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The DNA test was referenced in an agreed-upon statement issued late last week, in which the Law Society of B.C. reprimanded Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond and fined her $10,000, after she admitted she had made a series of false public claims about her accomplishments and history.

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Discredited Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond returns honorary degree from N.B. university

Former judge and law professor Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond, whose claims of Indigenous ancestry have been discredited, has returned another honorary degree.

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Turpel-Lafond returns honorary degree granted by Simon Fraser University in B.C.

A statement from SFU president Joy Johnson says Turpel-Lafond opted to return the 2016 award after the university told her it was under review.

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Turpel-Lafond ‘satisfied’ with identity, past work

Former judge Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond says she's satisfied in her "past work, identity and self-worth" after the British Columbia Civil Liberties Association revoked an award because it believed she falsified her claims of Indigenous identity.

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University of Regina strips Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond of honorary degree

In a Monday statement, the University of Regina said it had rescinded an honorary doctor of laws degree it bestowed on Turpel-Lafond in 2003. 

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Forced to confront the truth... "UBC regrets handling of Turpel-Lafond, as she loses honour at different university"

"[UBC] says it won’t offer further comment on Turpel-Lafond’s case, but that it broadly condemns #Indigenous #identityfraud."

"#UBC, where #TurpelLafond was a tenured law professor and served as director of the Indian Residential School History and Dialogue Centre, announced this month she was no longer with the university as of Dec. 16."

https://www.thestar.com/politics/2023/01/17/ubc-regrets-handling-of-turpel-lafond-as-she-loses-honour-at-different-university.html

UBC regrets handling of Turpel-Lafond, as she loses honour at different university

VANCOUVER - The University of British Columbia says it deeply regrets its handling of the case of retired judge and former law professor Mary Ellen Tu...

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If Ms. #TurpelLafond lied to a Senate Committee (under oath)...isn't that perjury?
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