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Poor white Americans’ current crisis shouldn’t have caught the rest of the country as off guard as it has – September 2016 Atlantic Monthly article
/0 Comments/in Commentary, Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillA September 2016 Atlantic Monthly article, which I came across recently at the Atlantic Monthly website, is entitled: “The Original Underclass: Poor white Americans’ current crisis shouldn’t have caught the rest of the country as off guard as it has.” It’s a good, thoughtful article, in my view. Here are a couple of excerpts: By […]
Travel report from David Godley of Long Branch regarding East South Africa
/0 Comments/in Long Branch, Newsletter/by Jaan PillFrom time to time I’ve posted travel reports from David Godley of Long Branch. Below is one such report which David sent me on April 30, 2018. I share it for your interest. I find such reports of interest, as they offer glimpses of a world outside. The opinions and observations by guest bloggers, such […]
In 1980, 2% of Peel’s neighbourhoods were considered low-income. Now, 52% of Peel’s neighbourhoods are considered low-income.
/0 Comments/in Long Branch, Mississauga, Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillAn early January (Jan. 4, I believe) 2018 tweet from United Way Peel @Unitedwaypeel reads: In 1980, 2% of Peel’s neighbourhoods were considered low-income. Now, 52% of Peel’s neighbourhoods are considered low-income. Learn more about income inequality in Peel Region: http://www.unitedwaypeel.org/reports/Opportunity_Equation_Update-sm.pdf I have written about income inequality at previous posts. The tweet, that I refer […]
Gaslighting and stereotyping: One augments the other
/0 Comments/in Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillA previous post is entitled: Perceptions of warmth and competence drive our stereotypes: Cuddy et al. (2008) I’ve written a number of posts about stereotyping. Click here for previous posts about stereotyping > Gaslighting I have the sense that there’s a close connection between stereotyping and gaslighting. Below are links to three articles that describe […]
Reconstructing Karl Polanyi : Excavation and Critique (2016): Blurb and review
/1 Comment/in Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillI have a strong interest in the work of Karl Polanyi. What he says makes sense to me. A blurb for Reconstructing Karl Polanyi : Excavation and Critique (2016) reads: Karl Polanyi was one of the most influential political economists of the twentieth century and is widely regarded as the most gifted of social democratic theorists. In […]
Storytelling: Getting attention; playing the role; collaboration
/3 Comments/in Mississauga, Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillThis post concerns three key features or elements of storytelling. At a previous post, I have noted some insights that have occurred to me regarding storytelling. Some subsequent posts are entitled: CBC The Current podcast: We are natural storytelling machines, not statisticians – The Undoing Project (2017) The elements of storytelling include (4) backstaging and (5) re-inhabitation […]
Presence (2015) by Amy Cuddy – Powerful Poses, Powerless Poses
/0 Comments/in Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillForty years ago in Toronto – in the mid-1970s – I spent a year and a fair amount of money in the intensive study of a variation of the Alexander Technique. I really needed the training. I was born slouching. I had the appearance of a person that life had beaten down. Like many other things […]
Conserving Long Branch – September 2016 Update Addendum from David Godley
/0 Comments/in Committee of Adjustment, Toronto Local Appeal Body, Local Planning Appeals Tribunal, Long Branch, Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillA previous message is entitled: Conserving Long Branch – September 2016 Update from David Godley: Redevelopment proposal for apartments on Lake Promenade The following message is from David Godley of Long Branch Summer Greetings, Dear Mayor John Tory, I am aware of the many excellent projects you are pursuing and would like to bring one […]