Death of Joyce Echaquan
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Sep 29, 2026
Neil KumarHOST
A spokesperson for Stelco says the Hamilton plant will idle some operations, with steel production concentrated at the Lake Erie facility.
Neil KumarHOST
Joyce Echaquan has not been forgotten.
Neil KumarHOST
Six years after her death, a large crowd gathered in Joliette, Quebec for a vigil.
Neil KumarHOST
The thirty-seven-year-old Atikamekw was dying and was subjected to racist behavior from hospital staff.
Neil KumarHOST
Some say since then there's been talk, but not a lot of action to address systemic racism.
Neil KumarHOST
Natalia Weixel reports.
Natalia WeixelCORRESPONDENT
Hundreds of community members gathered in Joliette, about ninety kilometers north of Montreal, to pay their respects to Joyce Echaquan.
Natalia WeixelCORRESPONDENT
As people lit candles to honor the late Atikamekw mother, they joined in song.
Neil KumarHOST
A spokesperson for Stelco says the Hamilton plant will idle some operations with steel production concentrated at the Lake Erie facility.
Neil KumarHOST
Joyce Echaquan has not been forgotten.
Neil KumarHOST
Six years after her death, a large crowd gathered in Joliette, Quebec for a vigil.
Neil KumarHOST
The 37-year-old was Atikamekw.
Neil KumarHOST
Some say since then there's been talk, but not a lot of action to address systemic racism.
Neil KumarHOST
Natalia Weixel reports.
Natalia WeixelCORRESPONDENT
Hundreds of community members gathered in Joliette, about 90 kilometers north of Montreal, to pay their respects to Joyce Echaquan.
Natalia WeixelCORRESPONDENT
As people lit candles to honor the late Atikamekw mother, they joined in song.
Savannah CraigCORRESPONDENT
A loss that shook the province.
Savannah CraigCORRESPONDENT
Joyce Echaquan was a 37-year-old Atikamekw woman.
Savannah CraigCORRESPONDENT
She died six years ago in a hospital in Joliet, Quebec.
Savannah CraigCORRESPONDENT
Hours before her death, Echaquan recorded nurses on Facebook Live making racist comments to her, making headlines across the world.
Savannah CraigCORRESPONDENT
The
Veldon CoburnSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
quote itself was about women and giving birth to other Indigenous children.
Veldon CoburnSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
in healthcare, one of the most intimate spheres, it closes the circle on what we saw with Joyce Echaquan.
Veldon CoburnSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
And it's right there in the heart of the Parti Québécois.
Don WilsonGUEST
He was just written off as another drunk Indian.
Don WilsonGUEST
There was other examples of, for example, Joyce Echaquan, who went live on Facebook while she was trying to seek care for some very, very serious health problems, ultimately from which she died.
Don WilsonGUEST
And she caught the conversations and the horrific racist responses she was getting from the nurses in that hospital that she was in in Quebec.
Don WilsonGUEST
There's just so many examples of that.