Turpel-Lafond returns honorary degree granted by Simon Fraser University in B.C.

Turpel-Lafond returns honorary degree granted by Simon Fraser University in B.C.

A statement from SFU president Joy Johnson says Turpel-Lafond opted to return the 2016 award after the university told her it was under review.

Turpel-Lafond returns honorary degree granted by Simon Fraser University in B.C.

Officials at Simon Fraser University in Burnaby, B.C., have accepted the return of an honorary degree awarded to Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond, the former judge and law professor whose claims of Indigenous ancestry have been discredited.

Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond returns honorary degree granted by Simon Fraser University

The university gave Turpel-Lafond an opportunity to either relinquish the degree or "make representations on the issues at hand."

Turpel-Lafond returns honorary degree granted by Simon Fraser University in B.C.

Officials at Simon Fraser University in Burnaby, B.C., have accepted the return of an honorary degree awarded to Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond, the former judge and law professor whose claims of Indigenous ancestryhave been discredited.

Turpel-Lafond returns honorary degree granted by Simon Fraser University in B.C.

Simon Fraser University in Burnaby, B.C., accept return of 2016 honorary degree awarded to former judge Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond

Turpel-Lafond returns honorary degree granted by Simon Fraser University in B.C.

Officials at Simon Fraser University in Burnaby, B.C., have accepted the return of an honorary degree awarded to Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond, the former judge and law professor whose claims of Indigenous ancestry have been discredited.