President of the Union of BC Indian Chiefs also offers support to scholar who served as judge and BC Repesentative for Children and Youth
The University of British Columbia is standing by Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond after a report that raises questions about the prominent law professor’s claims to Indigenous ancestry.by the CBC published Wednesday casts doubt on claims that Prof. Turpel-Lafond – also a widely-respected scholar, former judge and former B.C. Representative for Children and Youth – is a treaty Indian of Cree ancestry.
CBC reported that Prof. Turpel-Lafond’s claims of Indigenous ancestry, along with details of where she grew up and her academic accomplishments, are inconsistent with publicly available documents. Prof. Turpel-Lafond says she is Cree because her father, William, was Cree, for example, but the report said that genealogical records show that her grandfather was of Irish, German and American ancestry, while his wife was born in England to British parents.
“I respect my parents and all members of my family and I will never call anyone out. Growing up we did not question biological parentage.”Prof. Turpel-Lafond joined the University of B.C. in July, 2017, as an adjunct professor in the School of Social Work, then started as a tenure professor at the Peter A. Allard School of Law in January, 2018. She was appointed director of the Indian Residential School History and Dialogue Centre in April, 2018, with her term ending June, 2022.
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