SOCB50H3 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Wishful Thinking, Society For Biodemography And Social Biology, Orillia
Document Summary
Bc and alberta passed legislation for sterilization of feeble-minded and its supervision by boards of eugenics, putting in action hereditarian program: came from progressive, middle-class professionals interesting in social reforms. Presented study that most advanced work being done by health-care. Campaign in canada for control and surveillance of mental defectives, originally launched in ontario (decade before ww1) declared that biological defect was single most important cause of nations. Campaign to have province follow bc and alberta passing acts, played part in. No organized single-issue (cid:498)eugenics movement(cid:499) coming together of canada(cid:495)s only formally organized group of eugenics. 1930 eugenics society of canada group of individuals who decidedly social problem(cid:495)s. Helen macmurchy survey of ontario(cid:495)s feeble-minded in 1905 raised professionals, didn(cid:495)t disguise that her investigation was elicited by social. Macmurchy used the term (cid:498)feeble-minded(cid:499) to refer to higher-class mentally: didn(cid:495)t have physical stigmata of moron or imbecile :. Can fool ordinary: solution rounding up incompetents and subjecting them to custodial.
