Québec Viens Commission

Public inquiry Commission on relations between indigenous peoples and certain public services in Québec : listening, reconciliation and progress (Viens Commission)

The provincial commission's mandate was to investigate and document all forms of discriminatory treatment in the provision of public services to Indigenous people in Quebec, specifically in the areas of social and health services, youth protection, correctional services, police services, and justice, 2016-2019.

• Public inquiry Commission on relations between indigenous peoples and certain public services in Québec : listening, reconciliation and progress, final report, 2019. (Bibliothèque de l'Assemblée nationale du Québec)
• Follow up the Viens Commission: Progress reports, responses to calls for action (Province of Québec)
• Follow-up on the Public Inquiry Commission on relations between Indigenous Peoples and certain public services in Québec (Protecteur du citoyen/Quebec ombudsman) 

• AFNQL action plan on racism and discrimination: engaging with First Nations against racism and discrimination (Assembly of First Nations Quebec and Labrador- AFNQL)
• Viens Commission: Literature reviews and research analyses (DIALOG: Réseau de recherche et de connaissances relatives aux peuples autochtones)
  • Bazinet, T. (2023). Tracing understanding of sovereignty and settler-colonial violence in the Quebec’s Viens Commission (2016-2019). Settler Colonial Studies, 13(2), 174–193.
  • Shaheen-Hussain, S. (2020). Fighting for a hand to hold : confronting medical colonialism against Indigenous children in Canada. McGill-Queen’s University Press.