Talk:Otto Schaefer

This page should not be speedy deleted because...

This page should not be speedy deleted because... The information about the Charles Camsell Hospital in the Inglewood (neighbourhood) page misrepresents the nature of the institution and by including one of the notable physicians and the northern health research unit he directed (as well as a connection to a page about said physician) will counter the urban legends about the hospital. --Envirophd (talk) 20:29, 29 July 2011 (UTC)

Contested deletion

This page should not be speedy deleted because... it is connected to an archival collection of photographs soon to be available here (https://era.library.ualberta.ca/public/search?fq=facet.community:%22Canadian+Circumpolar+Institute%22) and for communities in Northern Canada, Dr Otto Schaefer had a huge impact on improving their health and advocating for returns to more traditional lifestyles.--Envirophd (talk) 20:34, 29 July 2011 (UTC)

Colonialism and Medical Experimentation

This optimistic account of Otto Schaefer's work does not align with the reality of unethical medical experimentation done on Inuit in the 60s and 70s, in the context of the settler-colonial state of Canada's ongoing colonization of First Nations, Metis, and Inuit peoples.

A more truthful account of Otto Schaefer's work could include sources like the following book:

Oblivious: Residential Schools, Segregated Hospitals, and the use of Indigenous Peoples as Slaves of Race Science by Elaine Dewar ~2026-38830-14 (talk) 00:52, 9 July 2026 (UTC)