The Issues Podcast

JOYCE ECHEQUAN - THE ISSUES, EP 1

Joyce Echequan’s tragic death caught on video is just one of the countless instances of discrimination towards indigenous people in healthcare; will this be the final straw before the government takes action against systemic racism? SOURCES: https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/joyce-echaquan-s-death-highlights-systemic-racism-in-health-care-experts-say-1.5132146 https://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/channels/news/experts-joyce-echaquans-death-racism-healthcare-system-325109 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yT7230w7hBA https://youtu.be/aqsRoPSOXSc https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/indigenous-vaccinations-priority-marc-miller-1.5889826 https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2021/01/23/torontos-indigenous-population-largely-overlooked-in-covid-19-vaccine-plans-doctors-who-work-with-them-say.html https://www.toronto.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/9457-tph-tihac-health-strategy-2016-2021.pdf https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/coronavirus/does-covid-19-discriminate-this-is-how-some-canadians-are-harder-hit-1.4897298 https://www.nccah-ccnsa.ca/docs/other/FS-InfluenzaPandemic-Summary-EN.pdf https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ip9c6qWowxo&t=567s https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/ BG MUSIC: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rEIdSA-aGGw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pNSs7t36bpM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ziFxpjRbfJc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rpMvf4Gdn-4&t=76s INTRO SONG: https://soundcloud.com/guavaiced/anbu