Episode One: A Forgotten Place
“Manufactured Death - Episode One: A Forgotten Place” Show Notes
In case you missed it, here is a link to episode 1 of “Manufactured Death”: https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/id1896469784
Image descriptions…
Image 1: a map of tuberculosis sanatoriums in Canada (Oloffson, E., Holton, T., Patridge, I. (January 2008). “Negotiating identities: Inuit tuberculosis evacuees in the 1940s-1950s”.Études/Inuit/Studies. 10.7202/038219ar)
Image 2: a photo of present day Cabot Square
Image 3: photo of Inuit disk numbers
Image 4: newspaper clipping from the January 6, 2004 Montreal Gazette on Cabot Square as a gathering place for Inuit in Montreal
Image 5: newspaper clipping from January 9, 1987 Montreal Gazette on Susan Zambrowsky’s “Native Women in Conflict with the Law” study
Image 6: newspaper clipping from January 9, 1989 on the burial of missing Inuit from TB sanatoriums on Mohawk land
In this episode…
In our introductory episode, we begin our story by situating Cabot Square as a microcosm within Canada’s broader history and ongoing legacy of colonialism and white supremacy. Namely, we answer the question: how did Cabot Square come to be a gathering space for urban Indigenous people in Montreal? How was the site of resistance coopted by non-Indigenous people and turned into a site of violence and exploitation?
Timestamps….
00:35: Introduction to the series
16:01: History of Cabot Square as a gathering place for urban Indigenous folks
21:55: Colonization of Inuit and forced displacement to Montreal in order to access health care
26:24: “Evacuation policy” and Inuit mothers
33:27: Inuit and tuberculosis sanatoriums
45:27: An introduction to the women of Cabot Square and historical reports on unhoused Indigenous women in Montreal
Resources…
1. Take some time to learn about Qavvivik Inuit Family and Community Health Centre: https://www.qavvivik.ca and the Indigenous Health Centre of Tiohtià:ke at: https://www.ihct.ca/. Both are community created and led heath services for urban Inuit and First Nations communities and work to undo decades of harm by the colonial medical system through offering hoslitic, Indigenous health care services. If you can, please make a donation to either or both organizations who are directly serving Indigenous women and girls in and around Cabot Square.
2. The second call to action is to read the Final Report of the National Inquiry on Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls, “Reclaiming Power and Place”. In particular, take some time to read the Supplemental Report on Quebec: https://www.mmiwg-ffada.ca/final-report/
3. Learn more about the impact of “evacuation policies” on Inuit women by visiting Pauktuutit Inuit Women of Canada’s website: https://pauktuutit.ca/midwifery/
4. National Inquiry on MMIWG2S+: https://www.mmiwg-ffada.ca/final-report/
5. Quebec Family Information Liaison Unit: https://www.quebec.ca/en/gouvernement/ministeres-organismes/secretariat-premieres-nations-inuit-srpni/mission-mandats/qfilu
6. Nanilavut Initiative: https://www.rcaanc-cirnac.gc.ca/eng/1552059698863/1552059725063
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