About Erna Kurbegović Erna Kurbegović received her PhD in history at the University of Calgary. Her research looks at the early history of forced sterilizations and eugenics discourses in Western Canada. Books by Erna Kurbegović Psychiatry and the Legacies of Eugenics Historical Studies of Alberta and Beyond edited by Frank W. Stahnisch & Erna Kurbegović