Huronia’s lessons: how ableist violence determines health
Abstract
This chapter applies an ecological model of violence to present total institutionalization as a mode of ableist structural violence that has adverse health outcomes. The author illustrates her argument through a review of the historical records kept at the Huronia Regional Centre, Canada’s oldest and largest institution to house children and youth with intellectual disabilities diagnoses from 1876 until 2009. The author was part of a team that collected and organized Huronia’s records for an open access digital archive that tells Huronia’s story from the vantage point of the institution’s survivors. These records reveal population-level adverse health outcomes and provide evidence of individual resident experiences that connect institutional abuse to health impacts.
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TL;DR
Using the Huronia Regional Centre as a case study, Rinaldi argues that total institutionalization is a form of ableist structural violence that produces and amplifies poor health outcomes for disabled people. Institutional records show congregate living, understaffing, overcrowding, and abuse generated infections, injuries, and avoidable deaths.
Key findings
Total institutionalization should be understood as a mode of structural ableism: Huronia operated in Orillia, Ontario from 1876 to 2009, and its records show how confinement produced material deprivation and cultures of abuse that harmed residents’ health. Public Health Committee minutes from 1970 to early 1973 document outbreaks including meningitis in 1973, diphtheria in 1970 and 1972, shigella in 1970–71, staph infections in 1971, hepatitis A from 1970 to 1972, and venereal disease/gonorrhea. Resident records show avoidable illness and death: Louis was admitted in 1955 at age two years and seven months, contracted shigella and mumps, went septic from a blood-clotting condition, and died in 1957; Adam was admitted in 1954 at age four, had shigella, pneumonia, measles, and an unhealed lung abscess, and died in 1973 at age 23 from an unmonitored epileptic episode causing aspiration. Timothy was transferred to Huronia in 1973 at age 12, had four abscessed molars on admission, contracted influenza, pneumonia, and E-coli, and in 1978 “apparently fell,” fracturing his left hip and bruising his right temple; he was discharged in 1997.
Methods
Case study of the Huronia Regional Centre drawing on the Recounting Huronia Community Archive, an open-access digital archive created with a community-sourced Strategic Program Initiative Grant and with Huronia survivors as named co-researchers who had authority to inform and approve site development. The archive includes institutional records such as annual reports, Public Health Committee meeting minutes, and residents’ donated admission, medical, clinical, educational, and discharge records, plus family notes, photographs, and financial receipts; files were redacted for confidentiality. The author organized records into full resident packages and thematic categories including health, reviewed medical records to discern population-level patterns, and then presented individual resident histories.
Limitations
Stated limitations: Not stated in the paper. Evident limitation: this is a single-institution case study, so the findings are not presented as statistically generalizable, though the author argues Huronia’s conditions were not unique. Evident limitation: the archive is partial and uneven—some materials are offline, files were redacted, and institutional records “tend not to identify causes,” leaving the author to interpret injuries and illnesses against contextual evidence of routine abuse.
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- Findingown data§ INTRODUCTION · p. 1
Institutional records at Huronia list hepatitis, venereal disease, broken bones, head trauma, mental distress, and more among residents.
“Records kept at the institution while they were residents corroborate this, listing hepatitis, venereal disease, broken bones, head trauma, mental distress, and more.”
Quote in the paperSubstantial claim- Rests on an assumption: Institutional records accurately and representatively document residents' health conditions and population-level health patterns at Huronia.
- Findingown data§ INTRODUCTION · p. 1
Survivors' accounts described their institutionalization at Huronia as inescapably violent.
“It was hellish, survivors kept saying.”
- Also stated in: § INTRODUCTION · p. 1 · plain
“Survivors' accounts laid out how their institutionalization was inescapably violent.”
Quote in the paperSubstantial claim- Rests on an assumption: Survivors' accounts accurately describe their experiences of institutionalization.
- Also stated in: § INTRODUCTION · p. 1 · plain
- Findingreasoning§ Public Health Committee Meeting Minutes · p. 8
Resident-on-resident abuse was common at Huronia.
“And indeed, resident-on-resident abuse was common.”
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Survivors have reported since leaving Huronia that they experienced violence at the hands of staff.
“But as survivors have reported since leaving Huronia, they definitely experienced violence at the hands of staff.”
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- Findingcitation§ Public Health Committee Meeting Minutes · p. 8
The PHC referenced cases of gonorrhea that spread to both the boys' and the girls' wards.
“The committee more specifically referenced cases of gonorrhea that spread to both the boys' and the girls' wards, as evident from regular pap smear and emergency rectal swab testing (PHC, Jan. 1971, Jun. 1971, Jul. 1971, Apr. 1972).”
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- cites PHC, Jun. 1971
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- Findingcitation§ Resident Records · p. 9
Across his time at Huronia until his discharge in 1997, Timothy contracted viral and bacterial infections including influenza, pneumonia, and E-coli.
