Joyce Echaquan
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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
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Indigenous issues take back seat in Quebec election as campaign winds downAtikamekw Grand Chief Constant Awashish says he's not surprised the campaign has neglected issues such as Indigenous self-determination, use of lands, resource-sharing and more.PoliticsSep 30
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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
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Indigenous rights advocates condemn Quebec human rights commission and youth protectionIndigenous groups are decrying a decision by the Quebec Human Rights Commission to not investigate allegations of systemic racism in youth protection.CanadaSep 28
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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
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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
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Quebec election: Legault criticized for saying Quebec hospital’s racism problem fixedLiberal Leader Dominique Anglade says the comments were nonsensical and are a sign of how disconnected Legault is from the realities faced by Indigenous people and other Quebecers.PoliticsSep 18
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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
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Quebec fails to deliver on promise to enshrine Indigenous cultural safety principle into lawQuebec has failed to deliver on its promise that it would enshrine in the law the principle of cultural safety for Indigenous communities.CanadaApr 2
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Quebec woman who alleged negligence from hospital died of natural causes: coronerThe coroner's investigation into the death found that the patient died of multiorgan failure due to a form of lymphoma linked to untreated HIV.CanadaNov 24, 2021
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