By Patrick Quinn, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, The Nation An Indigenous-led organization called Awacak is expanding its outreach in Cree and Inuit communities to help families find answers about their children who were hospitalized and never returned. They work with the department of family support in Quebec\u2019s Indigenous affairs ministry to access records under a provincial law enacted in 2021. Then known as Bill 79, the law is a response to the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls. \u201cWhen we search, we search with our hearts,\u201d said Awacak\u2019s Pikogan-based director Fran\u00e7oise Ruperthouse. \u201cWe try to find answers because I know what it does when we search and we don\u2019t find them. It hurts so badly. We are always in waiting.\u201d Before Quebec\u2019s law was adopted, Ruperthouse… <\/p>\n
By Patrick Quinn, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, The Nation An Indigenous-led organization called Awacak is expanding its outreach in Cree and Inuit communities to help families find answers about their children who were hospitalized and never returned. They work with the department of family support in Quebec\u2019s Indigenous affairs ministry to access records under a provincial law enacted in 2021. Then known as Bill 79, the law is a response to the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls. \u201cWhen we search, we search with our hearts,\u201d said Awacak\u2019s Pikogan-based director Fran\u00e7oise Ruperthouse. \u201cWe try to find answers because I know what it does when we search and we don\u2019t find them. It hurts so badly. We are always in waiting.\u201d Before Quebec\u2019s law was adopted, Ruperthouse... <\/p>\n