Deanna Bowen

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In 1897, Berlin, Ontario — now Kitchener — unveiled a bust of Kaiser Wilhelm I in a downtown park. After the First World War broke out, the statue disappeared, and the city reckoned with its Germanic ties.

Canada's contribution to the First World War led to growing autonomy and international recognition, but at great cost.

The bust of Kaiser Wilhelm I was stolen by a mob of soldiers one night in 1916 and paraded around Kitchener. Then it disappeared. What happened to the bust after that night is a mystery that still intrigues region residents decades later.

Eugenics is seen as a 19th-century idea put into horrific 20th-century practice. But the attraction to breeding “better” humans has a long and persistent history, says Adam Rutherford. The geneticist and science podcaster explains, in conversation with host Nahlah Ayed. *This episode originally aired on January 20, 2023.

A timeline highlighting key moments in the development of eugenics, with a focus on the American eugenics movement.

In 1992, Leilani Muir decided to sue the government. Along with thousands of other people Muir was forcibly sterilized as part of a robust government plan for members of the population it deemed “unfit.” In this episode we learn why some of the most notable Canadians from history championed eugenics, what it is and why Leilani Muir’s decision to step forward and tell her story changed everything. With guests Dr. Megan Davies and Dr. Ericka Dyck from the Eugenics Archive.Warning: this episode contains strong language and content.For more about this episode visit us at: www.cbc.ca/radio/secretlifeofcanada

The International Justice Resource Center (IJRC) provides technical assistance to Indigenous rights lawyers working to stop the forced sterilization of Indigenous women in Canada and to secure redr…

Featuring rare books, archival materials, photographs, and maps from the University of Missouri Libraries.

Monthly, 1917-Oct. 1918 Vol. 1, no. 1 (July 1912)-v. 2, no. 17 (Dec. 1913); n.s., vol. 1, no. 1 (Mar. 1914)-v. 6. (Oct. 1918). Title from cover. Daniel Murray Collection: Vol. 1, no. 1 (July 1912)--v. 2, no. 17-18 (Nov.-Dec. 1913). New ser., v. 2-3 not published. SERBIB/SERLOC merged record

‘It matters to the world because we are the only people who can tell our stories. And, man, our stories. They deserve to be told,’ says journalist Charlie Brinkhurst-Cuff

1 photomechanical print : offset, color. | Illustration shows a well dressed old man wearing a top hat and spats, lying on his back, bouncing the earth on his feet; there is a doctor's bag with various instruments in the foreground (he may have given himself an injection), and on the left is a weeping cherub, his bowstring is broken and his arrows have fallen on the ground.

This is the story of Will and William West, two unrelated identical inmates that sparked the need for fingerprinting.

To confront colonialism, universities must open their archives and let communities see their pasts, eugenics and all.

Emily Pauline Johnson (a.k.a. Tekahionwake, “double wampum”) poet, writer, artist, performer (born 10 March 1861 on the Six Nations Reserve, Canada West;...

How educators are teaching the poetry of the man who oversaw residential schools

Levi Carroll was a well-known ex-slave who lived in the Kitchener-Waterloo area during the nineteenth century.

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Levi Carroll fled slavery via the Underground Railroad

Levi Carroll is best known for a log schoolhouse built in 1820 that was Waterloo’s first educational institution. Once the community outgrew the 5-metre by 6-metre (16-foot by 20-foot) schoolhouse, Carroll lived in it for more than 50 years. This important historical structure now rests in Waterloo…

Activist Israel Kaunatjike journeyed from Namibia to Germany, only to discover a forgotten past that has connections to his own family tree

The Bell Memorial is grand in scale, befitting the subject. Allward aimed to capture the world-changing nature of Alexander Graham Bell’s invention of the telephone.

Available also through the Library of Congress web site as a raster image.