The Saskatchewan Training School in Moose Jaw operated for nearly 70 years, isolated on the bald prairie. This episode documents disabled resistance, and powerful refusals of any further abuse.

There is urgency and creativity required to move beyond institutionalization, and towards a system that actually supports the needs and capacities of disabled people.

In 2021, Canada expanded access to medical assistance in dying to all people with disabilities who suffer as a result of their condition. These expansions to MAiD come at a time when people labeled with intellectual and developmental disabilities are criminalized and institutionalized.

Featuring footage from the Freedom Tour documentary, and the Disability Filibuster. Featuring testimonies by Catherine Frazee, Sarah Jama, and Jonathan Marchand. Interview with Inclusion Canada’s Natalia Hicks.

Transcript and full show notes available at invisibleinstitutions.com

Fundraisers: GoFundMe for Gwen, and Family of Donna Duncan

In Canada, institutions for people with intellectual/developmental disabilities have never closed, they have changed faces and names, but have remained responsible for the segregation and isolation of labelled people. Today, group homes are the primary forms of supportive housing for labelled. And while not all group homes are institutional, all group homes have the potential to become institutions. With guests self-advocate Kory Earle and researcher Jihan Abbas.

Transcript: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1AI-NJ4IEyvy7Hfjd1nX-EcGhAcF5-1yovXnEYprdO1o/edit?usp=sharing