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The Sexual Sterilization Act was a law enacted in 1928 by the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, Canada.Supported by influential social groups, the Act was aimed to redress social problems by preventing the transmission of personality traits deemed undesirable to offspring and therefore allowed for sterilization of mentally disabled people.
The mentally ill and human rights in Alberta: A study of the Alberta Sexual Sterilization Act. Edmonton: Faculty of Law, University of Alberta. Frost, E.M. (1942). Sterilization of Alberta: A summary of the cases presented to the Eugenics Board for the Province of Alberta from 1929 to 1941. Masters Thesis. Edmonton: University of Alberta.
It is located in the northeastern portion of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, and was founded on July 1, 1923. The site is serviced by Edmonton Transit Service bus route 121. Admission and continuing treatment at Alberta Hospital Edmonton can be voluntary, formal under the Mental Health Act, or in the Forensic Psychiatry Program under the Criminal ...
Under the 1994 Regional Health Authorities Act, 17 regional health authorities were created, replacing hundreds of local hospital boards, long-term care and public health services. At the same time, Klein established provincial health authorities for cancer, mental health and addiction services.
The legal basis for compulsory sterilization in Canada can be traced back to the passage of the Sexual Sterilization Act in Alberta in 1928. [3] This legislation allowed for the sterilization of individuals deemed mentally deficient or mentally ill without their consent. [ 3 ]
Dan Williams ECA MLA is a Canadian politician who has been the Alberta Minister of Mental Health and Addiction since 2023. He was elected in the 2019 Alberta general election to represent the electoral district of Peace River in the 30th Alberta Legislature. [2] [3] He was re-elected in the 2023 Alberta general election. [4]
The Board is an independent quasi-judicial administrative tribunal that serves as an appeal body for recipients and providers of health services and others as provided for under The Health Services Insurance Act, The Emergency Response and Stretcher Transportation Act, and The Mental Health Act. Manitoba Human Rights Commission: human rights
On April 1, 2009, the Health Governance Transition Amendment Act dissolved the Alberta Mental Health Board, the Alberta Cancer Board and the Alberta Alcohol and Drug Abuse Commission, [9]: 12–3 [10]: 44–49 and completed the transition to Alberta Health Services (AHS). [11]