MONTREAL - A Quebec nurse who had been accused of making degrading comments towards an Atikamekw woman in March 2021 won't be fired, an arbitrator has ruled.
An arbitrator has ruled a nurse in Joliette, Que., fired after being accused of racism against an Atikamekw patient, shouldn't "have to carry the burden of a colonialist legacy" alone and must be allowed to return to the medical clinic where she'd worked.
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Posted: May 12, 2021 4:00 AM ET | Last Updated: May 12
Sylvie Roy says she feels a responsibility to future generations and to Quebec s First Nations to educate Quebecers on Indigenous realities.(Submitted by Sylvie Roy)
Sylvie Roy didn t expect her career as a child psychologist to lead to where she is now teaching health-care professionals in Quebec about Indigenous history and realities and explaining how decades of colonial biases may be harming their interactions with patients.
That notion is central to the cultural safety training Roy has been offering for years a service that is in higher demand than ever in Quebec.
It s a topic that will likely be raised when a coroner begins an investigation this week into the way Indigenous people are treated by Quebec s health-care system. The inquest is looking into the death of Joyce Echaquan last year at a hospital in Joliette.