Leilani Muir

This article discusses a proposed module on Leilani Muir at the Canadian Museum for Human Rights (CMHR) in Winnipeg, Canada. The article explores the story of Leilani Muir, a woman from Alberta who was forcibly sterilized against her will under the Sexual Sterilization Act of Alberta, and later took the Alberta government to court for committing this crime against her. Muir won her case, and was the first person in Alberta to win a case regarding forced sterilization. After the section on her life story, the article will analyze how her account would be presented to the public in the CMHR through three photographs. The photographs would be interactive and engage the museum visitor into learning more about what happened to Muir. This module will then relate to other modules in the CMHR dealing with human rights abuses in Canada. Finally, this article will discuss why her story is important to discuss in a national museum

Eugenics · Political science · Sociology · Canadian Identity and History · Historical Studies on Reproduction, Gender, Health, and Societal Changes · Law · Medical History and Research · Psychology

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