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35.15 Lillooet (3 of 5)

35.15.1 Introduction

35.15.2 Vancouver

Joanna and I would frequently go down highway 99 to Vancouver. We visited with friends Don and Maya and bought building supplies.

Vancouver is located at 1,9 on the map below:

35.15.3 Lake Lillooet

On the map above, Lillooet is located just East (right) of the 7. The closest major town was Whistler, which is located at number 8. Whistler is on the world famously beautiful highway 99 (shown below) on the way to Vancouver.

35.15.4 Region North of Lillooet Lake, East of Garibaldi

On both the map above and below, the red line is highway 99.

35.15.5 The Environment of the Site

35.15.6 Dacha as it was in 1993

35.15.7 Additions, Planned for 1994

35.15.8 Layout of the Heather-Jean Development

35.15.9 The Lot Within the Development

35.15.10 The Cabin in 1993

35.15.11 One Design for the Proposed Roof Plan

35.15.12 One Design for the Proposed Addition

35.15.13 Off the Grid

Rather than being a problem, I took the fact that we were hundreds of miles from the closest electrical grid as an opportunity to play with alternatives.

35.15.14 Direct Solar Power -Photovoltaic

35.15.15 Passive Solar Heat Energy

35.15.16 Living in the Woods

35.15.17 The GMC Van Stands Up

The old van rose to the task of all the rough tasks that I attempted.

35.16 Semesters 3 and 4 at TSS, 1993 - 1994 (2 of 2)

35.16.1 Introduction

Click here to see my public records page at the Ontario College of Teachers

35.16.2 Fall, 1993: My Third Semester at TSS

From the outset of my second year I knew it was going to be very different from my first year. I would be different: more acclimatized to the school, more confident; but more importantly the school would be different. This was because John Morton, who was the keele of this ship, was taking a year-long leave of absence. There was no principal in the school and his absence was sorely felt. This second year was also dominated two processes to do with board officials. The first was a program review and the second was the effort to acquire a new venue for the school.

Courses Taught at
THESTUDENTSCHOOL,
Fall, 1993

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35.16.3 My "Bridge Design" Unit

35.16.5 Spring, 1994: My Fourth Semester at TSS

Spring, 1994: Architecture Course One of the many positive aspects of teaching at TSS was that I had the freedom to create new courses. I designed and offered a course called "Architecture" and ran it during this fourth semester.

Courses Taught
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Spring, 1994

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35.17 Redesign of Eastdale to Accommodate a New TSS

35.17.1 Introduction

35.17.2 Need for New Digs

At this time, THESTUDENTSCHOOL was negotiating with the Toronto District School Board (at that time called the "Toronto Board of Education") for a new venue. One option was that we would have an entirely new school, but this did not seem financially likely. We were therefore putting most of our effort into the idea of building on to the school that we were in, Eastdale C.I., to give us the space we required. These designs would become my architectural project #93_1.

35.18 Research and University Courses Taken, 1993-1994

35.18.1 Introduction

35.18.2 Environmental Science Specialist, Spring, 1993

As mentioned earlier, in the Spring of 1993 I completed the third of three additional qualification courses in teaching "Environmental Science" earning me what is called the "Specialist" qualification.

Geography Honour Specialist Qualification Course, Spring, 1993

The Spring of 1993 I also earned the Honour Specialist Additional Qualification for "Geography" by taking the EDU2090B course.

Visual Arts Honour Specialist, Spring, 1993

Since I wanted to teach primarily both Visual Arts and Geography, I decided to earn the highest qualifications in both of these fields. I already had the Honour Specialist in Geography, and in the Spring of 1993 I completed the additional qualification Honour Specialist course in Visual Arts.

History Qualification, Spring, 1994

In the Spring of 1994, I completed the History additional qualification course.

Ontario Workers' Arts and Heritage Centre, Srping, 1994

During the early 1990s I was researching and promoting the idea of my union (OSSTF) building a union hall which was much more that simple a meeting and office space. I patterned my approach on what I had seen in Eastern Europe, where union halls and Teachers' Houses were a venue for art shows, workshops, libraries, daily cultural and worker-related events. Because of this, I came in contact with people that were doing the ground work for the planned Ontario Workers' Arts and Heritage Centre. Ond of the groups doing the planning was "leisureplan International Inc". I consulted with them, and I think we learned much from each other. I was happy to have made some small contribution to something as worthwhile as the Ontario Workers' Arts and Heritage Centre, which opened in Hamilton, the next year, 1995.

35.19 Chess During This Period

Context of This Chess Period

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20 of 30	1992-94	Chess on West coast
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My Chess Tournaments

During this period (really since 1970) I played in chess tournaments.

35.20 Summary, Conclusions,
Connections, Goals,
Omissions, and Regrets

35.20.1 Introduction

35.20.2 Summary

35.20.3 Conclusions

35.20.4 Connections

35.20.5 Goals

Any consideration of specific goals, should be seen in the light of my mission statements.

See: Mission Statements

35.20.6 Omissions and Regrets

The bulk of this chronicle concerns things planned, experienced, written, won, acquired, painted, accomplished, etc. This section concerns those which were only desired, thought of, considered, not completed, lost, and perhaps regretted.