Joyce Echaquan Death
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Quebec orderly fired after Indigenous woman’s death should be reinstated: arbitratorJoyce Echaquan, a 37-year-old Atikamekw mother of seven, filmed herself on Facebook Live as a nurse and an orderly were heard making derogatory comments toward her before she died.HealthAug 23, 2023
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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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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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Quebec nurse gets job back after abrupt 2021 firing over treatment of Atikamekw patientNurse Sylvie Bellemare had asked her patient, Jocelyne Ottawa, to sing a song in Atikamekw and whether her name translated to 'Joyce' in her community.CanadaJul 8, 2022
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Joyce Echaquan’s death ‘unacceptable,’ Quebec coroner says in addressing inquiry findingsCoroner Géhane Kamel said the death of Joyce Echaquan was accidental, but preventable — and that racism and prejudice contributed to it.CanadaOct 5, 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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Joyce Echaquan’s life at Quebec hospital could have been saved: expertThe head nurse at a Quebec hospital where Joyce Echaquan died last September told a coroner's inquest today the Indigenous patient's care should have been taken more seriously.CanadaMay 27, 2021
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Echaquan inquiry: Quebec hospital patient, visitors testifyA Quebec coroner conducting a public inquiry into the death of Joyce Echaquan says she's sorry if her comments last week offended anyone but assures she has been impartial.CanadaMay 25, 2021
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