The announcement comes months after a CBC report scrutinized her claims of having an Indigenous background.
Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond speaks at news conference on anti-Indigenous racism in B.C. health care on July 9, 2020.
The university noted that it had been contacted by the Indigenous Women’s Collective to review Turpel-Lafond's eligibility for the honorary doctorate following the CBC report in October 2022.
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