Colonialism – Madness Canada

Saturday May 9th, 2026Monday May 11th, 2026

Childhood Madness: Compassionate Portraits of Children in Canadian Insane Asylums, 1900-1930

Childhood Madness: Compassionate Portraits of Children in Canadian Insane Asylums, 1900-1930 By Kira A. Smith Between 1900 and 1930, kids across Canada entered insane asylums designed for adults. Care was rarely offered. Children were subject to incarceration, eugenics, and institutional abuse. Asylum environments were often scary for children. The experiences of children are at the …

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Category: Uncategorised Tags: 20th Century, Asylums / Psych Hospital, British Columbia, Children / Youth, Colonialism, Eugenics, Family, Gender, Intersectionality, Maritimes, Ontario, Patients, Prairies, Psychiatry, Quebec, Race, Sexuality, Treatment

Friday November 28th, 2025Wednesday April 22nd, 2026

Crazymaking

Learn from Indigenous artists about how they understand mental health, informed by colonial legacies and the need to heal. Coming out of an important 2007 residency at Gallery Gachet, an dissident outsider arts space, the art – and the artists – speak to the experience of living in an in-between place shaded by past trauma and strengthened by cultural heritage.

Category: Exhibits Tags: 21st Century, Advocacy / Activism, British Columbia, Colonialism, Community, Indigenous, Lived Experience, Mad Art / Culture, Race