apology, under erasure

Authors

  • nancy viva davis halifax York University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15353/cjds.v6i3.371

Keywords:

Institutions, apologies, Ontario, disability history, poetry

Abstract

On 9 December, 2013 Premier Kathleen Wynne of Ontario delivered Ontario’s Apology to Former Residents of Regional Centres For People with Developmental Disabilities at the provincial legislature. The apology was delivered a week after the Huronia Class Action Lawsuit was settled for $35 million. The poem uses the form of erasure as a response to the inadequacies of both the apology and the settlement. 

Published

2017-08-21

How to Cite

halifax, nancy viva davis. (2017). apology, under erasure. Canadian Journal of Disability Studies, 6(3), 211–214. https://doi.org/10.15353/cjds.v6i3.371

Issue

Section

Creative Works