Healthcare

It’s a story too many Indigenous people share – poor treatment when accessing medical care.

Reports, inquests, reviews across the country for decades show racism in healthcare is real.

Across the country APTN News reporters are following these stories – see our coverage below.

‘It was so scary’: First Nations woman records treatment in southern Alberta hospital March 31, 2021 Cardston doctor threatens arrest if she leaves Read more.

Quebec physicians, academics blast government for failure to recognize Joyce’s Principle March 3, 2021 An open letter is blasting Quebec premier Francois Legault and his Coalition Avenir Québec (CAQ)... Read more.

Two days of talks wrap up to tackle systemic racism ‘embedded’ in country’s health-care system January 28, 2021 Feds pledge millions for Joyce's Principle and announce plans for new Indigenous health legislation Read more.

Talks underway to root out systemic racism in healthcare system January 27, 2021 Over the next two days Indigenous Services Canada (ISC) will host a meeting between federal,... Read more.

‘I can’t breathe, I know there’s something wrong’: Family says Anishinaabe woman denied treatment after surgery December 27, 2020 Rhonda Gardner claims her daughter spent days in pain with collapsed lungs Read more.

No proof B.C. healthcare workers played ‘Price is Right’ type game November 30, 2020 Investigation finds “hundreds of examples” of racial profiling of Indigenous patients Read more.

Quebec rejects ‘Joyce’s Principle’ because it calls for recognition of systemic racism November 25, 2020 While the Atikamekw Nation got participation marks from the Quebec government for drafting Joyce’s Principle... Read more.

Atikamekw community of Manawan calls for equitable health care access following death of Joyce Echaquan November 16, 2020 'We're reaching out to all the authorities, institutions and organizations to change their mentality toward Indigenous people.' Read more.

Physician Barry Lavallee on standing up to the ‘smiling faces’ of systemic racism November 10, 2020 ‘If you’re white and in power, you can never see racism,’ Metis/Saulteaux doctor tells Face to Face Read more.

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