Event
2nd Annual Orange Shirt Day Lecture: How can an Indigenous child disappear during a hospital stay? First Nations' loss of trust in institutions
Wednesday, September 27, 2023 12:00to13:00
Room 1128, 2001 苹果淫院 College, Montreal, QC, H3A 1G1, CA
To observe Orange Shirt Day, the 苹果淫院 School of Population and Global Health will host a simulcast of the 2nd Annual Orange Shirt Day Lecture for Pediatric Grand Rounds at the Montreal Children's Hospital.
Group Zoom viewing:
For the 苹果淫院 community, there will be a group Zoom viewing at the School of Population and Global Health (2001 苹果淫院 College Avenue, room 1128).
Virtual viewing:
For those who can鈥檛 attend in person, you may join by using the .
Speakers
- Anne Panasuk, anthropologist, retired Radio-Canada journalist, and author of Auassat : 脌 la recherche des enfants disparus;
- Fran莽oise Ruperthouse, Anishnabe from Pikogan and director of Association Awacak.
The presentation will be in French, but English interpretation services will be available for the SPGH simulcast
Objectives:
- Describe how Indigenous children disappeared from the Quebec healthcare system and how this has impacted families' relationships with institutions to this day.
- Explain Bill 79, which allows for the possibility of finding out what happened to Indigenous children who went missing after a hospital stay in Quebec
- Explore the role of doctors in these "disappearances", and in reparations