March will honour Joyce Echaquan's memory three years after her death
The Indigenous woman recorded racist slurs directed at her by hospital staff in Joliette in the hours before she died.
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The Indigenous woman recorded racist slurs directed at her by hospital staff in Joliette in the hours before she died.
Three years to the day after Joyce Echaquan died in a hail of racist insults at the Joliette Hospital in Lanaudiere, her memory will be honoured at a march in the city on Thursday evening.
Three years to the day after Joyce Echaquan died in a hail of racist insults at the Joliette Hospital in Lanaudiere, her memory will be honoured at a march in the city on Thursday evening.
During the first day of special consultations on Tuesday, the words 'colonialist,' 'paternalistic,' 'disrespectful,' and 'insufficient' were used to describe Bill 32, called, 'An Act to establish the cultural safety approach within the health and social services network.'
A bureau promoting equitable access to health and social services for Indigenous people -- formed in response to Joyce Echaquan's death at a Quebec hospital in 2020 -- was officially launched on Saturday.