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Trees are a topic that strongly interests me. My father, who was born in 1915, was a forester in Estonia. Before we arrived in Halifax in 1951, my father followed this line of work in Sweden for some years. Before that, our extended family had escaped as wartime refugees to Sweden from Estonia in 1944 […]
Deindustrialization and the metaphor of the Machine in the Garden have been the topics of previous posts, as has been the urban planning history of Chicago. I’ve also discussed the contrast between waterfront development in Mississauga and Toronto: Anecdotes Shared by Fellow Walkers – May 5, 2014 post by Jaan Pill at Jane’s Walk website […]
In recent years I’ve been following with interest the QEW Improvements from Evans Avenue to Cawthra Road project. I originally learned of the project from David Juliusson of Long Branch. I’ve written several blog posts about the QEW project, including: I recently attended the Public Information Centre # 2 in connection with the QEW Improvements from […]
My most recent post related to fair trade coffee – as brand, and as back story – concerns the ISEAL Alliance: My interest in fair trade coffee, as brand and back story, has led me to www.isealalliance.org The wider topic concerns global economic, social, and military history. Below is a key post about recent research […]
The following article is by David Godley of Long Branch (Toronto not New Jersey). I mention it’s not New Jersey because in the past I used to get lots of phone and email inquires about the history of Long Branch, New Jersey. There are in fact historical connections, as I’ve discussed in past blog posts. […]
An April 2014 report, among others ones by David Godley at this website, can be accessed here. The following article has been written by David Godley. I have added the headings, to ensure ease of reading in the online environment. Trouble at the Ontario Municipal Board According to Toronto Councillor Mary Margaret McMahon O M […]
The CBC Ideas current list of podcasts can be found here. If you look at this some months from now (it’s June 13, 2014 as I write this), the list may have changed. Currently the list includes two items, originally broadcast on Dec. 16, 2013, each about 54 minutes in length, entitled: Stuffed, Parts 1 […]
I’ve been recently asked, as a follow-up to a recent series of posts about fair trade coffee, if I’m now boycotting this brand of coffee. The answer is: No. I continue to drink fair trade coffee. I like the taste. And I support local independent businesses, across Toronto, that have built their brand around fair […]
Among the academic lenses available for study of fair trade coffee is ethnographic research. Ethnography is similar to the work of a reporter or documentary maker but within a prescribed academic framework. The level of detail, however, and the amount of immersion into everyday life, appears greater than what a reporter would deal with. Ethnographic […]
By way of an introduction: 1) Truthiness refers to sense making in the absence of evidence. 2) What does the work of stage magicians tell us about how the mind works? The link to a May 3, 2008 Boston Globe article about this topic can be accessed at the previous sentence. The article notes that […]