“Across his time at Huronia (which lasted until his discharge in 1997), he contracted viral and bacterial infections that included influenza, pneumonia, and E-coli (ibid.).”
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- Findingcitation§ Resident Records · p. 9
At Timothy's admission to Huronia, a physician documented that his teeth were in a 'terrible state', with four abscessed molars.
“The year of his admission to Huronia, a physician documented that Timothy's teeth were in a 'terrible state', with four abscessed molars (or pockets of pus caused by a bacterial infection) (Huronia Regional Centre, 1973-97).”
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- Findingcitation§ Resident Records · p. 9
Adam was found dead in 1973, at 23 years of age, of an unmonitored epileptic episode causing aspiration.
“Later that year, Adam was found dead in the morning hours, at 23 years of age, of an unmonitored epileptic episode causing aspiration (ibid.).”
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- Findingcitation§ Resident Records · p. 8
The coroner assigned to Louis's autopsy identified septic thrombus as cause of death, a condition most often caused by catheter-related infections.
“The coroner assigned to his autopsy identified septic thrombus as cause of death, a condition most often caused by catheter-related infections (Department of Health, 1957).”
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- Findingcitation§ Resident Records · p. 9
Timothy commonly sustained injuries, specifically lacerations and fractures requiring stitches and surgery.
“He also commonly sustained injuries - lacerations and fractures specifically, requiring stitches and surgery.”
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As early as 1956, physicians identified severe swelling and black-and-blue discolouration of Louis's lower body, caused by blood clotting.
“As early as 1956, physicians identified severe swelling and black-and-blue discolouration of Louis's lower body, caused by blood clotting.”
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The records track the histories of Louis, Adam, and Timothy, none of whom survived Huronia.
“These records track the histories of Louis, Adam, and Timothy, all of whom did not survive Huronia.”
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Earlier records indicated that Timothy had experienced and did not like physical restraints.
“earlier records indicated Timothy had experienced - and did not like - physical restraints (Ontario Hospital School, Orillia, 1971).”
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- Findingown data§ Resident Records · p. 9
Louis's, Adam's, and Timothy's time spent confined was marked by injury and illness.
“Their time spent confined was marked by injury and illness.”
Quote in the paperSubstantial claim - Premisecitation§ THEORIZING ABLEIST STRUCTURAL VIOLENCE AS A DETERMINANT OF HEALTH · p. 3
Insufficient public investment includes rolling back welfare, education, and healthcare programs and creeping privatization that puts conditions of thriving out of reach for those who lack affluence.
“Insufficient public investment looks like the rolling back of welfare, education, and healthcare programs, along with creeping privatization that puts conditions of thriving out of reach for those who lack affluence (Allspach, 2010; Peck, 2003).”
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- Premisecitation§ THEORIZING ABLEIST STRUCTURAL VIOLENCE AS A DETERMINANT OF HEALTH · p. 3
There is an entwining of austerity and punishment that upholds and deepens power imbalances.
“There is an entwining of austerity and punishment that upholds and deepens power imbalances (Piché et al., 2017).”
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- Premisecitation§ THEORIZING ABLEIST STRUCTURAL VIOLENCE AS A DETERMINANT OF HEALTH · p. 3
Budgetary shifts dismantle social services in favour of deregulated market control.
“These budgetary shifts - all decisions that have avoidable outcomes - dismantle social services in favour of deregulated market control (McElligott, 2008; Roberts & Soederberg, 2014; Sudbury, 2008).”
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Capitalism makes disabled people into a dependent class by denying their means to thrive in community.
“The trajectory, then, is this: capitalism makes disabled people into a dependent class by denying their means to thrive in community, then the state practice of committing disabled people en masse to residential facilities to manage their care becomes the institutional response to this social problem.”
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- Interpretationreasoning§ RISK FACTORS · p. 5
Confined and congregate living produces a wide range of poor health outcomes.
“Germane to this chapter, and itself a materialization of violence, confined and congregate living produces a wide range of poor health outcomes.”
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- Interpretationown data§ INTRODUCTION · p. 2
Total institutionalization is a manifestation of ableist structural violence that produces poor health outcomes.
“I argue that total institutionalization is a manifestation of ableist structural violence that produces poor health outcomes.”
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- Interpretationreasoning§ THEORIZING ABLEIST STRUCTURAL VIOLENCE AS A DETERMINANT OF HEALTH · p. 3
The total institution eclipses the role of community, excising people from their communities and cutting them off from informal relations and social arrangements.
“The total institution comes to eclipse the role of community in the UNICEF model presented above, for people who are sent to total institutions are excised from their communities, cut off from informal relations and social arrangements.”
Quote in the paperSubstantial claim - Interpretationreasoning§ THEORIZING ABLEIST STRUCTURAL VIOLENCE AS A DETERMINANT OF HEALTH · p. 3
Ending acts of interpersonal and individual violence is impossible unless the forces that structure those acts are addressed.
