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Perhaps the most influential resource for rationalizing sterilization in the Province of Alberta came in the form of a mental health survey. In 1919, Dr. Hincks, professor of Psychiatry at the University of Toronto and specialist on mental diseases, conducted a survey of the province. His goal was to formulate a treatment and training plan for ...
On May 15, 2008, then-Health Minister Ron Liepert, announced the creation of "Canada's first province-wide, fully integrated health system"—the Alberta Health Services (AHS)—as a quasi-independent agency of the Alberta government with a mandate to public health services throughout the province.
In 1928, the Alberta government (Alberta, Canada) passed eugenics legislation that enabled the involuntary sterilization of individuals classified as mentally deficient (now known as persons with a developmental disability or mental disorder), with the consent of the patient or his/her guardian or next-of-kin.
The Minister of Mental Health and Addictions, Milliken, and the Government of Alberta have pledged $1.8 million towards pre-treatment programs aimed at providing addiction support in Calgary. The funding will go towards a pre-treatment program designed to bridge the gap between detox and treatment and will assist up to 240 Albertans every year ...
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]
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 ...
1904- New mental hospital opened in Coquitlam, British Columbia [37] 1925- British Columbia Royal Commission on Mental Hygiene report. [40] 1927- Canadian Medical Association Journal publishes the editorial "Eugenics and the Medical Profession" [41] 1928- George Godwin's Columbia, or the Future of Canada is published in the To-day and To-morrow ...
The Assured Income for the Severely Handicapped (AISH) is a provincial program established in 1979 in Alberta, Canada, that provides financial and health related benefits to eligible adult Albertans under the age of 65, who are legally identified as having severe and permanent disabilities that seriously impede the individual's ability to earn a living. [1]