SSC Seminar Series: Scott Thompson, Queen's University

Wednesday, February 5, 2014, 13h15-14h30, Mac Corry D411 [note change of time]
Scott Thompson, Postdoctoral Fellow, Surveillance Studies Centre, Queen's University

Social Sorting in the Pre-Electronic Era: surveillance, the Liquor Control Board of Ontario and the (re)production of the “Drunken Indian” stereotype in Ontario, 1927-1952

This seminar investigates the technologies and rationalities that the Liquor Control Board of Ontario deployed in order to demonstrate the impact that this institution had on populations deemed in need of control. The LCBO’s “list of known drunkards,” worked to (re)produce the false stereotype of alcohol abuse it tied to the First Nations populations in Ontario.

Everyone welcome!