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The History and Legacy of the "Orillia Asylum for Idiots:" Children's Experiences of Institutional Violence

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Year: 2020, 2020
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Name(s): Creator (cre): Viscardis, Katharine, Thesis advisor (ths): Miron, Janet, Degree committee member (dgc): Iannacci, Luigi, Degree committee member (dgc): Marshall, Dominique, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University
Abstract: <p>The "Orillia Asylum for Idiots" (1861 - 2009), Canada's oldest and largest facility for the care and protection of children and adults with disabilities, was once praised as a beacon of humanitarian progress and described as a "community within a community." Yet, survivors who lived in the facility during the post Second World War period, a time described as the… more
Full Text: THE HISTORY AND LEGACY OF THE “ORILLIA ASYLUM FOR IDIOTS:” CHILDREN’S EXPERIENCES OF INSTITUTIONAL VIOLENCE A Thesis Submitted to the Committee on Graduate Studies in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the …