Site Visit - Discussions

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Site Visit - Discussions
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A collection of audio recordings from the final visit to the Huronia Regional Centre in October 2014.

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  • Touring the Tramways
    An audio recording of conversations that took place during a tour of the tramways that sit below the HRC campus. Site visitors discuss site security controlling access to specific areas of the former institution. David Houston describes escaping through the tramways and meeting the 'farmboys'. Another site visitor remarks on the size of the population of children that resided at the HRC.
  • Touring the HRC Barbershop
    An audio clip of Alex Tigchelaar and Michael discussing whistles while touring the HRC barbershop.
  • Controlling Access
    An audio clip of site visit discussions about HRC survivors who were unable to attend the final site visit and the difficulties visitors encountered with site security preventing survivors from accessing certain areas of the HRC.
  • Walking Through the HRC
    An audio clip of a person walking through HRC buildings during the final site visit.
  • An audio clip of Harold Dougall urging disabled survivors to speak up against injustices.
    An audio clip from site visit discussions. Harold Dougall recalls being told to ignore the abuses he witnessed while institutionalized at the HRC and now he feels the need to speak up against injustices. The clip also includes the Recounting Huronia research team asking for consent from site visitors to be audio recorded and photographed during the final site visit.
  • Survivors Talk About Forced Sterilization
    An audio recording from a tour of the HRC. A site visitor discusses the use of forced sterilization techniques at the HRC that included birth control experiments conducted at the institution.
  • Escaping the HRC
    Harold Dougall, former HRC resident, talks about escaping the institution, sneaking out, and going to downtown Orillia before being caught by an HRC staff member. Harold Dougall and Alex Tigchelaar describe the HRC kitchen and the wards of the former HRC.
  • Site Visit Discussions with Harold Dougall, Former Residents and Staff
    Former residents of the Huronia Regional Centre discuss their institutional experiences while visiting the former site.