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…
Health care
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,…
Indigenous cultural safety in health care gets $15M boost from Quebec government
Indigenous Affairs minister says government can’t undo history but is “working for the future”
‘Never give up’: Cousin of Brian Sinclair urges Echaquan family to fight for justice
Echaquan family can expect ‘same bullshit that they gave us’ from coroner’s inquest says cousin
Saskatchewan health authority investigating incident Cree woman describes as ‘worst pain I ever had’
“My mom did not deserve this pain that she is in right now.”