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Graeme Decarie served as historical advisor and commentator for a 1993 NFB film about the Quiet Revolution in Quebec
/7 Comments/in Autobiography Stories - G. Decarie, MCHS Stories, Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillA companion piece to the post you are now reading is entitled: Many changes have occurred in Cartierville where Malcolm Campbell High School was located from 1960s to late 1980s. * This post concerns an early 1990s documentary about the history of Montreal. A leader in the English rights movement in those years, Graeme Decarie served as […]
Chapter 4: How to read a doctor’s office
/5 Comments/in Autobiography Stories - J. Pill, MCHS Stories/by Jaan PillI owe thanks to Graeme Decarie for prompting me to get started on the writing of my very own Autobiography Stories. I urge you to get started on your stories as well, if you have not yet done so. When we think of reading, we think of reading a text or a screen. I like to […]
Extreme inequality leads to characteristic forms of story management
/3 Comments/in Jane's Walk, MCHS Stories, Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillIn a recent discussion with Graeme Decarie, I’ve posted a comment that sums up what has recently occurred to me. By way of bringing attention to the comment, I’ve reposted it below. The comment is from a previous post entitled: A compelling writing style? For Graeme Decarie, it began with watching the minister at Crystal Springs United […]
A compelling writing style? For Graeme Decarie, it began with watching the minister at Crystal Springs United Church
/2 Comments/in Autobiography Stories - G. Decarie, MCHS Stories, Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillHere’s a question that relates to the writing of Autobiography Stories. I am pleased to share the following June 29, 2016 email interview with Graeme Decarie: Jaan Pill: You have a compelling style of writing. You make great use of short paragraphs – a style that is characteristic of newspaper writing. That’s the preamble to […]
The Sceptered Isle: Pre-Brexit travel report from David Godley
/0 Comments/in Long Branch, Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillFollowing travel report is from David Godley of Long Branch. I have included just one photo; I will add more when time permits. David, thank you for including the headings! This makes my work as a blogger much easier, when the headings are already in place. David Godley writes: The Sceptered Isle, Spring Sixteen * […]
Chapter 2: Family
/1 Comment/in Autobiography Stories - G. Decarie, Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillBelow is Chapter 2 of the draft of Graeme Decarie’s autobiography story. Graeme, as noted at a previous post, encourages MCHS grads to write their own stories. We are posting chapters from his own work in progress, as a way to encourage other people to write their stories. If you have a draft chapter in […]
Chapter 3: My family fled as refugees
/0 Comments/in Autobiography Stories - J. Pill, Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillClick here to access BBC Estonia country profile > Chapter 3 of my Autobiography Story is concerned with my family’s refuge story – which as it turns out, is a story about how I ended up in Canada and among other things helps to explain my interest in military history. A couple of previous posts […]
Chapter 1: Dick and Jane
/5 Comments/in Autobiography Stories - G. Decarie, MCHS Stories, Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillGraeme Decarie’s impressive and evocative MCHS Bio is outlined at a previous post: MCHS Bio for Graeme Decarie, who taught for three years at Malcolm Campbell High School Click here for previous posts about Graeme Decarie > Graeme’s suggestion, that MCHS grads get to work on their stories, has prompted me to begin to work […]