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 Joyce Echaquan beside a lake, 1999. | |
| Date | September 28, 2020 |
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| Location | Centre hospitalier de Lanaudière, Saint-Charles-Borromée, Quebec, Canada |
Joyce Echaquan was a 37-year-old Atikamekw woman who died on September 28, 2020, in the Centre Hospitalier de Lanaudière in Saint-Charles-Borromée, Quebec. Before her death, she recorded a Facebook Live video that showed her screaming in pain while healthcare workers abused her and made derogatory comments about her, assuming her to be a drug addict experiencing withdrawal symptoms, in what has been widely described as a racist incident.[1]
Coroner Gehane Kamel stated that Echaquan's death was further proof of the systemic Indigenous-directed racism in Quebecois institutions.[2] A petition was launched to promote recognition of racism and systemic discrimination towards Indigenous peoples in public institutions in Quebec following Echaquan's death.[3]
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau recognized the role of systemic racism in Echaquan's death in a speech before the House of Commons.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
:6was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Devoir, Le (October 5, 2021). "En direct | La coroner présente son rapport sur la mort de Joyce Echaquan". Le Devoir (in French). Retrieved July 31, 2023.
- ^ "Pétition : Reconnaissance du racisme et de la discrimination systémiques envers les Autochtones dans les institutions publiques au Québec - Assemblée nationale du Québec". www.assnat.qc.ca (in French). Retrieved July 31, 2023.