Maritimes – 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

Monday November 24th, 2025Thursday April 23rd, 2026

An Activist and an Academic Exhibit

Learn about a marriage of street smarts and scholarly skills, an impossible combination in the asylum era. Eugène Leblanc, director of an innovative Moncton support group, and Nérée St-Amand, professor of social work at the University of Ottawa, met in 1987. Sharing a savvy critique of the mental health system, they have been working together ever since.

Category: Exhibits Tags: Advocacy / Activism, Asylums, Co-Creation / Partnerships, Community, Health Policy, Lived Experience, Mad Art / Culture, Maritimes