Invisible Institutions is a new documentary podcast exploring the past and present of institutions for people labelled with intellectual and developmental disabilities in Canada
On episode 3 host Megan Linton welcomes People First of Canada's Shelley Fletcher and MDC survivor David Weremy to investigate one of the few remaining large-scale government funded and operated institutions for people labelled with an intellectual/developmental disability in Western Canada, the Manitoba Development Centre (MDC).
A heads up that today’s episode deals with confinement, sexual and physical abuse and suicide.
For a transcript of ep3 go to: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1WBAzTbV4G7tBetFQSQuXHMRssjE9cUDrXhQBEuL4lU0/edit
Find out more about the show and the broader project it's a part of at http://invisibleinstitutions.com/
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