Koester dissertation "The Public Good: Eugenics and Law in Ontario, 1910 to 1938"

Elizabeth Koester successfully defended her doctoral dissertation “The Public Good: Eugenics and Law in Ontario, 1910 to 1938” on September 7, 2018. In it, she used three aspects of law – private members’ bills, royal commissions and a sensational criminal trial – to investigate the little-known history of eugenics in Ontario. Her dissertation committee included supervisor Nikolai Krementsov from the Institute for the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology, Marga Vicedo, also of the IHSPT and Jim Phillips from the Faculty of Law.

Congratulations, Liz!