Medical association’s first Indigenous president looks to fix health care crisis, considering a future in politics
The first-ever Indigenous president of the Canadian Medical Association (CMA) has taken over the helm…
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Family of Joyce Echaquan reluctantly accepts medal of honour from Quebec government
The husband of Joyce Echaquan, an Atikamekw woman who in October 2020 livestreamed healthcare workers…
Report says Indigenous people experience racism in Ottawa’s healthcare system on regular basis
A new report says a significantly high number of Indigenous people have experienced racism in…
‘The whole system falls apart’: Nunavut group concerned about Ottawa care home
Pairijait Tigumivik Society has long list of concerns it wants addressed at Embassy West Senior Living
Indigenous Services minister says Manitoba putting ‘significant strain’ on the health system
Indigenous Services Minister Marc Miller says that while parts of Ontario continue to be ravaged…
Emergency room nurse from hospital where Joyce Echaquan died says she’s heard disparaging remarks before
The Quebec inquiry looking into the death of Joyce Echaquan, the Atikamekw mother who died…
Indigenous patients face higher risk of death after surgery, study suggests
‘The Canadian health-care system is currently getting the outcomes it is designed to get. It is based on a highly colonial structure.’
Inquests, Indigenous deaths and racism, why the Joyce Echaquan inquiry must produce results: Opinion
Mary Jane Logan McCallum, Christa Big Canoe and Josée Lavoie – Special to APTN News The…
‘She didn’t ask to end her life like that’: Public inquiry into Joyce Echaquan’s death begins in Quebec
On the first day of the Quebec coroner’s public inquiry into the death of Joyce…