Vigil held in Joliette marks 5 years since Joyce Echaquan's death

Vigil held in Joliette marks 5 years since Joyce Echaquan's death

Five years after Joyce Echaquan’s death, community members gathered Sunday evening at the Lanaudière Native Friendship Centre in Joliette, Que., for a vigil in her memory. From 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., the event brought dozens of people together to honour her life and the impact she continues to have. “We want to make sure […]

Issues remain in Quebec health system, 5 years after Joyce Echaquan's death: advocate - The Turtle Island News

By Katrine Desautels Five years after Joyce Echaquan died tragically in a Quebec hospital room, there is still work to be done to improve the treatment of Indigenous people in the province’s health system, politicians and advocates say. Echaquan, a 37-year-old mother of seven from Manawan, filmed herself on Facebook Live as a nurse and an orderly were heard making derogatory and racist comments toward her while she suffered at a hospital in Joli…