In 2015, research by Professor Karen Stote demonstrated that thousands of First Nations and Inuit women in Canada have been subjected to imposed sterilization. Although the literature shows that this is a long-standing and worldwide practice, there is currently little documentation on this subject in Quebec. In addition, Quebec is the only province that refused to take part in the work launched by the federal government in 2018 to examine the situation of imposed sterilization in the country.

Thus, given the importance of advancing the file on informed consent and imposed sterilization, of documenting the practice rigorously and of assessing whether First Nations and Inuit women in Quebec have had their rights violated, a regional committee was created. The committee is made up of the following organizations: