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In a book entitled The antidote: Happiness for people who can’t stand positive thinking (2012), Oliver Burkeman argues that positive thinking has its limitations. Another book along the same lines is The power of negative thinking: Using “defensive pessimism” to manage anxiety and perform at your peak (2001) by Julie K. Norem. Among books that […]
In their article about church reconversions in Toronto, Jason Hackwork and Erin Gullikson (2013) describe the Bethel Green Seniors Residence as a church conversion involving mixed function and form. In such a form of church redevelopment, a building is constructed around all of part of a congregation’s initial place of worship, and a new church, or […]
What space can be used for is a question that concerns the geographical imagination, in the sense that James A. Tyner (2012) speaks of a person’s imagination. Although Tyner has, in the above-noted study, applied the concept of the geographical imagination specifically to the study of genocide, his conceptualization is equally applicable to other discussions – that […]
I have an interest in Unionville following a visit to the town a year of two ago. I was interested to learn of its history, and what has been done to preserve heritage buildings. After that visit, I subscribed to an email newsletter from the Unionville BIA. The following information is from the newsletter. I […]
The May 16, 2013 New Yorker addresses the topic of how mental illness is defined in a well written article which begins with the following sentence: “When Thomas Insel, the director of the National Institute of Mental Health, came out swinging with his critiques of the American Psychiatric Association’s Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, a couple of weeks ago, […]
Below is the agenda: John English SAC Meeting Thursday, May 16, 2013, 7 – 8:30 pm AGENDA Welcome 7 – 7:05 Introductions Additional agenda items/other business Principal/Vice Principal’s Report 7:05 – 7:30 Board Business 7:30 – 8:30 Org chart Treasurer’s Report – year to date Fundraising Movie Night Dance-a-thon Year to date results Programs Schoolyard […]
A public meeting regarding the Wesley Mimico United Church redevelopment will be held on May 15, 2013. Here are the details: Where: Mimico Baptist Church (80 Hillside Ave) When: Wednesday May 15 at 7:00 pm Additional details can be found here. [Click on link in previous sentence to access additional details.] Before I turned my attention […]
A PDF outline of Brenna Keatinge’s talk can be found here: The City and its People: Civic Engagement Strategies for Residents I am pleased to share the following report from David Switzer of Long Branch: On April 18th, 2013 I attended a lecture at the Munk Centre Entitled “The City and Its People: Civic Engagement […]
Following message is from Jane’s Walk: Volunteer recruitment We’ve got over 50 volunteers signed up and ready to take pictures on the Walks, act as Walk Marshalls helping the group to stay together without blocking busy sidewalks, and so forth… but we’d like to have enough to have a volunteer at every Jane’s Walk! With 119 Jane’s […]