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MAC Appointment: Alexandre Taillefer, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal

In Beauty, book reviews, Business, Contact Information, Creative Writing, Culture, Education, Entertainment, Environment, Events, Health, Living, Media Writing, Movie Reviews, Music, Radio Podcasts, Religion, Restaurant Reviews, Sports, Technology, travel, Video Work, Writing (all kinds) on May 17, 2012 at 7:00 PM

MONTREAL, May 17, 2012 /CNW Telbec/ – The Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal is proud to announce the appointment of Alexandre Taillefer to a five-year term as Chairman of its Board of Directors. The appointment was approved by Quebec’s cabinet yesterday, May 16, 2012. Read the rest of this entry »

Retail Council of Canada honours Brian Hill with 2012 Distinguished Retailer of the Year Award

In Beauty, book reviews, Business, Contact Information, Creative Writing, Culture, Education, Entertainment, Environment, Events, Health, Living, Media Writing, Opinion, Sports, Technology, travel, Video Work, Writing (all kinds) on May 17, 2012 at 6:58 PM

TORONTO, May 17, 2012 /CNW/ – Retail Council of Canada (RCC) announced today that Brian Hill, Founder & CEO of Aritzia LP, will be honoured with the 2012 Distinguished Retailer of the Year Award. Read the rest of this entry »

Youth find self-expression through words, movement and painting in a AFCY’s Digital Dialogues program

In Beauty, book reviews, Business, Contact Information, Creative Writing, Culture, Education, Entertainment, Environment, Events, Health, Living, Media Writing, Movie Reviews, Music, Radio Podcasts, Sports, Technology, travel, Video Work, Writing (all kinds) on May 17, 2012 at 4:25 PM

TORONTO, ON (May 22, 2012): On May 23, more than 60 students from three Toronto public schools will come together to collaborate on an innovative multi-disciplinary arts project coordinated by Arts for Children and Youth (AFCY). Made possible with funding from TELUS, the AFCY project is called Digital Dialogues, and it’s inspiring Toronto youth to use arts/media technology as a tool for communicating what matters to them, and how they want to convey that to an international audience. The collaborative performance takes place between 10:00 am and 2:00 pm, at Lord Dufferin Public School located at 350 Parliament Street in Regent Park. Read the rest of this entry »

TTC Time Travel (originally published in the Toronto Star)

In cars, Education, Opinion, Writing (all kinds) on May 17, 2012 at 3:00 AM
Courtesy of Morguefile.com

Courtesy of Morguefile.com

I took the hour commute by TTC to Seneca College on York University’s campus to teach. On my way a woman spoke in what sounded like Polish on a cell during the moment of light on the northbound University-Spadina line. I caught all my buses and subways. I even made sure I was the third person off the bus to Dupont Station through the turnstiles and I think this helped me with my luck at getting the subway right away.

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