Quebec report say forced sterilization poorly reported or documented – APTN News

Nov 29, 2022

A study out of the Universite du Quebec en Abitibi-Temiscamingue says the forced sterilization of First Nations and Inuit women in the province has received “little attention and has been poorly documented.”

“Moreover, some First Nations and Inuit women may have been reluctant to talk about their experience due to the complexity, shame and emotional burden associated with imposed sterilizations,” says the report Free and informed consent and imposed sterilizations among First Nations and Inuit women in Quebec.

According to the authors, there have been at least 22 cases of forced sterilization of First Nations and Inuit women in Quebec since 1980.

The study, the first of its kind in Quebec, says the results show there is an “obvious presence” of systemic racism in Quebec.

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