“When applying an ecological lens to human victims of violence, it should be clear enough that ending acts of interpersonal and individual violence is impossible unless the forces that structure those acts are addressed.”
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The practice of institutionalizing disabled people functions as a form of ableism that adversely impacts health.
“to show how the practice of institutionalizing disabled people functions as a form of ableism that adversely impacts health.”
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Originary forms of total institutionalization were intended for racial captivity.
“I have so far conjured examples of total institutions that have been primarily designed and deployed to control racialized and Indigenous populations, given that originary forms of total institutionalization were intended for racial captivity (Fritsch et al., 2022);”
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- Premisecitation§ THEORIZING ABLEIST STRUCTURAL VIOLENCE AS A DETERMINANT OF HEALTH · p. 3
When governments unravel the welfare state, institutions of confinement expand.
“But there is also a push-and-pull dynamic at play here: when governments tug at and wholly unravel the threads of the welfare state, institutions of confinement expand ever outward (O'Malley, 2014; Piché & Larsen, 2010).”
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Structural violence sets the stage for the violences of total institutions.
“The application of ecological thinking to the movement of violence from the broad to the specific makes clear how structural violence sets the stage for the violences of total institutions.”
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- Interpretationcitation§ RISK FACTORS · p. 5
Sealing off a population from wider society and subjecting that population to coercive measures breeds cultures of sexual and physical abuse.
“Further to that, sealing off a population from wider society and subjecting that population to coercive measures breeds cultures of sexual and physical abuse (Fritsch et al., 2022; Rinaldi & Rossiter, 2023; Spagnuolo & Earle, 2017).”
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There is a long history of total institutions with explicit mandates to manage disability populations.
“but stemming from these foundations is a long history of total institutions with explicit mandates to manage disability populations.”
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Structural violence manifests in public policy that produces material deprivation.
“Structural violence manifests in public policy that produces material deprivation.”
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The total institution as a manifestation and mode of delivery for structural violence breeds conditions that produce more intimate forms of violence.
“I posit that the total institution as a manifestation and mode of delivery for structural violence breeds conditions that produce more intimate forms of violence.”
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- Interpretationreasoning§ RISK FACTORS · p. 5
The state practice of committing disabled people en masse to residential facilities to manage their care becomes the institutional response to this social problem.
“The trajectory, then, is this: capitalism makes disabled people into a dependent class by denying their means to thrive in community, then the state practice of committing disabled people en masse to residential facilities to manage their care becomes the institutional response to this social problem.”
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The work of disciplining residents at Huronia spilled over into acts of physical and sexual cruelty.
“The work of disciplining residents spilled over into acts of physical and sexual cruelty (Jackson & Rinaldi, 2019a, 2019b; Rinaldi & Rossiter, 2021; Rossiter & Rinaldi, 2019).”
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- Interpretationreasoning§ Public Health Committee Meeting Minutes · p. 8
Structural ableism has historically produced the total institutionalization of intellectually disabled people.
“structural ableism led to the total institutionalization of intellectually disabled people,”
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“structural ableism has historically produced total institutionalization,”
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- Premisecitation§ Public Health Committee Meeting Minutes · p. 7
At Huronia, residents slept in communal dormitories called cottages, with rooms that had rows of beds.
“At Huronia, residents slept in communal dormitories called cottages, with rooms that had rows of beds (Jackson & Rinaldi, 2019a).”
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- Interpretationreasoning§ Public Health Committee Meeting Minutes · p. 8
Sexual abuse at Huronia had lasting psychological impacts on residents.
“which had lasting psychological impacts,”
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The handling of toothbrushes and razors directly facilitated hepatitis outbreaks at Huronia.
“The handling of toothbrushes and razors directly facilitated hepatitis outbreaks (ibid.).”
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- Premisecitation§ Public Health Committee Meeting Minutes · p. 7
Huronia had a consistent problem with overcrowding of residents.
“Huronia's consistent problem with overcrowding of residents (Welch, 1973; Willard, 1976; Williston, 1971) served as an amplifier.”
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- Interpretationcitation§ Public Health Committee Meeting Minutes · p. 8
Understaffing led to residents being tasked with labour that produced more direct points of contact.
“leading to residents being tasked with labour that produced more direct points of contact - for instance, when they had to prepare food, clean the facility, handle linens and uniforms as laundry, or feed, monitor, and discipline more severely disabled residents (Jackson & Rinaldi, 2019c).”
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- Premisecitation§ Public Health Committee Meeting Minutes · p. 8
Understaffing was a serious issue within Huronia.
“Understaffing was a serious issue within Huronia walls (Welch, 1973; Willard, 1976; Williston, 1971),”
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- Interpretationreasoning§ Public Health Committee Meeting Minutes · p. 8
Understaffing produced poor material living conditions at Huronia, including unclean sleeping and bathing quarters.
“Understaffing also produced poor material living conditions, including unclean sleeping and bathing quarters.”
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Overcrowding at Huronia amplified the likelihood of transmission of infection.
