Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond

A former provincial court judge in Saskatchewan, Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond is currently a law professor at the UBC Allard School of Law.

Turpel-Lafond has done for the UBCIC and look forward to continuing this work into the future.” Turpel-Lafond, an outspoken advocate for Indigenous and children’s rights, was the B.C. In 2018, she was appointed inaugural director of the university’s Indian Residential School History and Dialogue Centre for a term that ended earlier this year. “We understand that Chief Kelly Wolfe of Muskeg Lake First Nation, and her kinship family, all confirm that Dr. Indian Chiefs said it is standing by Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond in the wake of a CBC investigation that called into question the Indigenous identity of the former Saskatchewan provincial court judge, University of British Columbia law professor and former B.C. Article content

In a statement issued today, the Union of BC Indian Chiefs became the latest group to defend decorated scholar...

It brings forward evidence that she may have actually been born in Niagara Falls, and that her father was born in Victoria to European parents. In the 90s, she married her husband, and in her words, became a member of the Muskeg Lake Cree Nation. Turpel-Lafond has always claimed her father was Cree, and her mother Scottish, and that she was born on the Norway House Cree Nation in Manitoba.

A CBC report casts doubt on the prominent lawyer and Indigenous advocate's claim she is a treaty Indian of Cree ancestry.

For just $3.50 per week, you can get unlimited, ad-lite access to The Vancouver Sun, The Province, National Post and 13 other Canadian news sites. Turpel-Lafond is a tenured professor at the University of B.C. Turpel-Lafond has done for the UBCIC and look forward to continuing this work into the future.” “We understand that Chief Kelly Wolfe of Muskeg Lake First Nation, and her kinship family, all confirm that Dr. The Union of B.C. Article content

The Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs says it's standing with Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond, after a CBC News investigation was released Wednesday (Oct.

The UBCIC said it is their understanding that Chief Kelly Wolfe of Muskeg Lake First Nation, and her kinship family, all confirm that Dr. “Investigations into the ancestry of individuals, filled with personal photos and digging into private matters, does not move justice, rights implementation, and reconciliation forward.” We have known her work to be of the highest order, and her integrity to be beyond reproach.” Health Care, as well as her legal efforts with Heiltsuk grandfather and granddaughter Maxwell Johnson and Tori-Anne who were wrongfully handcuffed outside a Vancouver BMO in 2019. For her part, Turpel-Lafond told CBC News her dad was “raised speaking Cree, with Cree values, beliefs and way of life… Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond has been a fierce, ethical, and groundbreaking advocate for Indigenous peoples for decades including representing the UBCIC for more than five years and a long working relationship before that.

A CBC investigation discovered that some of scholar and former judge Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond's claims about her Cree ancestry, the community where she grew ...

The Coalition of Indian Chiefs of British Columbia says it is working with Mary Ellen Tarpel LaFonde after a CBC News investigation was released Wednesday ...

The 59-year-old and dozens of news articles written about her over the years say she was born in Norwegian House or the Manitoba Reserve, but CBC News claims she grew up in Niagara Falls. Her granddaughter Maxwell Johnson and Torian, who were wrongfully handcuffed outside BMO in Vancouver in 2019. For her part, Tarpel-Lafond told CBC News that his father was a I spoke the language and grew up with Cree values, beliefs and ways of life…hunting, trapping and fishing.” Kelly Wolfe, Chief of Muskeg Lake First Nation, and all of his extended family have confirmed that Dr. Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond has represented UBCIC for more than five years and has been a passionate, ethical and groundbreaking advocate for indigenous peoples for decades, including a long working relationship that preceded it. We know her work is top notch and her integrity is impeccable.”

Words of disbelief, anger and also support are pouring in for well-known scholar Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond after her claims of Cree ancestry were called into ...

Indigenous organizations in Saskatchewan and British Columbia are expressing support for Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond in the wake of a CBC News investigation ...

"My feeling is that they may do brilliant work and I support the work they do. But did they have to do it in red face?" "They're hogging the microphone. Last year, she was retained by the University of Saskatchewan to investigate Carrie Bourassa, a professor "I think we all have a mix of reactions," she said. "This has given her entrée to communities. [who had claimed to be Métis, Anishnabe and Tlingit](https://www.cbc.ca/newsinteractives/features/carrie-bourassa-indigenous). It's given her entrée to trust," she said. [Scholar and former judge Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond says she's Cree, but historical records raise doubts](https://www.cbc.ca/newsinteractives/features/mary-ellen-turpel-lafond-indigenous-cree-claims) "The evidence is overwhelming." She has also refused to show her status card or even indicate if she has one. "It has given her a leg up in many ways.

Des organisations autochtones de la Saskatchewan et de la Colombie-Britannique expriment leur soutien à Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond à la suite d'une enquête ...

Bourassa a démissionné de l’université après la fin de cette enquête. “Je pense que nous avons tous un mélange de réactions”, a-t-elle déclaré. “Cela lui a donné un coup de pouce à bien des égards. Cela lui a donné accès à la confiance”, a-t-elle déclaré. Elle a également refusé de montrer sa carte de statut ou même d’indiquer si elle en avait une. Depuis des décennies, Turpel-Lafond a prétendait être un Indien visé par un traité d’origine crie.