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September 28, 2024

Indigenous Healthcare Equality: The Fight Against Systemic Injustice

In this episode of 'Ask the Lawyer,' hosts Warren Berg and Cynthia Carels from Weir Bowen LLP discuss the ongoing issue of systemic racism in Canada's healthcare system, particularly its impact on Indigenous patients. With the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation approaching, they reflect on the recent apology from the Canadian Medical Association and how prejudice and colonization have affected Indigenous health outcomes. They also explore tragic cases like Joyce Echaquan and Brian Sinclair, and the legal recourse for families seeking justice through wrongful death claims.

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INDIGENOUS LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

The lands on which Edmonton sits and the North Saskatchewan River that runs through it have been the sites of natural abundance, ceremony and culture, travel and rest, relationship building, making, and trading for Indigenous peoples since time immemorial. Edmonton is located within Treaty 6 Territory and within the Metis homelands and Metis Nation of Alberta Region 4. We acknowledge this land as the traditional territories of many First Nations such as the Nehiyaw (Cree), Denesuline (Dene), Nakota Sioux (Stoney), Anishinaabe (Saulteaux) and Niitsitapi (Blackfoot).

Weir Bowen acknowledges the many First Nations, Métis and Inuit who have lived in and cared for these lands for generations. We are grateful for the traditional Knowledge Keepers and Elders who are still with us today and those who have gone before us. We make this acknowledgement as an act of reconciliation and gratitude to those whose territory we reside on or are visiting.