“While these living conditions already increase the likelihood of transmission through the air, shared surfaces, food contamination, and bodily contact, Huronia's consistent problem with overcrowding of residents (Welch, 1973; Willard, 1976; Williston, 1971) served as an amplifier.”
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Sexual abuse at Huronia spread physical infection.
“and which spread physical infection.”
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Staff at Huronia carried out labour that put them in direct contact with residents' bodies, including bathing, medical inspections, feeding, and constraint use.
“Staff also carried out labour that put them in direct contact with residents' bodies, including bathing, medical inspections, feeding, and constraint use (Rinaldi & Rossiter, 2023; Rossiter & Rinaldi,”
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- Interpretationreasoning§ Resident Records · p. 9
The conditions of total institutional living had adverse impacts on residents' mental health.
“Even if Timothy's behaviours were the source of his myriad injuries, the conditions of total institutional living had adverse impacts on residents' mental health.”
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The infections and injuries found in the records rise to the level of patterns attributable to the conditions endemic to congregate and confined living spaces.
“The infections and injuries found in these records rise to the level of patterns, attributable to the conditions that are endemic to congregate and confined living spaces.”
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- Rests on an assumption: The three resident records examined (Louis, Adam, and Timothy) are representative of the wider Huronia resident population.
- Interpretationreasoning§ CONCLUSION · p. 10
What Huronia residents experienced when they got sick or hurt was an ableist violence baked into social, political, and economic arrangements.
“What Huronia residents experienced when they got sick or hurt was an ableist violence baked into social, political, and economic arrangements.”
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The frequency and severity of the infections contracted by these residents speak to the conditions of congregate living.
“The frequency and severity of the infections contracted speak to the conditions of congregate living.”
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Findingown data§ INTRODUCTION · p. 2Huronia was a space marked by deeply ableist violence and correspondingly incredibly poor health outcomes.
“These records make explicit that Huronia was a space marked by deeply ableist violence, and correspondingly, incredibly poor health outcomes.”
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Findingown data§ INTRODUCTION · p. 1The research collective's archive files provide a detailed administrative timeline of residency at Huronia and clearly identify poor individual- and population-level health.
“Taken altogether, these files provide a detailed administrative timeline of residency at Huronia. They also clearly identify poor individual- and population-level health.”
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Findingnone given§ Public Health Committee Meeting Minutes · p. 6The PHC reported on a range of infectious conditions to track duties related to testing and treatment.
“The PHC reported on a range of infectious conditions to track duties related to testing and treatment.”
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Findingcitation§ Public Health Committee Meeting Minutes · p. 8The PHC reported general or unspecified venereal diseases in 1970 through 1971 and found that the spread was contained to the boys' ward.
“The committee reported on general or unspecified venereal diseases in 1970 through 1971 (PHC, Dec. 1970, Feb. 1971, Sep. 1971), finding that the spread was contained to the boys' ward (because resident sleeping quarters were divided by gender),”
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Findingcitation§ Resident Records · p. 8Louis's family wrote to the institution and to a Member of Parliament requesting urgent early institutionalization, which was initially denied because he was too young at 19 months and the infant room was filled to capacity.
“His family had written to the institution, then to a Member of Parliament, requesting urgent support in the form of early institutionalization - requests that had been initially denied on the grounds that Louis was too young at 19 months old, and the infant room was already filled to capacity (Legislative Assembly, 1954).”
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Findingcitation§ Resident Records · p. 8Louis was admitted to Huronia in 1955, at two years and seven months old.
“He was admitted in 1955, when Louis was two years and seven months old (Department of Health, 1955).”
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Findingcitation§ Public Health Committee Meeting Minutes · p. 7Several hepatitis A cases were recorded at Huronia from 1970 to 1972, first among staff.
“Finally, several hepatitis A cases were recorded from 1970 to 1972, first among staff (PHC, May 1970, Sep. 1970, Jul. 1971, Jan. 1972, Mar. 1972, Apr. 1972);”
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Findingown data§ Public Health Committee Meeting Minutes · p. 6The Public Health Committee meeting minutes provide evidence of population-level health patterns at Huronia.
“These records provide evidence of population-level health patterns at Huronia.”
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Findingcitation§ Public Health Committee Meeting Minutes · p. 6Outbreaks at Huronia included meningitis in 1973.
“Outbreaks included meningitis in 1973 (PHC, Feb. 1973)”
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Findingcitation§ Public Health Committee Meeting Minutes · p. 6An outbreak of staph infections, transmitted through food handling, was found to impact multiple staff members on at least two occasions through 1971.
“An outbreak of staph infections, transmitted through food handling, was found to impact multiple staff members on at least two occasions through 1971 (PHC, Mar. 1971, Jul. 1971)”
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Findingcitation§ Public Health Committee Meeting Minutes · p. 6Diphtheria was referenced twice in the records (PHC, May 1970, Sep. 1972).
