Ontario – 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

Thursday December 11th, 2025Thursday April 23rd, 2026

The Politics of Art at PARC

This exhibit takes you inside the unique experiment that is PARC, Toronto’s Parkdale Activity and Recreation Centre. Born in 1980 as a drop-in centre offering basic services to former psychiatric patients, PARC evolved to provide employment, to advocate on issues of poverty, mental health and homelessness, and to become a vital neighbourhood institution.

Category: Exhibits Tags: Advocacy / Activism, Co-Creation / Partnerships, Community, Deinstitutionalization, Lived Experience, Mad Art / Culture, Ontario