Survivor Profile - Marie Slark
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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. -
Marie Slark speaks about her experiences as a survivor of the Huronia Regional Centre -
Four people sit at a table in a dark room, with an image of a straight jacket projected behind them. -
A woman stands in a dark room facing a projection of an image of a bathtub. -
Three women sitting at a table. -
A photograph of Marie Slark standing in front of a projected photograph of the pipe room at the Huronia Regional Centre. The pipe room is well known among survivors as a site of violence. -
Profile pictures of four speakers. Text: May 5th 2016. 1-3 HNES 140, York University. Remembering Huronia: Survivors Share Histories of Institutionalization. Accommodation requests to CDSSA@YUGSA.CA. -
Profile pictures of four speakers. Text: York University Critical Disability Studies Student Association Presents: Remembering Huronia. -
Fabric craft of flowers against a blue sky. -
Fabric craft of blue sky, green grass, flowers, and the words: Remember Every Name. -
Profile pictures of four speakers. Text: Remembering Huronia: Survivors Share Histories of Institutionalization. The Huronia Regional Centre was a total institution built and run by the Ontario government to warehouse people labeled as intellectually disabled. Since its doors closed in 2009, survivors have worked tirelessly to raise awareness about the experience of institutionalization and to seek justice for those institutionalized. Join Harold Dougall and Cindy Scott, who advocate on behalf of those buried in unmarked graves on Huronia grounds; and Patricia Seth and Marie Slark, key litigants in a multi-million dollar settlement against the government of Ontario. Photo credit Alex Tigchelaar. Thursday, February 11, 2016, 12 noon – 2pm. 61 Charles St, DTA 217, Downtown Campus. -
A poster with silhouettes in green, pink, blue, yellow, and orange. Text: ACID Presents: Patricia Seth and Marie Slark. Surviving Huronia and Seeking Justice. January 31st at 7:00. The Library Theatre. A discussion of experiences endured at the Huronia Regional Centre, an institution for people with intellectual disabilities and survivors’ pursuit of justice. -
An ink sketch of a woman’s face on white paper. Text: Those who couldn’t speak for themselves only got $2,000. Marie. -
An ink sketch of two women on white paper. Each is labeled: Pat and Marie. -
A woman stands at a podium. Three people sit at a table. -
Five people sit on a bench. -
Five people stand outside the Canadian Museum for Human Rights. -
Three people stand outside the Canadian Museum for Human Rights. -
Text: Marie Slark and Patricia Seth: Tanis Does Award Winners 2015 Marie Slark and Patricia Seth were recognized as winners of the 2015 Tanis Doe award from the Canadian Disability Studies Association. This award honours an individual (or in this case, two individuals) who dare to "speak the unspeakable" in advancing the study and culture of disability, and who have enriched through research, teaching, or activism, the lives of Canadians with disabilities. This is the major award presented by the association, reserved for those who have devoted an entire life to disability rights and advocacy. Pat and Marie not only satisfy these criteria, they exemplify them, they live them. The award was presented to Pat and Marie at a large conference in Ottawa in summer 2015. This conference is called Congress and it gathers together academics and researchers from all over Canada and the world. Pat and Marie were also given the opportunity to speak at Congress, and their presentation focused not just on the work they had done in the class action lawsuit and settlement, but also all of the work that is still left to do in helping people to access funds and find support. In the past, this award has gone exclusively to academics – university professors and researchers. So Pat and Marie’s recognition is also a powerful message that we find our most important leaders and teachers not only or even primarily in the classroom or in the academy – we find them where disabled people can organize together to fight injustice and to support one another. Using their unique style of collaborative delivery, Pat and Marie used their presentation to ask tough questions of the audience: how will you support institutional survivors? How will you make sure this abuse and neglect doesn’t happen again? -
Text: Your Name: Marie Slark. Some of your accomplishments: I work at Winners part time. I process shoes and put them on the shelves with their. What are you good at? I’m good at knitting sewing crocheting and doing bead work especially making rosaries. I’m good at advocating on the behalf of people with disabilities with help. What have you done that is exceptional? I was a representative of the class action suit against the government, for the abuse and neglect that happened. What sets you apart from other people you have met? I’m am a survivor of Huonia and I spoke up against injustice. I took a risk to help other people. I like to live a quiet life, but being an advocate has put me in the public eye. What might you offer to an organization interested in booking a person like you to speak or give advice? I can inspire people to speak against injustices in institutions and group homes, and any injustice of any kind. Never allow institutions to be opened ever again or segregation. -
Text: Proper sizes. I also process purses and luggage. I have my own apartment and I have a cat and a dog. I was a representative of the Class Action Suit against Huronia, with the help of my litigation guardian Marilyn Dolmage. We went to different places to tell people about Huronia and how to fill out the claims forms, and about the point system. I did a radio show and talked on TV. We went to Queen’s Park and heard the apology from Kathleen Wynne. I am an Artist. I advocated against my brother Tommy going into a nursing home. He now lives in Christian Horizons in Barrie. I do exceptional work with my hands. I could inspire. -
A woman's face in profile, chin down. Her hair is swept up in a loose bun. She is wearing glasses. She is facing a white concrete wall. -
A woman with glasses looks ahead. -
Marie Slark's poetry, produced in a Recounting Huronia workshop. -
Marie Slark's poetry, produced in a Recounting Huronia workshop.