Joyce's Principle
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Joyce Echaquan’s community fights for change to health system 3 years after deathThe executive director of Joyce's Principle office, says Joyce Echaquan's death exposed the reality that many Indigenous people face when they seek help from the health system.CanadaSep 28, 2023
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Atikamekw group calls for Quebec cultural safety bill to be rewrittenThe Joyce's Principle Office says the cultural safety bill doesn't go far enough, because of the government's continued refusal to acknowledge the existence of systemic racism.PoliticsSep 13, 2023
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College of Physicians calls on Quebec to recognize systemic racism in health systemThe college says the scope of the cultural safety bill should be broadened to include all vulnerable groups, including Indigenous groups.HealthSep 12, 2023
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Quebec shuts down motion seeking adoption of Joyce’s PrincipleQuebec Solidaire introduced a motion seeking the government's recognition of the existence of systemic racism and the adoption of Joyce's Principle.PoliticsMar 16, 2023
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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, 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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McGill University Health Centre releases report on systemic discriminationThe report follows a study into multiple reports of racism, harassment and bullying at the Royal Victoria Hospital, the Montreal General Hospital and other MUHC locations.CanadaSep 23, 2022
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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, 2022
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Quebec premier says he wasn’t a leader during raucous debate on Joyce Echaquan anniversaryLegault was sharply criticized last week for denying the existence of systemic racism and for refusing to make the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation a statutory holiday.CanadaOct 4, 2021
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Coroner’s report into Joyce Echaquan death urges Quebec to recognize systemic racismThe coroner's report into the death of Echaquan finds that while the death was accidental, the racism and prejudice the Atikamekw woman was subjected to contributed to her death.CanadaOct 1, 2021
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