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Thousands of people take part in a rally in support of Joyce Echaquan in Trois-Rivières, Que., Wednesday, June 2, 2021. Echaquan, a 37-year-old Atikamekw mother of seven, filmed herself on Facebook Live as a nurse and an orderly were heard making derogatory comments toward her shortly before she died last September at a hospital northeast of Montreal. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz
MONTREAL – The recent acknowledgment by Quebec’s order of nurses that systemic racism exists in the health-care system shows human values at their greatest, Assembly of First Nations Quebec-Labrador Chief Ghislain Picard said Thursday.
The admission, Picard added, reflects a desire within that organization to fight against racism and to respect Indigenous cultures. “These are people who are on the front lines, so such comments coming from them, I don’t see how we can contradict this,” he said in an interview.
MONTREAL The recent acknowledgment by Quebec s order of nurses that systemic racism exists in the health-care system shows human values at their greatest, Assembly of First Nations Quebec-Labrador Chief Ghislain Picard said Thursday.
The admission, Picard added, reflects a desire within that organization to fight against racism and to respect Indigenous cultures. These are people who are on the front lines, so such comments coming from them, I don t see how we can contradict this, he said in an interview.
Earlier this week, the professional order, called Ordre des infirmières et infirmiers du Québec, issued a statement recognizing systemic racism particularly toward Inuit and First Nations people. The order s comments were in response to the death last September of Joyce Echaquan, an Atikamekw mother who filmed herself at a Quebec hospital while staff hurled racist insults at her as she lay dying.