University of Regina strips Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond of honorary degree
Last month, the University of British Columbia confirmed that it had parted ways with Turpel-Lafond in December.Turpel-Lafond served as director of theIndian Residential School History and Dialogue Centre until June, and remained a professor at the Allard School of Law until UBC cut ties with her.
In a statement posted to her Twitter account in October, Turpel-Lafond maintained she was “of Cree, Scottish & English heritage & hold the name aki-kwe & am an active member of the Muskeg Lake Cree Nation,” and that her “credentials have been vetted at the highest levels of our country.” Turpel-Lafond has been a high-profile public figure in B.C. and across Canada for decades in areas of Indigenous human rights and constitutional law.In Plain Sight: Addressing Indigenous-specific Racism and Discrimination in B.C. Health Care.
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