In Cynthia Johansen’s mind, reconciliation begins with the painful realization that she’s spent most of her life ignorant of the full history of Canada and the true impact of more than 150 years of oppressive anti-Indigenous policies.
The story of Keegan Combes, who died of accidental methanol poisoning after being neglected by staff at a B.C. hospital, has become part of the fight to dismantle anti-Indigenous racism in the nursing profession, according to B.C.'s regulator for nurses.