Nobody Here Will Harm You: Mass Medical Evacuation from the Eastern Arctic 1950?1965

by Shawn Selway

Overview

Winner:
2017 Hamilton Literary Award for Non-fiction

“Perhaps you are wondering why you are brought down from your home leaving your friends and perhaps family behind. The reason is that you are sick, and if you were left at home, you may endanger those at home. So you are here to get well again… But do not be afraid. Nobody here will harm you.” –Mountain Views, Hamilton Sanatorium, 1955 With this quote Shawn Selway begins his thorough investigation of the evacuation of 1,274 Inuit and Cree sufferers of tuberculosis from the Eastern Arctic to Mountain Sanatorium in Hamilton, Ontario, from 1950 to 1965. Selway carefully documents the impact of the evacuations on the Inuit community and has included an assortment of archival images within the book.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781928088097
Publisher:	Wolsak and Wynn Publishers Ltd.
Publication date:	10/18/2016
Pages:	280
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

Shawn Selway is a Hamilton-based journalist who writes on historical and city issues. He is also a Stelco-trained millwright who runs a consultancy in the interpretation and conservation of historic machinery. No One Will Harm You Here is his debut work.

Table of Contents

Preface 9

Introduction 14

1 The Rationale 31

2 Powers 60

3 Evacuation 105

4 The Captivity 138

5 Sequelae 184

6 Concluding Remarks 210

Epilogue 224

Acknowledgements 229

Notes 231

Bibliography 255

Index 269

Editorial Reviews

"This rarely explored part of Hamilton's history is the subject of historian Shawn Selway's book, Nobody Here Will Harm You, in which he considers the systemic racism and political culture behind the decision to relocate Indigenous patients and the legacy that was left behind." - Hamilton Magazine

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