OTTAWA — Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond, a high-profile former judge embroiled in a controversy surrounding her claims to Indigenous identity, has been removed from the Order of Canada at her own request.
A notice in Saturday's Canada Gazette, the federal government's official newspaper, says her appointment was terminated on Sept. 26 following her request and the Governor General's approval.
An investigation by the CBC in fall 2022 found evidence that called into question Turpel-Lafond's claims of Indigenous identity. Turpel-Lafond had also served as the director of the Indian Residential School History and Dialogue Centre at the University of British Columbia, where she was a tenured law professor until late 2022.
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