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A recent research report regarding all day kindergarten has given rise to a contrast in headlines in two media overviews – in Global News and in The Globe and Mail – regarding the research. The first headline reads: “Full-day kindergarten children score highest in vocabulary, self-regulation.” The second one reads: “Full-day kindergarten offers little academic advantage, study […]
You can find a March 24, 2014 New Yorker article, entitled “The de Man case,” which I found of value given my interest in cultural history and related topics, here. The subhead for the article is entitled: “Does a critic’s past explain his criticism?” I’ve been following this story, and related back stories, for some […]
If you have an interest in how news is constructed, as I do, you might enjoy reading The News: A User’s Manual (2014) by Alain de Botton. The author notes (p. 11): The news known how to render its own mechanics almost invisible and therefore hard to question. It speaks to us in a natural […]
I’m not a member of any neighbourhood association nor am I connected with CORRA. I share the following information for the interest of visitors to the Preserved Stories website. The following text is from CORRA (I have not included the attached files that accompanied the following message): Confederation of Resident and Ratepayer Associations in Toronto […]
David Juliusson has shared with us the text of a blog post at toronto.transit.on.ca entitled: “A History of Subways on Bloor and Queen streets.” [Click on the link in the previous sentence to access the post.] The opening paragraphs read: The Initial Proposals (see also Early History) As the city of Toronto developed, it took […]
A Feb. 7, 2014 Toronto Star article is entitled: “Changes in speech-language service will harm kids, health official says.” The subhead reads: “Head of the LAMP Community Health Centre worries that fewer preschoolers who struggle to communicate will get help after [Toronto Preschool Speech and Languages Service] revamps its program.” The opening paragraphs read: A […]
I have recently received the following message, which I am pleased to pass along to you: Subject: Fwd: Made-for-Toronto Local Appeal Body Public Consultations re Committee of Adjustment Russ Ford just received this message from Councillor Perks of Ward 14 and as the Etobicoke consultation is Feb.18th we need to get the word out quickly […]
I recently borrowed Valencia 1952 and The Americans from the Toronto Public Library (TPL). Robert Frank is a remarkable photographer, who from what I can gather has had a strong impact on the the directions in which photography as a medium has travelled since the 1950s. He has, as I understand, also had an impact […]
I subscribe to updates concerned with a site called For King and Country at torontofamilyhistory.com. A previous blog post about King and Country can be accessed here. The most recent update is concerned with Preparing War Memorials: Danforth Tech Shows How. The opening paragraphs read: How did schools collect the names for their war memorials? […]