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PATIENT BUILT WALL TOUR INFORMATION, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24 AND MONDAY
JULY 13, 6-8:00 PM, Toronto:
You and anyone you wish to bring along are welcome to attend a
historical tour of the 19th century patient built asylum boundary
walls located at the present-day Centre for Addiction and Mental
Health (CAMH), 1001 Queen Street West, Toronto.
The purpose of this tour is to remember the contributions of the women
and men who lived, worked, and died in the Toronto Insane Asylum, as
is represented by the boundary walls that they built which stand as
an enduring testament to their abilities, and to use the past to
challenge discrimination experienced today by people who have a
psychiatric history.
This tour is wheelchair accessible.
TIME: Wednesday, June 24 and Monday July 13, 6-8:00 PM (each date).
LENGTH OF TOUR: Approximately 2 hours.
PLACE: CAMH is located at 1001 Queen Street West which is at the
intersection of Queen and Ossington.
MEET: Meet at 6 PM just outside the FRONT DOORS of CAMH, 1001 Queen
Street West, which faces onto the corner of Queen and Ossington. If
you arrive late and the tour has already started, go along the length
of the wall (east-south-west) and look for the tour as it proceeds
along the boundary
wall.
TRANSPORTATION: Take the Queen Street streetcar WEST from the OSGOODE
Subway Station to the corner of Queen and Ossington (or east if coming
from the opposite direction along Queen Street).
The OSSINGTON 63 bus can also be taken SOUTH from the Ossington
station to Queen Street, right across the street from CAMH.
Pay parking is also available in a parking lot on-site and on
surrounding streets.
The wall tour is open to everyone interested so please bring along
anybody you would like to invite.
Please note: since the tour is on the grounds of a mental health
facility, in order to respect people's privacy, we will not be going
into the buildings.
The wall tour is entirely outside so please dress appropriately.
The July 13th wall tour is part of Mad Pride week events in Toronto
and will conclude with a brief memorial at 8:30 PM to remember
patients past.
A sneak preview of the wall tour can be seen in the below two minute
film made by York University students in a project organized by the
York Institute of Health Research:
http://www.yorku.ca/yihr/Publications/miniDocs/geoffrey/index.html
You can also read more about the history of the patient built wall on
the Psychiatric Survivor Archives web site:
http://www.psychiatricsurvivorarchives.com/wall.html
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Prof Sam Lanfranco, Economics, York University
Toronto, Ontario, CANADA - M3J 1P3
Econ: 416-736-5232 Cell: 416-816-2852
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