Treaty 6 nations tell Alberta it needs to consult before changing health-care system
Chiefs from Treaty 6 nations in Alberta say they weren’t consulted on the province’s plan…
Health care
Demand for Indigenous healing work helping to decolonize health-care system
Julie Lys says that working a hide is akin to the healing process. It starts…
British Columbia moves to make NDTR an official holiday
British Columbia’s minister of Indigenous relations and reconciliation says now is the time to formally…
Family of Joyce Echaquan files $2.7 million lawsuit against Quebec public health agency
The family of Joyce Echaquan, the Atikamekw mother of seven who was mocked by staff…
Six Nations mother looking to create ‘Heather’s Law’ after daughter’s death
Family of Heather Winterstein says she went to hospital for help and died waiting.
Study suggests First Nations people in Alberta tend to get lower level of emergency care
Hospital emergency rooms in Alberta are likely to assess complaints from First Nations people as…
Joyce Echaquan’s family describes seeing her ‘tied up like an animal’ in Joliette hospital bed
Mother of seven had her wrists and ankles in restraints when family arrived at hospital.
Two days of talks wrap up to tackle systemic racism ‘embedded’ in country’s health-care system
Feds pledge millions for Joyce’s Principle and announce plans for new Indigenous health legislation
Talks underway to root out systemic racism in healthcare system
Over the next two days Indigenous Services Canada (ISC) will host a meeting between federal,…