Hunger, Human Experimentation, and the Legacy of Residential Schools
Historical Visions and Revisions Speaker Series
Event Details
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Thursday, January 14, 2016
7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
Building: Traill College
Room: Bagnani Hall
Cost: Free
Dr. Ian Mosby’s talk will discuss his experience over the past year of meeting with and listening to the stories of survivors of a series of nutrition experiments conducted on nearly 1,000 children in Indian residential schools between 1948 and 1952. In July 2013, Dr. Mosby’s article Administering Colonial Science: Nutrition Research and Human Biomedical Experimentation in Aboriginal Communities and Residential Schools, 1942–1952, was published in the journal Histoire sociale/Social History and almost immediately received widespread coverage by Canadian as well as international media. Since that time, he has given dozens of talks about his research, including at multiple public forums for Mi’kmaq, Nuu-chah-nulth, Gitxsan and Anishinaabe survivors of these nutrition experiments.
The goal of Dr. Mosby’s talk will therefore be to provide some historical background for these experiments while also discussing what the broader response to his research tells us about Canada’s current efforts towards reconciliation – particularly following the end of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s mandate.
Reception to follow at the Trend.