Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond has returned the honorary degree she received from Royal Roads University, the second degree she’s handed back to a Vancouver Island post-secondary institution.
In response to a 2022 investigation by CBC News, Saskatchewan’s Indigenous Women’s Collective asked all post-secondary institutions that had given Turpel-Lafond honorary degrees to rescind them. Turpel-Lafond, who served as B.C.’s representative for children and youth for over a decade and investigated Indigenous-specific racism within B.C.’s health-care system, was given 11 honorary degrees by Canadian schools.On Tuesday, it issued a statement saying that it contacted Turpel-Lafond during the review process, which also included consultation with Indigenous and academic colleagues, as well as the university’s advisory committee on honours and awards.
Royal Roads said it acknowledges “the harm caused to Indigenous people and communities by controversies such as these, and the need to be more proactive in developing policies and processes to support Indigenous students, faculty, and staff.”
If METL was smart she would voluntarily return all the honorary degrees she has received.
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