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Ward 1 Councillor Jim Tovey leads Jane’s Walk in Lakeview (Mississauga) at 12:00 noon on Sunday, May 3, 2015
/0 Comments/in Jane's Walk, Mississauga, Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillYou can find details about the walk at the Jane’s Walk website, at the Mississauga Jane’s Walks category: Small Arms Building – Saved from Destruction in 2009 From Small Arms to Lake Ontario and back, with stops at Hanlan Water Project and Long Branch Rifle Ranges Updates 1) Please note that there are no washroom […]
Veronica Foster the Bren Gun Girl was a non-smoker, except on the occasion of a wartime NFB photo shoot
/0 Comments/in MCHS Stories, Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillOld Mill Toronto has a close connection with military history. By way of example, I recently learned, on a CBC The Current broadcast, that Veronica Foster – also known as Ronnie the Bren Gun Girl during the Second World War – performed as a musician at Old Mill Toronto during the postwar years. Despite the […]
Online chapter by Tanni Kents in Estonian Life Stories (2009) describes her family’s postwar arrival in Cartierville
/0 Comments/in MCHS Stories, Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillClick here to access BBC Estonia country profile > In the course of an online search for “Cartierville School Preserved Stories,” I came across the English translation of a chapter in Estonian Life Stories by my late mother Tanni Kents. I’ve read the Estonian version, but had not seen the English version for some years. […]
Toronto District School Board – Ward 3 Trustee Pamela Gough Update: Nov. 4, 2014
/0 Comments/in Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillThe following update is from Pamela Gough’s office [You can access the following text online at the following link: Ward 3 Trustee Pamela Gough Update: Nov. 4, 2014. [At the latter link you can access the additional links, that are included in online text, but which I have not included in the text below.] Ward […]
1989 was a critical year in the history of Eastern and Central Europe, and of the world
/0 Comments/in Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillTwenty-five years ago in the summer of 1989, I travelled to the Baltic countries of Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia – at that time still under occupation by the Soviet Union. I also travelled to Sweden, which had maintained a state of neutrality, or at least the appearance of it, through the First and Second World […]
How community charettes revolutionize design and solve ‘real world’ problems – Sept. 17, 2014 CBC podcast
/0 Comments/in Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillA Sept. 17, 2014 post at The Current (CBC) website notes: “There is some truth in the old joke about a camel being a horse designed by a committee. But designers believe if you get the right people throwing enough ideas around, you can get a thoroughbred. Designers call that kind of committee a charrette, […]
Recipe for Victory Great War Food Symposium – at Fort York on Sept. 28, 2014
/0 Comments/in Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillWe are pleased to share the following notice from David Juliusson: Recipe For Victory Great War Food Symposium at Fort York Sunday, Sept. 28, 2014, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Early Bird Fee (Until September 12): $65 Regular Fee: $75 (prices include HST) In partnership with the Culinary Historians of Canada, Fort York presents a special […]
City of Toronto is warning residents to be cautious about private companies offering door-to-door free water testing
/3 Comments/in Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillAn Aug. 29, 2014 CBC article is entitled: “Lifetime Water Systems sales pitch after free test frustrates residents: The test is free, but what residents aren’t told is that it is followed by a water filter sales pitch.” The article notes: The city has placed a warning notice on its website, including a fact sheet about […]
A great presentation is the opposite of a what a stage magician does: Edward Tufte (1997)
/1 Comment/in Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan Pill“Explaining Magic: Pictorial Instuctions and Disinformation Design” is the title of Chapter 3 in Visual Explanations (1997) by Edward Tufte. Visual Explanations (1997) The chapter provides one of the best accounts that I’ve encountered anywhere about how to make a presentation. In essence, Tufte says: “Do the opposite of what a stage magician does.” I […]