The university’s board will form an Indigenous-led group to examine Vianne Timmons’s statements of Mi’kmaq heritage and explore options for how to proceed
The president of Memorial University of Newfoundland Vianne Timmons apologized and stepped aside temporarily Monday in another postsecondary scandal, following questionable claims of Indigenous ancestry.
Calls to address Indigenous identity fraud have resounded across the country in the past few years following a number of people who claimed, with either questionable or no evidence, to be Indigenous.N.L., has said that her family is of Mi’kmaq heritage, something she learned in her 30s from her father when she was doing research on Mi’kmaq literacy in Atlantic Canada.“I sincerely regret any hurt or confusion sharing my story may have caused.
She was appointed Officer of the Order of Canada in 2017 while she was president of University of Regina.wrote in the statement to students. “That is why I make the distinction I do about my heritage. I felt I was always very clear.”
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