“Referenced twice in the records (PHC, May 1970, Sep. 1972), diphtheria constitutes a serious bacterial infection”
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Findingcitation§ Public Health Committee Meeting Minutes · p. 6The PHC of the time reported several viral and bacterial infections.
“The PHC of the time reported several viral and bacterial infections.”
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Findingcitation§ Public Health Committee Meeting Minutes · p. 8The PHC committed to monitor for 'homosexual activity', to inspect for symptoms, and to isolate infected residents.
“and committed to monitor for 'homosexual activity', to inspect for symptoms, and to isolate infected residents.”
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Findingcitation§ Public Health Committee Meeting Minutes · p. 6The committee monitored and sought to bring under control a shigella outbreak in 1970 through 1971.
“The committee also monitored and sought to bring under control a shigella outbreak in 1970 through 1971 (PHC, Feb. 1970, Sep. 1970, Jan. 1971)”
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Findingcitation§ Resident Records · p. 8Louis tested positive for shigella a year after admission, leading to isolation, and also contracted mumps and was prescribed an antibiotic ointment that same year.
“He tested positive for shigella a year later, leading to isolation; he also contracted mumps and was prescribed an antibiotic ointment that same year (Department of Health, 1955-57).”
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Findingcitation§ Resident Records · p. 9A deep cut above Adam's right eye was sutured in 1973, with no discernible cause written into the records.
“A deep cut above his right eye was sutured in 1973, with no discernible cause written into the records (ibid.).”
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Findingnone given§ Resident Records · p. 9According to Timothy's family, the injuries he sustained while institutionalized never properly healed, complicating his health after leaving Huronia and ultimately shortening his lifespan.
“It feels important to note that according to his family, the injuries Timothy sustained while institutionalized never properly healed, complicating his health after leaving Huronia and ultimately shortening his lifespan.”
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Findingcitation§ Resident Records · p. 9Adam's lung abscess did not properly heal and was identified as the cause of future fevers.
“The abscess did not properly heal and was identified as the cause for future fevers (Ontario Hospital School, Orillia, 1971-73).”
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Findingcitation§ Resident Records · p. 9A year later Adam caught the flu again, as well as measles, which caused a rash all over his face and body.
“A year later he caught the flu again, as well as measles, which caused a rash all over his face and body (ibid.).”
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Findingcitation§ Resident Records · p. 9In 1964, a physician recorded that Adam was experiencing spasms of abdominal pain, vomiting, loose stools, and inflammation of the groin.
“In 1964, a physician recorded that Adam was experiencing spasms of abdominal pain, vomiting, loose stools, and inflammation of the groin (ibid.).”
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Findingcitation§ Resident Records · p. 8Louis went septic from this persistent condition one night in 1957 and died, his death discovered the following morning.
“He went septic from this persistent condition one night in 1957, resulting in his death, which was discovered the following morning (ibid.).”
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Findingcitation§ Resident Records · p. 9Timothy was transferred to Huronia in 1973 at age 12, after eight years of institutionalization elsewhere.
“A 12-year-old Timothy was transferred to Huronia in 1973 after eight years of institutionalization elsewhere (Department of Health, 1973).”
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Findingcitation§ Resident Records · p. 9In 1978, a physician recorded that Timothy 'apparently fell', bruising his right temple and fracturing his left hip, requiring surgery to install a hip plate and pin that became a long-term source of aggravation.
“In one such example in 1978, a physician wrote in the records that Timothy 'apparently fell', bruising his right temple and fracturing his left hip, which required surgery to install a hip plate and pin that would become a long-term source of aggravation (ibid.).”
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Findingown data§ Resident Records · p. 9Adam developed pneumonia, likely from catching influenza, in 1956.
“He developed pneumonia, likely from catching influenza, in 1956.”
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Findingcitation§ Resident Records · p. 9In 1972, physicians recorded that Adam was improving from pneumonia, which had caused a serious abscess in his lungs.
“In 1972, physicians recorded that Adam was improving from pneumonia, though it had caused a serious abscess in his lungs (or a build-up of pus that causes inflammation).”
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Findingcitation§ Resident Records · p. 9Adam tested positive for shigella the year he was admitted, a condition that persisted or resurfaced in 1955 as dysentery.
“The year he was admitted, Adam tested positive for shigella - a condition that persisted or at least resurfaced in 1955 as evident in clinical records tracking his experience of dysentery (Department of Health, 1954-64).”
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Findingown data§ Resident Records · p. 9Adam was admitted to Huronia in 1954 at four years of age.
“Next consider Adam, who was admitted in 1954 at four years of age.”
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Findingcitation§ Resident Records · p. 9Extensive records were kept on Timothy's psychological state, referencing aggressive behaviour toward others and signs of self-abuse.
“In Timothy's case, extensive records were kept on his psychological state, referencing aggressive behaviour toward others and signs of self-abuse (Ontario Hospital School, Orillia, 1974-78).”
