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Turpel-Lafond case prompts renewed calls to address ‘pretendianism’ at Canada’s universities
Mary-Ellen Turpel-Lafond, who was the province’s first children’s watchdog, is no longer a professor at the University of British Columbia, months after a CBC report raised questions about her claimed Indigenous background.
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TRU investigation into administrators is complete
In February 2021, the Thompson Rivers University board received a complaint from a number of current and former employees, alleging discriminatory conduct on the part of two senior administrators.
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Jon Kreiner was head coach of the Lakehead University women’s basketball team in Thunder Bay, Ont., for 18 seasons.
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