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How writer Suki Kim embedded herself among North Korea’s elite – Dec. 18, 2014 CBC The Current
/0 Comments/in Newsletter/by Jaan PillUpdates: A Feb. 25, 2017 Atlantic article is entitled: “The Meaning of Kim Jong Nam’s Murder: His death has punctured the myth of the Kims’ holy bloodline.” A Feb. 28, 2017 CBC article is entitled: “Friendship on the rocks? China, North Korea clash over nuclear and chemical weapons: North Korea’s reaction was so strong that some Chinese […]
Message from Trustee Pamela Gough regarding Jan. 15, 2015 Review of the Toronto District School Board
/0 Comments/in Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillThe following message is from Trustee Gough’s office: Sent on behalf of Trustee Pamela Gough: Yesterday, the Minister of Education announced the report of education consultant Margaret Wilson, who had been instructed to investigate problems in governance and administration at the TDSB. I am enclosing the link to this report below. I would like to […]
Taiwan, the Little Dragon: Travel report from David Godley
/2 Comments/in Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillI am pleased to share with you the following report (I’ve added the photos at random) from David Godley, who has previously posted articles for this website on City of Toronto planning issues as well as previous vacation trips that David has enjoyed: Following text is by David Godley: Taiwan, the Little Dragon According to […]
MPP Peter Milczyn December 31, 2014 e-News Update
/0 Comments/in Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillThe following message is from MPP Peter Milczyn’s office” A Year of Building Opportunity Dear Residents of Etobicoke-Lakeshore, Recently, the Ontario Legislature rose for our holiday break, giving your elected representatives the chance to return to their ridings, attend community events, meet constituents and spend some quality time with our loved ones. The end of […]
MCHS Bio for Graeme Decarie, who taught for three years at Malcolm Campbell High School
/8 Comments/in MCHS 2015 Biographies, MCHS Stories, Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillBorn into pretty severe poverty in Montreal’s Villeray district. (1933 was a bad year to be born.) Attended Crystal Springs School, a four-room school built to the same design as the original version of Cartierville School. Failed grade 10, was failing grade 11 when principal called me down to say, “Let’s face it, Decarie, you […]
Ethnographic and neuroscience research addresses Buddhist cultural practices
/0 Comments/in Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillI like to to read about anthropology, which I view as a high-end form of journalism. In a previous number of posts, most recently this one, I’ve discussed an overview – a blurb, so to speak – about the career of Sherry B. Ortner that appears in Fifty Key Anthropologists (2011). Framing of evidence My basic […]