Manitoba health officials admit racism in care of Indigenous man who died of cancer – CBC
Aug 07, 2025
Stephen Rockwell’s mother says admission doesn’t change that racism delayed her son’s treatment
A Manitoba health authority has admitted an Indigenous man, who died four months after a delayed confirmation his cancer had returned, was subject to racism while seeking treatment.
Stephen Rockwell’s mother, Leona Massan, said hearing that from health officials in July provided a “tiny bit of peace,” but it doesn’t undo the pain of a health-care system that brushed her son aside during three straight visits to Thompson’s hospital in late 2023.
He had “tumours all over the place” once the CT scan was finally completed, Massan said.
