CRI205H1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Sexual Sterilization Act Of Alberta, Nazism, Social Inequality
20 Jun 2020
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Sterilizing the feeble-minded : eugenics in alberta, canada, 1929-1972. In canada, alberta and british columbia were the only two provinces with such legislation: the eugenics ideology and social movement promoted healthy living and social purity". North america: third, why did the board continue to sterilize albertans long after other. United states by the late 1800s: over the next half decade, close to thirty states performed sterilization operations under their eugenic laws, with the most activity occurring in the. Eugenics movements and legislation in alberta: woodsworth was concerned with the declining quality of immigrants arriving in the. West: he translated his personal fear into a public crisis, spreading the idea that no segment of canadian society would be left untouched by the influx of thousands of immigrants of inferior stock from central and eastern europe. In time, his policy recommendations turned to eugenics and sterilization programs: under woodsworth"s influence the bureau published articles about the.
