Major Presentation AP/SOWK2035 M

Group G - March 2014

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Index

• Slide 3 Introduction• Slides 4-6 The History of Madness in Canada• Slides 7-9 National Association for Rights

Protection and Advocacy• Slides 10-12 Mad Pride UK• Slide 13 Conclusion and Summary

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Introduction

• Group G - Mary Daysant, David Fraites, Timothy Holden, Klara Petrova, Sarena Singh

Three websites:• The History of Madness in Canadahttp://historyofmadness.ca• National Association for Rights Protection and Advocacy

http://narpa.org• Mad Pride UKhttp://madpride.org/index.php

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The History of Madness in Canada 1 of 3What is the site doing well?

• Available in French and English• Possesses a search function• News section contains material from the last month• Library section contains:

• one project under research• one book and monograph, • five entries in the archive section, • six graduate theses, • three book reviews, • 12 journal articles and a • bibliography with 23 entries

• An education section for school-age students

The History of Madness in Canada 2 of 3What is the site doing poorly?

• Library section contains:• a bibliography not updated since November 2009• book reviews not updated since October 2011• journal articles not updated since October 2012 • a research project not updated since December 2012

• Few images and a relatively dull background

• Email addresses but neither a postal address nor telephone number

• No links to social media

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The History of Madness in Canada 3 of 3

How does the site contribute to the Mad movement?

• Provides access to a variety of different resources• Portrays a combination of psychiatry approaches including:

• Chenier’s “The criminal sexual psychopath in Canada” and • McKendry’s “An ideal hospital for the insane”• Applications from the perspective of the Mad movement such as Reaume’s “Keep

your labels off my mind” and “The inmates are running the asylum-stories from the MPA”

• Informs interested parties on how madness has developed in Canada

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National Association for Rights Protection and Advocacy 1 of 3

What is the site doing well?

• Possesses a search function• Has an option to make donations from the home page• States the site was updated in the last month• Contains a links tab to other sites

National Association for Rights Protection and Advocacy 2 of 3What is the site doing poorly?

• No tabs to click on• Messy appearance with varying fonts and colours• No images and a very dull background• No links to social media• Neither video nor audio elements• Outdated ‘case of the week’ section

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National Association for Rights Protection and Advocacy 3 of 3How does the site contribute to the Mad movement?

• Allows some relevant articles to be accessed• Provides a high number of links to potentially interesting

websites• Via the website Amazon, allows site visitors to purchase

relevant books

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Mad Pride UK 1 of 3

What is the site doing well?

• Striking colour scheme• Provides both a blog and a forum• Provides access to social media (in this case Facebook)• Allows the font size to be adjusted for people with sight

problems• States that the site was updated last month

Mad Pride UK 2 of 3

What is the site doing poorly?

• Does not possess a search function• No contact details• Excessive emphasis on attending potentially

appropriate events located in London, England• Provides little or no access to relevant research and

articles• Some tabs have no link attached to them

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Mad Pride UK 3 of 3How does the site contribute to the Mad movement?

• If based in London, England allows relevant events to be attended• Utilizes social media through Facebook, blogs and

forums• Provides the ability to search by date for previous

articles

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Conclusion and Summary

• Varying relevance depending on what is required• Academic/research -The History of Madness in Canada• Random articles/links to range of sites -NARPA• Social media/London, England -Mad Pride UK

• Interesting websites-Canada, US and UK• Mixture of things done well and things done poorly• All contribute in some way to the Mad movement