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Premisecitation§ THEORIZING ABLEIST STRUCTURAL VIOLENCE AS A DETERMINANT OF HEALTH · p. 2Galtung distinguishes unavoidable death from avoidable death, the latter in keeping with current definitions of health inequities as avoidable outcomes of inequitable social, economic, and political conditions.
“Says McGibbon (2021): 'Galtung makes a distinction between unavoidable death and avoidable death, the latter in keeping with current definitions of health inequities as avoidable outcomes of inequitable social, economic, and political conditions' (p. 36).”
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Premisecitation§ THEORIZING ABLEIST STRUCTURAL VIOLENCE AS A DETERMINANT OF HEALTH · p. 2McGibbon explains that a structural perspective on determinants of health concerns systemic processes in the creation and perpetuation of inequities and imbalances.
“Elizabeth McGibbon (2021) explains this structural lens for understanding health outcomes: 'when we consider the determinants of health from a structural perspective, we are thinking about the role of systemic processes in the creation and perpetuation of inequities and imbalances' (p. 36).”
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Interpretationnone given§ INTRODUCTION · p. 2Ableism as a structural phenomenon produces total institutionalization, a kind of state-based care that becomes carceral, thus producing more intimate violent relations.
“Namely, ableism as a structural phenomenon produces total institutionalization, a kind of state-based care that becomes carceral, thus producing more intimate violent relations.”
Quote in the paperNot a substantial claim- Rests on an assumption: Huronia's conditions were not singular or unique among institutions of its kind.
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Interpretationreasoning§ RISK FACTORS · p. 5The confinement itself, the curtailment of liberties, the isolation from community and family, is already a violation.
“The confinement itself, the curtailment of liberties, the isolation from community and family, is already a violation.”
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Premisecitation§ THEORIZING ABLEIST STRUCTURAL VIOLENCE AS A DETERMINANT OF HEALTH · p. 2Galtung argued that violence is structural when it lacks an intentional perpetrator and is instead attributable to policies that shape daily living.
“Galtung (1969) argued that violence is structural when it lacks an intentional perpetrator, instead attributable to policies that shape daily living.”
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Premisecitation§ HURONIA'S ARCHIVAL RECORDS · p. 5The Dolmage class was successful in settling with the province, and the agreed-upon settlement package served as a model for settlements in subsequent institutional cases.
“The Dolmage class was successful in settling with the province, and the agreed-upon settlement package served as a model for settlements in subsequent institutional cases.”
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Premisereasoning§ THEORIZING ABLEIST STRUCTURAL VIOLENCE AS A DETERMINANT OF HEALTH · p. 3Populations most impacted by government divestments become a 'social problem' and are subject to coercive forms of political and legal attention.
“This means that the populations most impacted by government divestments become a 'social problem' and are therefore subject to coercive forms of political and legal attention.”
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Premisecitation§ THEORIZING ABLEIST STRUCTURAL VIOLENCE AS A DETERMINANT OF HEALTH · p. 3Structural formulations of violence embed interpersonal violence in unjust social, political, and economic systems of inequality and associated social relations.
“To quote Andrea Daley et al. (2012): 'structural formulations of violence embed interpersonal violence in unjust social, political, and economic systems of inequality and associated social relations' (p. 12).”
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Premisecitation§ THEORIZING ABLEIST STRUCTURAL VIOLENCE AS A DETERMINANT OF HEALTH · p. 2Structural violence draws focus on political economic organization that yields otherwise preventable adverse health outcomes.
“The idea draws focus on political economic organization that yields otherwise preventable adverse health outcomes.”
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Premisecitation§ RISK FACTORS · p. 5Burghardt describes the establishment of institutions of this type as attributable to larger economic and political factors, coinciding with the onset of capitalism.
“Madeline Burghardt (2019) describes the establishment of institutions of this type as 'attributable to larger economic and political factors' (p. 18), their development coinciding with the onset of capitalism:”
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Interpretationcitation§ THEORIZING ABLEIST STRUCTURAL VIOLENCE AS A DETERMINANT OF HEALTH · p. 3Interpersonal and structural violences are not discrete categories but are related like nesting dolls, with interpersonal and community relations shaped by institutional and structural forces.
“This means that interpersonal and structural violences are not discrete categories, but are more like nesting dolls where relations unfold in communities, and interpersonal and community relations are shaped by institutional and structural forces.”
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Premisecitation§ THEORIZING ABLEIST STRUCTURAL VIOLENCE AS A DETERMINANT OF HEALTH · p. 2The World Health Organization recognizes social determinants of health as non-medical factors that weigh on health outcomes, including food/housing/income/employment (in)security.
“The World Health Organization (2023) recognizes social determinants of health as non-medical factors that weigh on health outcomes, including food/housing/income/employment (in)security.”
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Interpretationnone given§ INTRODUCTION · p. 1Total institutionalization as social policy has functioned as a definitive mode of ableism.
“Total institutionalization as social policy has functioned as a definitive mode of ableism”
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Premisecitation§ THEORIZING ABLEIST STRUCTURAL VIOLENCE AS A DETERMINANT OF HEALTH · p. 2Structural violence is a stabilizing force and a tool of governance that shapes distributions of power.
“In the latter analogy, violence functions as a tool of governance that shapes distributions of power.”
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Premisereasoning§ RISK FACTORS · p. 5Such facilities reflect a distinct confluence of structural forces that include medicalization and eugenics, falling under the wider umbrella of ableism or discrimination on the basis of disability.
“Such facilities reflect a distinct confluence of structural forces that include medicalization and eugenics, falling under the wider umbrella of ableism or discrimination on the basis of disability.”
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Premisecitation§ THEORIZING ABLEIST STRUCTURAL VIOLENCE AS A DETERMINANT OF HEALTH · p. 2McGibbon posits that social determinants of health are not only structural but also violent.
“She posits that such social determinants are not only structural but are also violent.”
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Premisecitation§ Public Health Committee Meeting Minutes · p. 7At Huronia, residents bathed together in communal showers, used common public sinks, and had access to public toilets, some of which had the stall doors removed.
“They bathed altogether in communal showers; used common public sinks to wash up, shave, and brush teeth; and had access to public toilets, some of which had the stall doors removed.”
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- cites Rossiter & Rinaldi, 2019
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Premisecitation§ Public Health Committee Meeting Minutes · p. 7At Huronia, food was consumed altogether at scheduled mealtimes, with residents lining up for portions and eating at long cafeteria-style tables.
“Food was consumed altogether at scheduled mealtimes through the day, requiring that residents line up to receive their portions and that they eat at long, cafeteria-style tables (Rinaldi & Rossiter, 2021; Rossiter & Rinaldi, 2019).”
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- cites Rossiter & Rinaldi, 2019
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Interpretationreasoning§ Public Health Committee Meeting Minutes · p. 8The totalized institutional environment at Huronia bred a culture of sexual abuse and generated acts of interpersonal violence, particularly sexual abuse.
“These infections in particular point to how the totalized institutional environment bred a culture of sexual abuse.”
- Also stated in: § Public Health Committee Meeting Minutes · p. 8 · plain
“the conditions of the total institution generated acts of interpersonal violence particularly in the form of sexual abuse,”
Quote in the paperSubstantial claim- Also stated in: § Public Health Committee Meeting Minutes · p. 8 · plain
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Interpretationreasoning§ Public Health Committee Meeting Minutes · p. 7Infections at Huronia tended to circulate first through shift-work staff, who contracted conditions in the community and served as conduits.
“infections tended to circulate first through shift-work staff, who contracted conditions in the community and served as conduits.”
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Interpretationreasoning§ Public Health Committee Meeting Minutes · p. 8Geography made abuse possible at Huronia, through close quarters for sleeping and showering, isolation from family who could advocate, and understaffing affecting monitoring capacity.
“Geography made abuse possible, with close quarters for sleeping and showering, isolation from family who could advocate on behalf of their loved ones, and understaffing affecting the facility's capacity for monitoring.”
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Interpretationreasoning§ Public Health Committee Meeting Minutes · p. 7Total institutionalization produces compactly organized congregate living conditions that are highly conducive to the transmission of viral and bacterial infections.
“Total institutionalization produces compactly organized congregate living conditions that are highly conducive to the transmission of viral and bacterial infections.”
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Interpretationreasoning§ Public Health Committee Meeting Minutes · p. 8Ableism makes these otherwise avoidable health outcomes possible and makes them flourish.
“Ableism makes these otherwise avoidable health outcomes possible - indeed, makes them flourish.”
Quote in the paperSubstantial claimProbably not a substantial claim: may not pass S3 (load-bearing).
Interpretationreasoning§ Public Health Committee Meeting Minutes · p. 6The PHC data provides a snapshot into infection exposure rates in a congregate living space.
“The data below therefore provides a snapshot into infection exposure rates in a congregate living space.”
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Premisenone given§ Public Health Committee Meeting Minutes · p. 7Huronia residents lacked regular access to the wider community, with all their daily tasks scheduled and performed on the facility grounds.
“Residents lacked regular access to the wider community, with all their daily tasks scheduled and performed on the facility grounds, but they were not protected from whatever spread in the wider community;”
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Interpretationreasoning§ Public Health Committee Meeting Minutes · p. 8The PHC's failure to reference staff in its STI monitoring, in contrast to its monitoring of staff for hepatitis and staph infections, implies that residents spread infection through sexual activity with one another.
“The PHC did not reference staff members here, which contrasts with their monitoring of staff for hepatitis and staph infections - the implication being that residents spread infection through sexual activity with one another.”
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Premisecitation§ Public Health Committee Meeting Minutes · p. 7Hepatitis A spreads through fecal-oral contact or food contamination and can produce weeks to months of symptoms including vomiting, abdominal pain, and joint pain.
