{"id":27684,"date":"2020-12-15T17:33:17","date_gmt":"2020-12-15T22:33:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/?p=27684"},"modified":"2020-12-16T10:46:49","modified_gmt":"2020-12-16T15:46:49","slug":"racial-bias-and-abuse-in-bc-health-care-system-experienced-by-first-nations-inuit-and-metis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/racial-bias-and-abuse-in-bc-health-care-system-experienced-by-first-nations-inuit-and-metis\/","title":{"rendered":"Racial bias and abuse in BC health system experienced by First Nations, Inuit and Metis"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">In a recently released independent report called \"In Plain Sight,\" Hon. Dr. M.E. Turpel-Lafond (Aki-Kwe) an independent reviewer addresses the systemic racism in the BC healthcare system towards Indigenous peoples.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">In the wake of the report, Indigenous leaders have spoken out.<\/div>\n<div class=\"kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q\">\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\"It is a glaring fact that Indigenous peoples encounter racism on a regular basis in the health care system and we need an effective mechanism or complaint process to bring the issue to light and have it addressed,\" stated Grand Chief Stewart Phillip, president of Union of BC Indian Chiefs.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">Dr. Margo Greenwood, the academic leader for the National Collaborating Centre for Indigenous Health, is on the news to give more insight on the report and break the core systems down for CICK listeners.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The full report is available here: <a class=\"oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl py34i1dx gpro0wi8\" role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/engage.gov.bc.ca\/app\/uploads\/sites\/613\/2020\/11\/In-Plain-Sight-Full-Report.pdf?fbclid=IwAR2jpf91BRQkrTPJ3_N46BrfNUnEWJ3RtUNXOn6LPuPOd1DtvOfyb3mfKdg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/engage.gov.bc.ca\/...\/In-Plain-Sight-Full-Report.pdf<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a recently released independent report called &#8220;In Plain Sight,&#8221; Hon. Dr. M.E. Turpel-Lafond (Aki-Kwe) an independent reviewer addresses the systemic racism in the BC healthcare system towards Indigenous peoples. In the wake of the report, Indigenous leaders have spoken out. &#8220;It is a glaring fact that Indigenous peoples encounter racism on a regular basis&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":27686,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[57,223],"tags":[4246,505,3947,980,502,4245],"radio":[245],"origine":[280,263,231],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27684"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/31"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27684"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27684\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27686"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27684"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27684"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27684"},{"taxonomy":"radio","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/radio?post=27684"},{"taxonomy":"origine","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/origine?post=27684"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}