Turpel-Lafond returns second honorary degree after being told of identity review
Royal Roads University says it has accepted the return of an honorary doctorate from retired judge Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond, who was the subject of a CBC investigation about her claims of Indigenous heritage last fall.
The statement says Turpel-Lafond responded by voluntarily returning the degree, which has been cancelled by the university. It’s the second honorary degree that Turpel-Lafond has relinquished, after Vancouver Island University made a similar announcement last month. Turpel-Lafond previously told the CBC that while she was growing up she didn’t question the biological parentage of her father, who she has said was Cree.
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