“this viral form of hepatitis spreads through fecal-oral contact or food contamination and can produce weeks to months of symptoms that include vomiting, abdominal pain, and joint pain (CDC, 2020).”
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Interpretationreasoning§ CONCLUSION · p. 10These adverse health outcomes might have been avoidable, and were not inevitable, if not for institutionalization.
“These adverse health outcomes might have been avoidable, not at all inevitable, if not for institutionalization.”
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Interpretationreasoning§ Resident Records · p. 9Restraints, including straitjackets, use of force, enclosed beds, isolation, and chemical sedatives, were a routine feature of institutional living, a tool available to manage the wide resident-to-staff ratio born of understaffing and overcrowding.
“And yet restraints (including straitjackets, use of force, enclosed beds, isolation, and chemical sedatives) were a routine feature of institutional living however much they aggravated mental”
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Interpretationreasoning§ CONCLUSION · p. 10The conditions of total institutionalization produce material deprivation and cultures of abuse.
“the conditions of total institutionalization in turn produce material deprivation and cultures of abuse.”
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The paper relies on this without support.
The Huronia Regional Centre operated in Orillia, Ontario from 1876 until 2009 and provided long-term custodial care to disabled people sent from across Ontario.
“The setting where this thesis bears out, the Huronia Regional Centre, operated in Orillia, Ontario from 1876 until 2009. Across this timeframe, the government of Ontario provided long-term custodial care to disabled people sent from across the province to live on the same large-scale campus.”
The paper relies on this without support.
Huronia's conditions were not singular or unique among institutions of its kind.
“for this facility may have been the first, the largest, and the longest-standing institution of its kind in Canada but its conditions were far from singular or unique.”
The paper relies on this without support.
Institutional records accurately and representatively document residents' health conditions and population-level health patterns at Huronia.
“Records kept at the institution while they were residents corroborate this, listing hepatitis, venereal disease, broken bones, head trauma, mental distress, and more.”
“These records provide evidence of population-level health patterns at Huronia.”
The paper relies on this without support.
The Public Health Committee meeting minutes are a representative snapshot of infection exposure rates in the congregate living space.
“The data below therefore provides a snapshot into infection exposure rates in a congregate living space.”
The paper relies on this without support.
Survivors' accounts accurately describe their experiences of institutionalization.
“It was hellish, survivors kept saying.”
“Survivors' accounts laid out how their institutionalization was inescapably violent.”
The paper relies on this without support.
The institutional records and Public Health Committee minutes in the archive accurately and completely document health events at Huronia.
“A deeper reading of the records paints more intimate portraits of health at Huronia.”
The paper relies on this without support.
The three resident records examined (Louis, Adam, and Timothy) are representative of the wider Huronia resident population.
“The infections and injuries found in these records rise to the level of patterns, attributable to the conditions that are endemic to congregate and confined living spaces.”
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Percentages, sums and reported differences re-computed from the paper’s own numbers.
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Louis's admission year is given as both 1954 and 1955
MinorThe account first says Louis's records indicate admission in 1954, then says he was admitted in 1955.
“whose records indicate he was admitted in 1954.”
“He was admitted in 1955, when Louis was two years and seven months old”
January 1971 is cited for shigella but the table marks no case
MinorThe prose cites the January 1971 committee meeting in its account of a shigella outbreak, while Table 12.1 marks no shigella reference for that meeting.
“a shigella outbreak in 1970 through 1971 (PHC, Feb. 1970, Sep. 1970, Jan. 1971)”
“| 1971/01/06 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |”
January 1971 is cited for gonorrhea but the table marks no case
MinorThe prose includes January 1971 among the meetings cited for gonorrhea cases, but Table 12.1 marks no gonorrhea reference-or other listed infection-for that meeting.
“(PHC, Jan. 1971, Jun. 1971, Jul. 1971, Apr. 1972).”
“| 1971/01/06 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |”
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- Burghardt, M. (2019). Broken: Institutions, families, and the construction of intellectual disability . McGill-Queen's University Press.
- Daley, A., Costa, L., & Beresford, P. (2012). Introduction. In A. Daley, L. Costa & P. Beresford (Eds.), Madness, violence, and power: A critical collection (pp. 3-20). University of Toronto Press.
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- Authors
- Rinaldi, J.
- Corresponding author
- Rinaldi, Jen
- ORCID
- Rinaldi, Jen
- Venue
- Handbook on the Social Determinants of Health
- Publisher
- Edward Elgar Publishing
- Published
- 2025-02-18
- Pages
- 154-165
- OpenAlex
- W4407577016
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- References
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- FWCI
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- Type
- book chapter
- Language
- en
- Open access
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- Locations
- Edward Elgar Publishing eBooks (publishedVersion)
- RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Safety Research › Disability Rights and Representation
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Down syndrome and intellectual disability research
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Military, Security, and Education Studies
- Keywords
- institutional abuse, intellectual disability, adverse health effects, institutional records, digital archives, survivor perspectives, disability history
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