1830

1839-05-11: Ontario passes “An Act to Authorise the Erection of an Asylum within this Province for the Reception of Insane and Lunatic Person.”

1860

1865: First proto-eugenics articles by Francis Galton in MacMillan's Magazine

1866-02-20: Gregor Mendel publishes his paper, “Versuche über Pflanzenhybriden”

1867: Ugly Laws

1867: Canadian Constitution Act gives federal parliament legislative authority over "Indians, and Lands reserved for Indians"

1869: Galton publishes Hereditary Genius

1870

1870: Canadian Residential Schools in operation

1871: Charles Darwin publishes The Descent of Man

Ontario Coalition for Human Rights for the Handicapped is formed

1979. Forthcoming