The Education of Destitute Homeless Children in Nineteenth-Century Ontario
Description:
From the earliest years in Upper Canada, destitute homeless children, including orphans, were often placed in private homes under pauper apprenticeship indentures that required that the children receive an education. Beginning in the 1830s, such children were sometimes housed in temporary institutions awaiting private placements, & by midcentury these institutions also began to provide schooling. However, children's homes providing long-term care developed in part because this education proved inadequate, & schooling, normally in-house, was an immediate priority on the opening of such homes.
Type of Resource:
Journal
Publication Date:
2004
Volume:
29
Issue:
1
Pages:
3-46
Location:
Thousand Oaks