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

Canadian government announces a 5 year National Strategy for the Integration of Persons with Disabilities

1991. The goal of the program was to bring persons with disabilities into the social and economic mainstream.

Canadian Human Rights Commission. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.chrc-ccdp.ca/eng.