Former judge and law professor Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond has been awarded another honorary degree after her claims of Aboriginal ancestry were challenged. Kim Fenwick, acting chancellor and vice-chancellor at the University of St. Thomas in Fredericton, said in a statement that the former B.C. children and youth representative had “voluntarily relinquished” the honorary degree. A university committee reviewed documents related to the misrepresentation of Turpel-Lafond’s academic resume and Aboriginal heritage issues and contacted her with…
"Discredited Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond voluntarily returns another honorary degree"