When Wayne Rabbitskin was working for social services, he would get calls from men who needed someone to talk with, but who would never set foot in the offices or attend any type of treatment program.
After the death of Joyce Echaquan last September, many health providers across Quebec questioned their treatment of Indigenous patients and analyzed the barriers to care they may face.
While the BC government calls it “illegal and unconstitutional”, the controversial practice of birth alerts is still common practice in Quebec. A recent APTN News investigation found that birth alerts occur every two days, on average, in the Abitibi-Témiscamingue region.
We are fortunate to have collaborated with Cree Leadership, our neighbouring southern region, and to have had their full support from the beginning of this pandemic.
Vaccine program rolls out, but won’t reach Eeyou Istchee soon
Following a run-off election November 10, Bertie Wapachee was elected the new chairperson of the Cree Board of Health and Social Services of James Bay (CBHSSJB) with a decisive 72% of the ballots cast.
After a long year, there is some hope for an end to the Covid-19 pandemic affecting the world as Canada approved a promising vaccine.
As Covid-19 cases continue to climb in Quebec and across the globe, Eeyou Istchee remains a relatively safe zone.
Just weeks after Joyce Echaquan’s death amid a flurry of racist insults in a Joliette hospital ignited national outrage, another Quebec hospital is under scrutiny for slurs directed at an Indigenous man in the days before he died.
While they had hoped a second season wouldn’t be necessary, the First Nations Health Managers Association (FNHMA) has brought back its virtual town hall series to provide credible information for Indigenous communities in the face of the second wave of Covid-19.
