refer to the original document, which can be accessed at the following link as a Microsoft Word file. It will take a few moments to load: Nov 19 2012 Final MLN response to City Planning re Consultants’ Reports Nov 2012 The document can be accessed as a PDF […]
Trees for Life is concerned with the health value of trees
/0 Comments/in Long Branch, Mississauga, Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillWhenever I hear about a project such as Trees for Life, I attend very closely. The following information is from an October 26, 2012 Toronto and Region Conservation Authority (TRCA) document (pp. 58-61), which you can access by clicking on the following link: AuthorityAgenda#08-12_October26_2012 I recently attended an all-day conference in Toronto based on the […]
Pankaj Mishra describes the arrival of modernity in South Asia
/0 Comments/in Long Branch, Newsletter/by Jaan PillThe arrival of modernity has occurred at different times in different places. Prior to postmodernity, as Burke (2005) has noted, modernity held the stage. Charles Taylor, in Malaise of modernity (1992), highlights the cultural origins of modernity. Theodore Rabb, in The last days of the Renaissance and the path to modernity (2006) also outlines the steps to modernity. With regard to […]
Further comments from Richard McQuade concerning Long Branch archives
/0 Comments/in Long Branch, Toronto/by Jaan PillRichard McQuade, whose earlier comments are included in a recent blog post about the Long Branch archives, has shared the following comments. For ease of online reading, I’ve subdivided longer paragraphs into shorter ones. Richard McQuade comments: “I find some of the comments interesting and am not entirely in agreement with some of them. For […]