Survivor Profile - Pat Seth
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An excerpt from an interview with Patricia Seth. -
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. -
Pat Seth, a survivor of the Huronia Regional Centre, shares her experiences of institutionalization while reviewing her patient files. -
Two women in winter gear smile before a blue backdrop. The woman with a white knit hat rests her head on the other woman's shoulder. -
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. The projection behind her features a picture of her holding a straight jacket. -
A woman stands in a dark room facing a projection of an image of a bathtub. -
Three women sitting at a table. -
A woman sits at a table speaking. -
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. -
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: Pat. 13 years. Huronia Institutional Centre. -
An ink sketch of two women on white paper. Each is labeled: Pat and Marie. -
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? -
A woman and a man sit on chairs on a stage. -
A woman stares forward, her hand up to partially cover her face. -
Two women sit at a table in a classroom. The woman in the foreground is wearing a pink floral print shirt, and her head is down. The woman in the background is wearing blue, and she is turned toward the camera smiling. -
A woman with short silver hair and a green shirt smiles. -
A woman in green faces forward smiling. -
A woman in red with short cropped hair stares forward, head tilted. -
Two women smile, their arms around one another. -
A woman in red with short cropped hair stares forward, head tilted. -
Blue handkerchief bordered with floral lace, and machine with embroidered text "just one tear."