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      By Burghardt, Madeline C., 1964-
       2018., McGill-Queen's University Press Call No: 362.309713 B956b    Availability:1 of 1     At Your Library Series Title: McGill-Queen's/Associated Medical Services studies in the history of medicine, health, and society   Volume: 50Summary Note: "After 133 years of operation, the 2009 closure of Ontario's government-run institutions for people with intellectual disabilities has allowed accounts of those affected to emerge. In Broken, Madeline Burghardt draws from narratives of institutional survivors, their siblings, and their parents to examine the far-reaching consequences of institutionalization due to intellectual difference. Beginning with a thorough history of the rise of institutions as a system to manage difference, Broken provides an overview of the development of institutions in Ontario and examines the socio-political conditions leading to families' decisions to institutionalize their children. Through this exploration, other themes emerge, including the historical and arbitrary construction of intellectual disability and the resulting segregation of those considered a threat to the well-being of the family and the populace; the overlap between institutionalization and the workings of capitalism; and contemporaneous practices of segregation in Canadian history, such as Indian residential schools. Drawing from people's direct, lived experiences, the second half of the book gathers poignant accounts of institutionalization's cascading effects on family relationships and understandings of disability, ranging from stories of personal loss and confusion to family breakage. Adding to a growing body of work addressing Canada's treatment of historically marginalized peoples, Broken exposes the consequences of policy based on socio-political constructions of disability and difference, and of the fundamentally unjust premise of institutionalization."--
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      By Whitzman, Carolyn
       2023., Adult, On Point Press Call No: NEW BLK 364.152 W630c    Availability:1 of 1     At Your Library Summary Note: In the autumnal darkness of October 6, 1894, an unseen figure slipped through the streets of Parkdale, rang the doorbell at the home of a well-to-do Toronto family, and shot Frank Westwood in his doorway, murdering him in cold blood. Six weeks later, the spotlight shone on the enigmatic Clara Ford, a Black tailor and single mother known for her impeccable work ethic and resolute personality - and for wearing men's attire. A former neighbor of the Westwoods, Clara was arrested and confessed to the murder. But as the details of her arrest and her complex connection to the Westwood family emerged, she recanted, testifying that she was coerced by police into a false confession. Clara was the first woman - and only the second person - to testify on her own behalf in a Canadian trial. Set in three acts, this story illuminates not only the riveting case itself but also the societal attitudes, gender and race hypocrisy, and the politics of media power in the growing city of Toronto. Carolyn Whitzman tells the compelling story of a courageous Black woman living in nineteenth-century Toronto and paints a portrait of a city and a society that have not changed enough in 125 years.
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      By Munro, Alice, 1931-
       2011, c1990., McClelland & Stewart Edition: eBook ed.    Summary Note: In Friend of My Youth, Alice Munro dazzles with her finely nuanced depictions of the human heart. These 10 stories bring to life characters in a remarkable variety of times and places, as real and recognizable as ourselves.
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      By Saucier, Jocelyne
       2011., Adult, XYZ Call No: QWF FR 848 S255i    Availability:1 of 1     At Your Library Series Title: Romanichels.Summary Note: "Vers quelle forêt secrte se dirige la photographe partie à la recherche d'un certain Boychuck, témoin et brûlé des Grands Feux qui ont ravagé le nord de l'Ontario au début du XXe siècle? On ne le saura pas. Boychuck, Tom et Charlie, dorénavant vieux, ont choisi de se retirer du monde. Ils vivent relativement heureux et ont même préparé leur mort. De fait, Boychuck n'est plus de ce monde au moment où s'amène la photographe. Tom et Charlie ignorent que la venue de la photographe boulversera leur vie. Les deux survivants feront la rencontre d'un personnage aérien, Marie-Desneige. Elle a 82 ans, tous ses esprits, même si elle est internée depuis soixante-six ans. Elle arrivera sur les lieux comme une brise espérée alors que la photographe découvrira que Boychuck était un peintre et que son ouvre était tout entière marquée par le Grand Feu de Matheson. C'est dans ce décor que s'élabore Il pleuvait des oiseaux. Nous voici en plein cour d'un drame historique, mais aussi pris par l'histoire d'hommes qui ont choisi la forêt. Trois êtres épris de liberté et qui ont fait un pacte avec la mort. Un superbe récit à la mesure du grand talent de Jocelyne Saucier."--Couverture.