Case file · Government program
Ewen Cameron's experiments at the Allan Memorial
From 1957 to 1964 psychiatrist Donald Ewen Cameron used drugs, electroshock and repeated taped messages ('psychic driving') on patients at Montreal's Allan Memorial Institute, part-funded by the CIA's MKUltra program.
1957 CE · 45.51, -73.58 · status: official
The account
Patients were not told. Survivors sued the US government, which settled in 1988; Canada paid compensation in 1992. Class actions continue.