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Indigenous health professionals claim little has changed since Joyce Echaquan’s deathInnu surgeon Dr. Stanley Vollant says it's a good first step, but it's going to take years or even decades for Indigenous people to trust the health care system.FeaturesSep 30, 2022
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Joyce Echaquan’s family files $2.7 million lawsuit over her death in Quebec hospitalThe lawsuit names the Quebec hospital, a doctor who treated her and the ex-nurse who was caught on film insulting Joyce Echaquan.CanadaSep 29, 2022
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Vigil held in Montreal to mark 2-year anniversary of Joyce Echaquan’s deathIt's been two years since Joyce Echaquan, an Atikamekw mother of seven, died in a Joliette hospital. She recorded herself before dying, as racial slurs were used by hospital staff.HealthSep 28, 2022
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Quebec election: Legault sorry for saying racism against Indigenous people at hospital is ‘settled’François Legault says he never meant to offend when he said during a televised leaders debate last week that the situation at the hospital in Joliette, Que., is settled.PoliticsSep 20, 2022
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Chief of Joyce Echaquan’s community says trust in Quebec health care system returning"There are changes that have taken place, but there are definitely still things to improve," said Paule-Emile Ottawa, the chief of the Atikamekw Council of Manawan.CanadaOct 7, 2021
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‘She cannot have died in vain’: Commemorations honour Joyce Echaquan, one year after her deathOne year after the death of Joyce Echaquan, Carol Dubé said in a statement that his wife's memory must not fade and called on everyone to join their fight.CanadaSep 28, 2021
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Joyce Echaquan coroner’s inquest comes to an end, community marches in her honourA large march was held in Joyce Echaquan's honour Wednesday afternoon in Trois-Rivières, Que., after the hearings into her death concluded.CanadaJun 2, 2021
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Indigenous leader tells Quebec coroner’s inquest community haunted by Joyce Echaquan’s deathIndigenous leaders are renewing their calls for the Quebec government to recognize systemic racism in the province's health-care system.CanadaJun 1, 2021
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Echaquan inquiry: reform needed to reduce Indigenous patients’ fear of health systemDr. Stanley Vollant, an Innu surgeon, is recommending the government create policies to reduce fear among Indigenous patients of seeking treatment at Quebec hospitals.HealthMay 31, 2021
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Echaquan inquiry: Former health boss says he was unaware of racism problem at hospitalCastonguay said there had been 10 formal complaints from Atikamekw patients between 2015 and 2020 out of thousands filed at the board.HealthMay 28, 2021
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