Mary Ellen Turpel Lafond

• Indigenous leaders concerned over B.C.’s old-growth deferral process

  Retired judge Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond said the government's actions aren't consistent with free, prior and informed consent.

  Environment

  Dec 1, 2021
  
• Little progress made to combat anti-Indigenous racism in B.C. health care, says report

  Less than half of the recommendations in a report on anti-Indigenous racism in the B.C. health-care system have been implemented.

  Health

  Nov 30, 2021
  
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• Security footage released in case of B.C. Indigenous man, granddaughter handcuffed outside bank

  Max Johnson from Bella Bella, who had been a BMO customer since 2014, had taken his granddaughter to the downtown Vancouver branch on Dec. 20, 2019, to open an account for her.

  Canada

  Jun 16, 2021
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• Kamloops discovery prompts call for formal framework to investigate mass graves

  It comes after the discovery of a grave site with the remains of 215 children at the former Kamloops Indian Residential School.

  Canada

  May 29, 2021
• The B.C. government apologizes for systemic racism towards Indigenous people in B.C.’s health-care system

  Former children’s commissioner Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond was hired to investigate claims the so-called "Price is Right" game was being played in one B.C. hospital.

  Health

  Nov 30, 2020
• Investigator probing racism allegations in B.C. health-care system urges Indigenous people to come forward

  An independent investigator tasked by the B.C. government to look into allegations of racism against Indigenous people in B.C.'s health-care system is promising privacy protection to any victims or workers who come forward.

  Health

  Jul 9, 2020
• Métis Nation BC calls for tip line to report racism in health-care system

  The president of Métis Nation BC is recommending the province create a tip line for anyone who's seen or experienced racism in the health-care system.

  Health

  Jun 21, 2020
• B.C. health workers allegedly bet on Indigenous patients’ blood alcohol levels

  Former Representative for Children and Youth Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond to lead the investigation into reports of the racist game.

  Politics

  Jun 19, 2020
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• Indigenous teen’s ‘heinous’ treatment while disclosing abuse indicative of pattern, advocate says

  On Wednesday, politicians expressed outrage over a 2012 video of a male officer asking pointed questions of a young woman disclosing a sexual assault she experienced.

  Canada

  May 16, 2019
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• ‘I hope I have the opportunity to speak my truth’: Wilson-Raybould as vote on public inquiry quashed

  Former attorney general Jody Wilson-Raybould spoke briefly in the House of Commons as her Liberal colleagues voted down a motion calling for a public inquiry.

  Canada

  Feb 20, 2019