By Matt Prokopchuk, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, TBnewswatch.com KENORA — A new study has found Indigenous people in Thunder Bay and Kenora report higher rates of discrimination in the health care system than those in southern Ontario. The data was compiled by Octavia Wong, a Toronto-based researcher. It noted that, among Indigenous respondents, 39 per cent and 37 per cent in Thunder Bay and Kenora respectively reported anti-Indigenous discrimination when accessing health care. People were asked whether they had “been treated unfairly (e.g. treated differently, kept waiting) by a health professional (e.g. doctor, nurse, etc.) because you are Indigenous.” The study’s Ontario average, which also included respondents in Toronto and London, was just over 32 per cent. “It’s something that needs to be addressed, if it’s so widespread across the…
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