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.