By Anna on 9 December, 2010
I suppose this is technically correct. Howard’s death was not because he was mentally ill, his death was because the police were ill-equipped to deal with someone having a mental health crisis. I don’t have statistics about the number of men having mental health crises that are murdered by police officers every year, but I do know that I can’t go a whole month without at least one report, and it’s an issue that the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada feels needs to be addressed.
Posted in blaming, deaths, justice, news, politics, social attitudes, violence | Tagged abuse, canada, halifax, Howard Hyde, hyde inquiry, mental health, murder, nova scotia, police violence, schizophrenia
By Anna on 2 December, 2010
Trigger warning for discussion of murder and abuse of people with disabilities. This month’s list also includes disabled people who were victims of sex-based crimes before their deaths.
Posted in deaths, Record of the Dead | Tagged murder, sexual abuse, suicide
By s.e. smith on 25 August, 2010
Content note: This post includes discussions of the murder and abuse of people with disabilities. Betty Anne Gagnon was 48 years old when she was found curled up in the front seat of a pickup truck in the parking lot of a petrol station near Edmonton, Canada, in November 2009. Her face was heavily bruised [...]
Posted in deaths, events, justice, social attitudes, violence | Tagged abuse, canada, caregiver abuse, murder
By Anna on 6 December, 2009
Last year I attended Halifax’s first “Not So Silent Vigil”. Instead of focusing on the murders in Montreal, this vigil was for all the women in Canada who have been victims of domestic violence. Speakers, singers, dancers, and even a hilarious feminist comedienne took on the subject of violence and sexism. There was a moment of silence, in memory of our dead. There was a moment of screaming, for the women who cannot or will not scream.
Posted in activism, bodies, introspective, social attitudes, violence | Tagged charles-antoine blais, chelsea craig, december 6th, katie-lynn baker, marc lepin, murder, tracy latimer, violence, violence against women
By Anna on 30 October, 2009
Recommended Reading for October 30, 2009
Posted in recommended reading | Tagged abuse, asperger syndrome, autism, canada, family, family dynamics, media and pop culture, mental health, mental illness, murder, poverty, sex, sexuality, social assistance
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