Talking on their fingers: a study of the Ontario deaf according to the 1891 Canadian Census

dc.contributor.authorWakefield, Christina L.
dc.contributor.supervisorBaskerville, Peter A.
dc.date.accessioned2009-08-26T15:18:45Z
dc.date.available2009-08-26T15:18:45Z
dc.date.copyright2009en
dc.date.issued2009-08-26T15:18:45Z
dc.degree.departmentDept. of Historyen
dc.degree.levelMaster of Arts M.A.en
dc.description.abstractThis thesis examines the lives of the deaf in late nineteenth century Ontario through a statistical analysis of a dataset from the 1891 Canadian Census. I examine the characteristics of the deaf as compared to the hearing population of Ontario in terms of age, sex, marital status, occupation and geographical distribution. Though there are many statistical differences between the deaf and hearing populations, I am able to show how the availability of a formal education for the deaf in the form of the Ontario Institution for the Deaf and Dumb in Belleville, Ont, had begun to minimize the effects of these differences. Education also allowed for the creation of a socially active Ontario deaf community, held together by the Ontario Deaf-Mute Association and the Ontario Mission for the Deaf.en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1828/1606
dc.languageEnglisheng
dc.language.isoenen
dc.rightsAvailable to the World Wide Weben
dc.subjectDeafen
dc.subjectOntarioen
dc.subject1891 Canadian Censusen
dc.subjectDominion Institution for the Education of the Deaf and Dumben
dc.subjectOntario Association for the Deafen
dc.subject.lcshUVic Subject Index::Humanities and Social Sciences::History::Canada--Historyen
dc.titleTalking on their fingers: a study of the Ontario deaf according to the 1891 Canadian Censusen
dc.typeThesisen

Files

Original bundle
Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
Loading...
Thumbnail Image
Name:
WakefieldThesis.pdf
Size:
1.14 MB
Format:
Adobe Portable Document Format
License bundle
Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
No Thumbnail Available
Name:
license.txt
Size:
1.84 KB
Format:
Item-specific license agreed upon to submission
Description: