Normandin S
McGill University, Montreal, Quebec.
Can Bull Med Hist. 1998;15(1):59-86. doi: 10.3138/cbmh.15.1.59.
Tracing the origins of eugenics in Canada and seeking to apply a national model, the article explores the juxtaposition between the movement's origin in Britain and its popularity in the Canadian academic milieu, and its condemnation in Quebecois intellectual circles. The first aspect of the movement is explored through the work of two McGill professors, Carrie Derrick and J.G. Adami. In contrast, there is both apathy and resistance from the Quebecois polity--and the influence of Catholicism in forming a resistant position to the eugenics movement--to consider. The impact of works by Blais, Forest, and others are examined in this respect. The conclusion argues for a bifurcated response to eugenic ideas in Quebec, divided along linguistic-cultural lines.
通过追溯加拿大优生学的起源并试图应用一种全国性模式，本文探讨了该运动起源于英国却在加拿大学术界流行，以及在魁北克知识界遭到谴责这两者之间的并置情况。该运动的第一个方面是通过麦吉尔大学的两位教授卡丽·德里克和J.G.阿达米的著作来探讨的。相比之下，魁北克政治实体存在冷漠和抵制——以及天主教在形成对优生学运动的抵制立场方面的影响——需要加以考虑。在这方面，将审视布莱、福雷斯特等人著作的影响。结论主张对魁北克的优生学思想采取一种沿着语言文化界限划分的二元化回应。
