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History of Medicine Society: British Home Children of Prince Edward Island

Event Date:
Wednesday, October 12, 2016, 7:00 pm
Location:
SDU Main Building
Room:
Main 201 -- Main Building Faculty Lounge
Join us for the first History of Medicine event for the fall, as Master of Arts (Island Studies) student Sara Underwood presents some of her research on the more than 200 children who were settled in Prince Edward Island between 1893 and the early 1920s, as part of the child emigration movement by Middlemore Home in Birmingham, England. She will present information from reports and correspondence related specifically to the children’s health. All are welcome!
Contact Name
Shannon Murray
(902) 566-0404