CANADA
CBC News
A woman whose parents attended residential school in Kenora says she’s disgusted by revelations of government nutritional experiments there in the 1940s and 50s.
A University of Guelph historian discovered evidence that — instead of feeding malnourished children — scientists used them for research. This was a shocking revelation for Vivian Ketchum, whose mother went to St. Mary’s school in Kenora.
“My mom had a lot of health issues when she was older,” Ketchum said.
“And I think that probably related to the poor diet that she had as a child.”
Ketchum says her mother, who is now deceased, didn’t share a lot of detail about what happened to her in residential school.
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