Site Visit - Security

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Site Visit - Security
Description
Site security continued to guard the institution to its final days.

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  • Access Restriction Notice
    A large grey metal sign with black text reads: "Notice Access to this site is restricted to individuals and parties visiting or undertaking business with the Province of Ontario Ministries, Agencies and Tenants. All other access to this site is strictly prohibited." The sign includes Ontario's floral emblem the trillium and the word "Ontario". Behind the sign is a tree that is yellow and red with fall leaves.
  • Safety Information for Site Visitors
    Sign from site tour reads: "Important information about safety at the Huronia Regional Centre site. Many of the buildings at the site are not currently in use and have been unoccupied for many years. Some buildings may have water damage"
  • Property Protection Sign
    Sticker on grey painted door reads "WARNING PROPERTY PROTECTED BY ELECTRONIC SECURITY SYSTEM". WARNING is in red, PROPERTY PROTECTED BY ELECTRONIC SECURITY SYSTEM is in black, on white background.
  • Basement Hallway with Metal Gate
    Basement hallway with low ceiling. Floors and ceiling are made of beige cinderblocks. There is a black metal gate across the hallway. The floor is water damaged cement.
  • HRC Fire Bell
    Harold Dougall speaks with site security about the HRC fire bell during the final site visit.
  • Audio Clip of Security Controlling Access to HRC Site.
    Kate Rossiter speaking to other site visitors about security threatening to shut the site visit down if Pat put on a straight jacket
  • 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.
  • The "Recounting Huronia Project"
    An audio clip of Alex Tigchelaar describing the, "Recounting Huronia Project" while visiting the HRC. While speaking, Alex is interrupted by site security who warn visitors not to drink the facility's water.
  • Touring the Dining Room
    An audio clip of site visit discussions while touring HRC's two dining rooms. Harold Dougall describes his feeling the presence of a former resident that was murdered in the dining room. SIte security is heard rushing visitors through their tours. Harold describes HRC teachers as 'the screws'.
  • Touring the HRC Kitchen and Tramways
    An audio clip of site visitors walking through the HRC kitchen space discussing the presence of security that controlled access to different areas of the HRC campus. Carrieanne Ford describes the emotional impact of returning to the HRC. Site security explains the tunnel system, or tramway, that sits below the entire HRC site. David Houston describes his experiences as a runaway child that used the tunnels to escape. Other topics of discussion include organizing an HRC reunion, and overcrowding at the HRC.