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  • Marie Slark's Speakers Bureau Biography
    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.

  • Marie Slark’s Speakers Bureau Biography – Back Page
    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.

  • Harold Dougall's Speakers Bureau Biography
    Text: Your Name: Harold Dougall. Some of your accomplishments: Champion and pin bowler, certified in behavior management services, competed in the Special Olympics in swimming, track and field. What are you good at? Speaking, making people feel comfortable. What have you done that is exceptional? Working on behalf of a wheelchair accessible community in Orillia, and great liaison for people in wheelchair. What sets you apart from other people you have met? Nothing, I’m not a special person. Not ashamed of who I am. What might you offer to an organization interested in booking a person like you to speak or give advice? Expert on bullying in institutions and the workforce. How to be good only to people in wheelchairs. Harold’s personality.

  • David Houston's Speakers Bureau Biography – Redrafted
    Text: David Houston. 24 April, 2015. David Houston worked for 25 years at the Toronto District School Board. A good team player and listener, David is married and has raised a family of three daughters. David lived at the Huronia Regional Centre as a youth and has since demonstrated forgiveness towards those who were part of that chapter in his life. David is genuine, honest, and tactful. David is willing to share about his experiences at Huronia with those who would like to learn about them.

  • David Houston's Speakers Bureau Biography
    Text: Your Name: David Houston. Some of your accomplishments: Raising a family 3 daughters. 25 years working for TDSB. What are you good at? Good listener, team player. What have you done that is exceptional? Forgiveness quality. What sets you apart from other people you have met? Genuine article. What might you offer to an organization interested in booking a person like you to speak or give advice? I could offer them my years of experience living at Huronia.

  • Carrieanne Ford's Speakers Bureau Biography – Back Page
    Text: CarrieAnne Ford spent most childhood in the Huronia Regional Centre. Even though she grew up in a space that was very unkind, she is an expert at providing compassionate care to animals and children and those who are vulnerable. CarrieAnne has a keen ability to see and name the truth in hard situations. She is also a accomplished singer who once won a trophy for her vocal abilities. CarreAnne has an enormous heart and a ability to listen to those who are often not given a voice – like animals. CarrieAnne has the capacity to speak in sincere and frank ways about experiences of pain and vulnerability in HRC. Now widowed, CarrieAnne remains proud of her 26 year marriage.

  • Cindy Scott's Speakers Bureau Biography – Back Page
    Test: Suggestions for what to do with the Huornia grounds. Convey truths about Huronia’s history. Community – what it means to build one after Huronia closes, and that the people there were friends. Passionate speaker: direct, straight shooter.

  • Cindy Scott's Speakers Bureau Biography
    Text: Your Name: Cindy Scott. Some of your accomplishments: Survived Huronia, showcased in a news article, worked to honour friends at Huronia cemetery by pushing activism around unmarked graves and commemorative archway. What are you good at? Surviving, painting business – drywall smith, housekeeping. What have you done that is exceptional? Spoken on radio, activism in Orillia/Huronia issues. What sets you apart from other people you have met? Proud lesbian, efficient, thoughtful/mindful of others. What might you offer to an organization interested in booking a person like you to speak or give advice? Experiences as a child at Huronia, I would show storybook and art about surviving. I want them to know people should know what happened, and that we survived, a living history.

  • Workshop - nancy viva davis halifax and Harold Dougall
    A woman in red plaid and man in grey hoodie stand in the front of a classroom. The woman is holding two sheets of paper, and the man is pointing at a page. Both their eyes are on the papers and they are in conversation.

  • Workshop - Marie Slark
    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.

  • Cabaret Rehearsal - Pat Seth and David Houston
    A woman and a man sit on chairs on a stage.

  • Cabaret Rehearsal - Cindy Scott
    A woman stares forward smiling.

  • Cabaret Rehearsal - David Houston and Daughter
    A man and woman sit on chairs on a stage.

  • Cabaret Rehearsal - Harold Dougall and Alisa Walton
    A man sits on a chair on a stage. A woman performs a handstand behind him.

  • Cabaret Rehearsal - Harold Dougall and Alisa Walton 2
    A man sits on a chair on a stage. A woman performs a handstand behind him.

  • Cabaret Rehearsal - Pat Seth
    A woman stares forward, her hand up to partially cover her face.

  • Professional Photograph - Cindy Scott
    Photograph of a woman in red glasses and a purple shirt smiling. Behind her in a pride flag.

  • Workshop - Pat Seth and Carrieanne Ford
    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.

  • Workshop - Carrieanne Ford 2
    A woman turns toward the camera to smile. She has blond hair and glasses, and is wearing a blue vest over a blue sweater.

  • Cabaret Rehearsal - Harold Dougall
    A man stands on a stage with a microphone. A photograph of him is projected on a screen.

  • Cabaret Rehearsal - Cindy Scott and Harold Dougall
    A woman sits with her back to the camera in an empty audience. A man stands on stage.

  • Cabaret Rehearsal - Carrieanne Ford
    A woman in glasses stares.

  • Cabaret Rehearsal - Cindy Scott 2
    A woman in a purple shirt and glasses sits in a theatre holding a Coca-Cola can.

  • Cabaret Rehearsal - Harold Dougall 2
    A man in glasses and a hat speaks into a microphone.

  • Cabaret Rehearsal - Carrieanne Ford 3
    A woman holds a trophy.