 and Menzies. Indeed, Sonica, on aesthetic, methodological and even ethical levels, forms a compelling argument for entirely stepping outside of the staid canvases, white cubes and black boxes of mainstream culture as a whole and re-imagining your local tunnel, playground, or riverside district town as a site for all kinds of unimaginable rupture and rapture.
I have rarely found a Christian who truly understood atheism. I think it makes sense. Many of us are former Christians (or Muslims) who have a pretty good sense of our former religion. Giving up a religion is a serious thing. So those of us who did, often examined our religion in great depth before giving it up, which puts us in the ironic position of often understanding our former religion better than most of its current adherents. So we have walked in their shoes, often for a significant part of our life. But Christians have not walked in the shoes of an atheist. They only hear scary stories, and have internalized them, but of some unrealistic negative stereotypes that have nothing to do with how we really feel or think. So often, we can make pretty good guesses about how they think, but they don't have a clue how we think. Or that at least, has been my experience.Explore the mind of world-renowned Dutch printmaker M.C. Escher in a group discussion about his book, Escher on Escher: Exploring the Infinite. The book is an insightful look into Escher’s inspiration and process—explained by the artist himself—which includes a collection previously-unreleased lectures and articles. After sharing thoughts and feedback, guests will participate in a scavenger hunt for select works in our dual-floor exhibition, M.C. Escher: Infinite Variations.
Maurits Cornelius Escher was a graphic artist of Dutch descent whose artwork is comprised largely of mathematically and fantastically-inspired woodcuts, lithographs, and mezzotints. Though most of his work was created during the 1940’s and 50’s, it wasn’t until later that Escher became widely appreciated and one of the world’s most recognizable artists today.
Free Admission for WCHOF members. $5 General Admission.
Hors d’oeuvres and refreshments are provided.
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so good that its still so light even at 8:30pm! feeling a little better alreadythe US delegation to the opening of the US Embassy in Jerusalem.
behalf of moving the embassy to Jerusalem.
Dear friends, from Israel, from the United States, from around the world.
cyber, in IT, in water, in judo, in singing.
going to get the Eurovision in Jerusalem. Next year in Jerusalem.
alliance between Israel and the United States stronger than ever.
and others are following in President Trump’s footsteps.
are in the process of doing exactly that.
reveal other’s state secrets. We’ll let you know as time comes.
Jerusalem will remain Israel’s capital.
my ear, we’ll fix it. But it will happen.
is good for Israel, this is good for the region, it’s good for the world.
Jared Kushner and his wife Ivanka.
any time, at any day, but especially on this day. Thank you.
you for coming here from all over the world.
We are celebrating a momentous day. Happy birthday Jerusalem.How do you solve the transportation emissions issue plaguing the Greater Toronto Area? That was the question at the top of the minds of the panellists invited to discuss the future of clean transportation.
Hosted by Partners in Project Green (PPG), a community brought together by the Greater Toronto Airport Authority (GTAA) and the Toronto Region Conservation Authority (TRCA) to develop the Pearson Eco-Business Zone into, among other things, an eco-friendly business climate.
Ten years into its work, the group has come together on multiple initiatives within the economic zone, Canada’s second largest, to build a better environment for the businesses calling it home. That has included efforts to improve energy efficiency, significantly reduce the amount of non-recycled waste, and install electric vehicle infrastructure.
But as local and regional operations like the GTAA and Region of Peel release their long-term transportation plans, there was an opportunity to discuss what needs to be done in order to reduce the emissions that these plans will create in the Pearson Zone.
“When we unpackaged the emissions profile, within transportation we found that emissions from the freight sector are going up and it’s the only sector within transportation that is,” said Dianne Zimmerman, senior manager of Partners in Project Green.
With a strong manufacturing presence, and Canada’s largest international airport both part of the Pearson Zone, freight emissions are a significant concern that has yet to be addressed with a viable solution.
The subject was one of the primary forces behind the panel discussion on the future of clean transportation at the PPG event. Environmental Commissioner of Ontario Dianne Saxe, the moderator for the discussion, emphasized that freight emissions is our biggest challenge in reducing GHG emissions. Transportation, she noted, is the biggest source of GHG emissions in Ontario right now, and that solving the freight issue needs to come through technology and innovation.
But Glen Murray, executive director of the Pembina Institute, noted that there are some practical solutions that can help address the issue, especially in the short-term as new innovations are developed. The ‘low-hanging fruit’ includes things like maximizing the capacity of the trucks sent out on the road, re-designing truck beds to allow for different types of goods movement within the same vehicle, as well as the re-localization of the some of the products produced locally. Those initiatives can help to reduce emissions now, while advancements in fuel switching and vehicle electrification progress.
The technology behind reducing emissions in freight operations is not an issue that can be solved by GTAA or Region of Peel staff, but there is significant work that they can do to reduce transportation emissions in the region. And it all starts with planning.
The Region of Peel has released its long-term transportation, a plan that addresses regional needs through to 2041. As Janette Smith, public works commissioner for the Region of Peel described, despite expected population growth of 500,000 residents over the lifespan of the plan, the hope is that an integrated transportation plan is to have 50 per cent of all residents trips to be made by sustainable transportation. To do so will mean establishing better connections within its current transit network and potentially increasing the use of HOV lanes and adding more carpool lots to encourage carpooling to name a few.
And the GTAA’s proposed Regional Transportation Centre (RTC) will only help to achieve those goals. Pat Neville, who is the vice president of airport planning and technical services for the GTAA, stated that less than 10 per cent of outbound travellers currently access the airport via transit. The establishment of the RTC, one that connects to local, regional, and provincial transit networks, would make accessing the airport via transit much easier, and in turn, significantly reduce personal vehicle emissions in the Pearson Zone.
But more can be done, according to Murray, to improve transportation emissions in the Toronto area, and it starts with further integration of all forms of transportation.
Every Christmas, we have the opportunity reaffirm this trust and hope. The darkness does not win, Light will always dawn again and overcome.
It seems, in so many ways, that the world’s darkness is pushing in with an increasing intensity around us. But today, we rise, we look out into the distance and the horizon, and we see the glimmer of a light dawning.
The Light of Christ, which we celebrate today, burns at this edge of dawn. Christ’s compassion and world-remaking love sets a fire in our hearts, calling us out to bear light and hope to all we meet, to all the nations. At this burning edge of dawn, we encounter possibility in the face of the impossible, light in the face of all the darkness.
Merry Christmas, my friends. May you know the power and grace of the Impossible Light deep within your hearts today. May you gather in the company of others who will call that light out in you and who you can work with to kindle fires of goodness, mercy, and justice in the days to come. And may the light sustain you, in the face of every impossibility, on those burning edges of glory, where you live, move, and have your being.
The title of this reflection comes from one of the best albums I’ve heard in the last few years by Andrew Peterson. Need to spend some music gift card money? This album is a great place to start.
Also, just because Impossible Light is wrapping up, doesn’t mean I’m going to stop writing. Find out more here.
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