The #president of a #Canadian #university has #apologized & is taking a #LeaveOfAbsence after #allegations that she #falsely #claimed to be #Indigenous, in the latest #highProfile case of apparent #cultural #IdentityFraud .

Vianne Timmons, who is president of #MemorialUniversity of #Newfoundland , said that she would be taking a six-week leave after the #CBC published a report last week questioning her claims that her father’s great-great-grandmother was #Mikmaq .

https://amp.theguardian.com/world/2023/mar/15/vianne-timmons-canadian-university-president-indigenous-claim

Join us tomorrow for this free public event where myself and my colleagues will talk about how partnering with patients and family members makes our research so much better!

#PublicEngagement
#MemorialUniversity

Further info here: https://www.mun.ca/publicengagement/pe-education-and-training/how-public-engagement-makes-research-better/

#Introduction

Greetings from #MiddleEarth ( #NewZealand ) where I’ve been living for almost 30 years. Retired doctor, trained at #MemorialUniversity, Specialty Training at #Dalhousie, more add-ons after. Life-long learner.

But a typical zombie blind believer in whatever I was told by people who I thought could be trusted - until the penny dropped, relatively recently.

“The enemy of truth is blind acceptance.” - Marcus Aurelius

#PropagandaSucks
#Apathy
#ExistentialThreatsToHumanity