I became interested in BRAC after listening to a presentation at the Dean’s Graduate Conference at OISE (an otherwise very interesting conference), and decided to read up on it. This thesis was in the OISE library, and I couldn’t check it out, so I had to return three times to finish reading it. Quite enjoyable […]

I think I found out about this book from the Engineers Without Borders discussion forum. (Actually, I read Mastering the Machine, and then leafed through MTM Revisited to see if anything was new.) It is produced by a foundation set up by E. F. Schumacher, which works with appropriate technology in developing countries. The author […]

This is a spin-off of an essay I did for envirosci about urbanization. I came across it in a reading, ordered it through interlibrary loan, and it arrived like a month later - think they had to get it from another university. Really nice and readable book, with only one section that I found not […]

I picked up Taiwan: A Political History by Denny Roy while I was browsing idly in the Munk Center library - looking for something to read over an impending Chinese lunch. In fact, I’ve wanted to know more about Taiwan’s history for quite a while, and this was a good opportunity. Good book - told […]

Ever since I arrived in Toronto, I’ve been fascinated by the multi-culturality and the way different cultures integrate or do not integrate with each other. I’ve wanted to understand more about the process, and I was happy to come across Calculated Kindness : Global Restructuring, Immigration and Settlement in Canada published by OISE and edited […]

So, I think I am going to start blogging about some of the books I read.
I went to lecture with a bike activist from NYC by the BikeShare Network, and he referenced Ivan Illich. I’ve heard his name before, in connection to medicine, so I thought I’d finally check him out. I found a […]