Into the Light: Eugenics and Education in Southern Ontario
Seika Boye, Exhibit Co-Creator
bodies in translation
Re•Vision: The Centre for Art and Social Justice
University of Guelph
guelph Civic museum
September 14, 2019 – March 1, 2020
Into the Light: Eugenics and Education in Southern Ontario is both an award-winning exhibition and a 37-minute documentary film that brings one of Canada’s sinister secrets of eugenics, as well as stories of survival, out of the shadows and into the light.
The exhibition was co-created and co-curated by Elder Mona Stonefish, Peter Park, Dolleen Tisawii’ashii Manning, Evadne Kelly, Seika Boye and Sky Stonefish and featured at the Guelph Civic Museum from September 14, 2019 – March 1, 2020 in Guelph, Ontario.
The exhibition and the documentary are co-presented by Guelph Museums, Bodies in Translation: Activist Art, Technology and Access to Life, Re•Vision: The Centre for Art and Social Justice, and Respecting Rights, ARCH Disability Law.
