Quoi prochaine ?

Les histoires des enfants et leur portrait vous invitent dans un monde qui s’est perdu à travers le temps. Les documents connectés aux histoires des asiles ont rarement conservé les expériences de la jeunesse. Grâce à l’imagination, les expériences des enfants prennent ici vie. Leurs histoires montrent comment l’incarcération et la société canadienne les ont touchés.

Mais qu’en est-il du présent ?

En 2024, un nouvel appel à la réouverture de l’hôpital Riverview (Essondale) a été lancé. En 2025, l’Alberta a introduit le traitement involontaire de la toxicomanie. L’asile Selkirk est maintenant un établissement de santé mentale.

La santé mentale et le traitement des dépendances préoccupent les Canadiens. Pourtant, les politiques et les pratiques restent centrées sur les traitements forcés et l’incarcération. Entre 2008 et 2018, le journaliste d’investigation Rob Wipond a découvert que le nombre de patients involontaires a presque doublé en Colombie-Britannique et en Ontario. Le lien entre les soins et l’incarcération s’étend jusqu’au présent.

Les histoires de Bertha, Mathieu, Sophia, et Wilfrid nous montrent les effets néfastes de ce paradigme de traitement. Leurs expériences nous montrent aussi comment des forces socio-politiques plus vastes ont façonné les soins. L’histoire sert de leçon pour le futur et montre le besoin de réimaginer les soins informés par les expériences vécues.

En savoir plus

Ressources supplémentaires

• • • Découvrez les expériences vécues en matière de protection de l’enfance en Suisse: https://assistance-coercition.ch/app/
    • Découvrez les soins infirmiers psychiatriques au Québec: https://www.lesinfirmieresdelafolie.ca/
    • Découvrez plus sur l’internement des Japonais: https://www.landscapesofinjustice.com/
    • Découvrez plus sur les soins infirmiers psychiatriques en Colombie-Britannique: https://www.coquitlam.ca/892/An-Emerging-Profession-Psychiatric-Nursi

 

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Selkirk Mental Health Facility Archives, Selkirk, Manitoba.

Selkirk Museum, Selkirk, Manitoba. The Archives of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba.  

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