Category: Podcast
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Episode Five: The Right Know
In this final episode, we talk to people and organizations helping Survivors and families find out what happened in sanatoria and segregated hospitals in Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta. They describe barriers to accessing records and how knowing what happened and sharing experiences contribute to Survivors’ healing. We also look at the on-going inadequacies in health…
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Episode Four: “So, I Lie On In Bed Till I Feel I Shall Burst”
In this episode, we focus on patients’ lived experiences in Manitoba and Alberta in provincial sanatoria and what were called “Indian hospitals.” There were almost 30 Indian hospitals across Canada – 15 in the Prairie Provinces alone. In this series, we look at the practices, policies, and official correspondence to reveal the intentional actions and…
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Episode Three. “This Criminal Disregard for the Treaty Pledges”
In this episode, we examine governments’ continued lack of action and accountability, Bryce’s The Story of a National Crime, medical experimentation, and another type of experiment: the preventorium.
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Episode Two: “A Condition Disgraceful to the Country”
He became the Chief Medical Health Officer of Ontario. He wrote the very first Health Code in Ontario. He was president of the American Public Health Association. He was a North American expert on public health. Dr. Peter Henderson Bryce wanted to become Canada’s first public health officer. When an opening came up at Indian…
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Episode One: Sick People Need More Than Pills
2022 marks the 100th anniversary of the publication of The Story of a National Crime. It was written by Dr. Peter Henderson Bryce. It was an eighteen-page pamphlet containing evidence of neglect, negligence and harm to First Nations children and their communities. From 1904 to 1913, Bryce was the medical inspector for the Department of…
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Épisode 5 : Le droit de connaître lavérité
À la fin des années 1980, le gouvernement fédéral s’est concentré sur les postes de soins infirmiers dans les réserves et sur le transfert des responsabilités en matière de santé aux Premières Nations. Ces mesures décentralisaient le réseau hospitalier un peu plus, mais nombre de patients devaient encore se déplacer pour recevoir des soins. Par…
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Épisode 4 : Alors je restais au lit jusqu’à ce que je sente que j’allais éclater
Dans cet épisode, nous nous pencherons sur les expériences qu’ont vécues certains patients dans les sanatoriums et ce que l’on appelait les « hôpitaux indiens » au Manitoba et en Alberta. On comptait alors près de 30 hôpitaux indiens au Canada, dont la moitié dans les provinces des Prairies. Nous vous recommandons de vous renseigner…
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Épisode 3 : Cette négligence criminelle envers les engagements des traités
Nous examinons les pratiques, les politiques et correspondances officielles révélant les actes délibérés et l’indifférence qui ont contribué au mauvais état de santé des Autochtones et à des conséquences fatales. Nous parlerons des personnes qui ont résisté – les lanceurs d’alerte : parents, communautés, bureaucrates et membres du clergé. Les experts interrogés mettent en lumière…
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Ep 2: « Une condition honteuse pour le pays »
2022 marks the 100th anniversary of the publication of The Story of a National Crime. It was written by Dr. Peter Henderson Bryce. It was an eighteen-page pamphlet containing evidence of neglect, negligence and harm to First Nations children and their communities. From 1904 to 1913, Bryce was the medical inspector for the Department of…
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Ep 1: « Ça prend plus que des pilules pour soigner les gens malades »
2022 marks the 100th anniversary of the publication of The Story of a National Crime. It was written by Dr. Peter Henderson Bryce. It was an eighteen-page pamphlet containing evidence of neglect, negligence and harm to First Nations children and their communities. From 1904 to 1913, Bryce was the medical inspector for the Department of…
The Story of a National Crime 