The university did not say why the former judge and high-profile advocate for children’s and Indigenous rights is no longer a tenured professor at the Peter A. Allard School of Law, only confirming that she is no longer with the school as of Dec. 16. UBC cited privacy law in not giving more details.Sign up to receive the daily top stories from the National Post, a division of Postmedia Network Inc.
At the time, the university and the Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs stood behind Turpel-Lafond, with the latter calling her a “fierce, ethical and groundbreaking advocate for Indigenous peoples for decades.” The CBC asked Turpel-Lafond how her father could be Cree given her grandparents had no obvious Indigenous roots. Turpel-Lafond declined to answer or say who she believes her father’s biological parents were, but hinted at family secrets in a statement.Article content
The CBC said Turpel-Lafond is a member of the Muskeg Lake Cree Nation in Saskatchewan through her husband.
Typical of a Canadian university (in this case University of British Columbia) that it has been evasive, cowardly and hypocritical about this issue.
who cares
We need to eliminate racial purity tests associated with special rights and privileges. Europe played the racial purity game in the 30s, have we learned nothing?
There are a few honourary degrees to be rescinded as well
This is what happens when jobs and money are handed out based upon race and not merit. Glad people fought for equality only to throw it out disguised as equity.
Now institutions everywhere will have to hire real Natives and not the token pretend ones. The government is upset by this development.
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