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Speakers Bureau Presentation at Ontario Tech University in Oshawa Ontario - Full Room
Photograph taken from the back of a full classroom.
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Speakers Bureau Event Poster - Ontario Tech University
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.
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Speakers Bureau Event Poster - Mount Allison University
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.
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Speakers Bureau Presentation at Mt Allison University in Sackville New Brunswick - Drawing of Pat Seth
An ink sketch of a woman’s face on white paper. Text: Pat. 13 years. Huronia Institutional Centre.
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Speakers Bureau Presentation at Mt Allison University in Sackville New Brunswick - Drawing of Marie Slark
An ink sketch of a woman’s face on white paper. Text: Those who couldn’t speak for themselves only got $2,000. Marie.
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Speakers Bureau Presentation at Mt Allison University in Sackville New Brunswick - Drawing of Pat Seth and Marie Slark
An ink sketch of two women on white paper. Each is labeled: Pat and Marie.
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Speakers Bureau Presentation for International Sociological Association World Congress of Sociology in Toronto Ontario – Kate Rossiter, Carrieanne Ford, and Jen Rinaldi Presenting
Three women sit at a table with microphones, speaking to one another.
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Speakers Bureau Presentation for International Sociological Association World Congress of Sociology in Toronto Ontario – Carrieanne Ford Presenting
A woman sits at a table with three framed photographs from her youth.
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Speakers Bureau Presentation for Canadian Museum for Human Rights in Winnipeg Manitoba – Panel
A woman stands at a podium. Three people sit at a table.
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Speakers Bureau Presentation for Canadian Museum for Human Rights in Winnipeg Manitoba – Alex Tigchelaar and Harold Dougall Presenting
A woman and man sit at a table. The woman is holding a microphone.
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Speakers Bureau Tour of Canadian Museum for Human Rights in Winnipeg Manitoba – Exhibit
Two pictures from museum exhibit. Text: Inclusion for All. 1. Crib cage in the Ontario Hospital School, Orillia, 1971. The residential facility for people with developmental disabilities was sued for mistreating patients. The Globe and Mail, photograph by Barrie Davis. 2. Lawyer Yvonne Peters and other activists demonstrating for disability rights in Ottawa, 1980. Two years later, disability rights were recognized in the Constitution of Canada. The Canadian Press, photograph by Fred Chartrand.
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Speakers Bureau Tour of Canadian Museum for Human Rights in Winnipeg Manitoba – Group
Five people sit on a bench.
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Speakers Bureau Tour of Canadian Museum for Human Rights in Winnipeg Manitoba – Harold Dougall Standing
A man stands in a room with arms outstretched. A video is playing behind him.
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Speakers Bureau Tour of Canadian Museum for Human Rights in Winnipeg Manitoba – Group Outside
Five people stand outside the Canadian Museum for Human Rights.
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Speakers Bureau Tour of Canadian Museum for Human Rights in Winnipeg Manitoba – Group Outside 2
Three people stand outside the Canadian Museum for Human Rights.
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Speakers Bureau Tour of Canadian Museum for Human Rights in Winnipeg Manitoba – Harold Dougall's Note
A note written in red ink, left at a Canadian Museum for Human Rights exhibit. Text: My community are survivors of the Huronia Regional Centre in Orillia. I’m inspired to tell my story. I want them to know where I was and what happened to me. I want to make sure all institutions are closed down. You have your rights to do anything you want to, like voting. Harold Dougall.
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Speakers Bureau Tour of Canadian Museum for Human Rights in Winnipeg Manitoba – Harold Dougall
A man holds up a note at a museum exhibit.
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Speakers Bureau Tour of Winnipeg Manitoba – Harold Dougall
A man stands beside bicycles.
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Speakers Bureau Tour of Winnipeg Manitoba – Carrieanne Ford
A woman in a snowman sweater sits.
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Punishing Conditions Book Launch
Two women stand before an audience at a bookstore.
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Punishing Conditions Book Launch Poster
The poster features a photograph of a lock. Text: Punishing Conditions: Institutional Violence and Disability by Kate Rossiter and Jen Rinaldi. Published by Routledge. Wednesday October 24th, 2018, 6 to 8pm. Ben McNally Books, 366 Bay Street, Toronto. Light refreshments and a chance for survivors and allies to speak. Wheelchair accessible space.
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Community Living Ontario James Montgomerie Community Award Ceremony - Cindy Scott and Carrieanne Ford
Two woman smile. The woman in a purple sweater has her arm around the other.
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Community Living Ontario James Montgomerie Community Award
A woman poses with an award.
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Community Living Ontario James Montgomerie Community Award
A man stands holding an award.
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Announcement: Tanis Doe Award Recipients Marie Slark and Patricia Seth
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?