Site Visit - General · Wilfrid Laurier University Library Exhibits

Cindy Scott Saying Goodbye to the Huronia Regional Centre

Cindy Scott sitting atop cement steps in front of two glass doors to the Health Services building. She is gesturing the middle finger.

Cindy Scott Holds Crib Cot

Mid-range shot of a white woman with close cropped hair, red glasses, and black jacket. She is holding the metal bar to a crib cot with a mint green mattress pad.

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Cindy Scott and Patricia Seth holding hands

Cottage "D" Sign

Exterior view of Cottage D that features an off-white sign with black lettering that reads "COTTAGE 'D' BLDG 44." The first 4 on 44 is damaged.

A photograph of the exterior of Cottage D, a red brick building with white framed windows. A sign above the white framed door reads Cottage "D" Building 44. There are evergreen bushes bordering the doorway.

Off-White Curved Reception Desk with White Cupboards

A high, off-white curved reception desk. Behind the reception desk are off-white cupboards that lock with a key. Above the cabinets is a multicoloured floral wallpaper border. The ceiling is new acoustic tiling with fluorescent box lighting. The floor is beige vinyl flooring. Light in the room comes from a window in the back lefthand corner of the frame.

Entrance Doors to the Huronia Regional Centre

Entrance doors to the Huronia Regional Centre taken from inside the building. There are two sets of doors with a small lobby between them and the doors are all glass. In the small lobby to the left is a chair facing the outside. Some of the walls are multiple shades of light brown glazed brick, some are painted white. A red lit EXIT sign hangs above the doors. The floors are terrazzo. The ceiling is white acoustic tiles.

Lit Tramway

Tramway under the Huronia Regional Centre. A photograph of a long hallway with white walls and a grey floor

Huronia Basement Hallway

Hallway in the basement of the Huronia Regional Centre. Floor is grey cement, walls are white cement, ceiling is very low and white cement. In the front right frame is a doorway taped up with orange poly tarp. In the front left frame is a red lit EXIT sign. Fluorescent lights line the left top corner of the entire hallway.

Huronia Boiler Room Detail

View of the boiler room in the basement through a chain link fence gate. A large white tank is in the left of the frame. The floor is cement and has rectangular yellow cement blocks across it. There are two windows at the back of the frame. The borders of these windows are very dirty. The pipes in this room are copper or white. The lighting is fluorescent but also comes from the two windows.

Interior Hallway with Brown Tiled Floor

An interior hallway with terracotta tiled floor. The lighting is fluorescent. The walls are cement and are painted light blue to the midpoint and white to the top. The hallway is lined with doors. One of the doors in the left of the frame has a window with a horizontal sliding pane on the top half and a large louver on the bottom half but no doorknob. Two half dome safety mirror to the left and right are visible in the foreground.

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Cindy Scott standing in front of exterior of Huronia Regional Centre building. She is dressed all in black with a blue, grey and white striped polo shirt visible underneath. The upper half of the building is red brick with big arched windows. The ground level of the building is greystone and has rectangular windows.

Tombstone for Jane Harris, 1888-1971.

Tombstone for Jane Harris, 1888-1971. Photograph was taken at the Huronia Regional Centre cemetery.

Numbered Headstones

A photograph of headstones in the Huronia Regional Centre cemetery numbered 370, 1671, 1740, 1777.

Field of Headstones

A photograph of numbered headstones in a large square plot taken from a distance on the grounds of the Huronia Regional Centre cemetery.

Plot of Headstones

The plot of numbered headstones at the Huronia Regional Centre cemetery.

Blue Tiled Hallway

A hallway at the Huronia Regional Centre. In the left foreground of the frame is a white concrete block wall. The walls that line the remainder of the hallway are light blue glazed tile to the midpoint and white painted plaster to the top. The floors are terrazzo. The ceiling is white acoustic tiles and features fluorescent tube lighting down the length of the hallway. A red lit EXIT sign is visible in the left of the frame. The hallway is lined with blue metal doors with vision panels. At the end of the hallway a blue mural can be seen.

Recounting Huronia Community Archive