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Canadian Indigenous health guru ousted from government roles after crimes against humanity
Posted on 11/4/21 at 7:28 am
Posted on 11/4/21 at 7:28 am
....or what is considered as such to some people
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Canadian Indigenous health guru ousted from government roles after she’s revealed to be white
Public health expert Carrie Bourassa has been suspended by two public institutions in Canada after an investigation showed gaps in her claim that she has Indigenous roots.
Dr Bourassa has been suspended as the scientific director of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research’s Institute of Indigenous Peoples’ Health, according to a statement released by the institute’s president Michael Strong on Monday.
“Today I spoke with Dr Carrie Bourassa ... and we agreed that she will step away from all of her duties as Scientific Director of the Institute. As such, Dr Bourassa will be on an indefinite leave without pay effective immediately,” he said.
She has also been placed on leave and is relieved of all her duties as professor in the University of Saskatchewan College of Medicine in the Department of Community Health and Epidemiology, the institute said in a separate statement on the same day.
The statement cited challenges questioning Dr Bourassa’s identity and flagged serious concerns with the “additional information revealed in Dr Bourassa’s responses to the media and with the harm that this information may be causing Indigenous individuals and communities.”
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“Dr Bourassa will not return to any faculty duties during this investigation. The university is committed to expediting the investigation process,” the statement added.
The move from the institutions comes shortly after an investigation by CBC News said Dr Bourassa’s genealogical records showed she was not Indigenous at all, but rather had an entirely European ancestry.
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Posted on 11/4/21 at 7:40 am to frequent flyer
So, did they fire her for being the wrong race, or fire her for lying about being a particular race - when race was a factor in whether or not she was hired for the job?
Posted on 11/4/21 at 7:42 am to frequent flyer
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canada
Gee no care
Posted on 11/4/21 at 7:44 am to frequent flyer
This is one where I can side with the Institutes. She probably lied about having indigenous roots. That’s grounds to being fired IMO.
Posted on 11/4/21 at 8:03 am to carhartt
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That’s grounds to being fired IMO.
Don't we have a senator that pretended to be native American to get a job at Harvard?
Posted on 11/4/21 at 8:05 am to frequent flyer
Gotta love racial purity tests.
The phrenologists and eugenicists would get along great with these people
When wokes and racists line up
The phrenologists and eugenicists would get along great with these people
When wokes and racists line up
Posted on 11/4/21 at 8:05 am to frequent flyer
She doesn’t look full European. Oh well.
Posted on 11/4/21 at 8:16 am to Jrv2damac
Looks like a white Cherokee to me.
Posted on 11/4/21 at 8:21 am to Pvt Hudson
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when race was a factor in whether or not she was hired for the job?
I know it's Canada, who still does weird things like name streets after the Queen. But what was this person doing where genealogy was a critical component of her role? And if it was so important, why was it not a problem until her racial background became known?
Looks like sanctioned racism to me, but granted I'm coming at this from a position of logical curiosity.
Posted on 11/4/21 at 8:36 am to carhartt
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This is one where I can side with the Institutes. She probably lied about having indigenous roots. That’s grounds to being fired IMO
Elizabeth Warren said hold my beer
Posted on 11/4/21 at 9:40 am to frequent flyer
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Bourassa
Dagos trying to be Indian again
Posted on 11/4/21 at 9:42 am to frequent flyer
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with the harm that this information may be causing Indigenous individuals and communities.”
It harms no one, except the liar.
She's still the same health "guru" she was before.
Posted on 11/4/21 at 9:42 am to frequent flyer
More white privilege…..
Posted on 11/4/21 at 9:44 am to Jrv2damac
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She doesn’t look full European. Oh well.
Maybe she should wear some buckskins and some feathers. Strap a bag of branches on her back. Really played the part.
Posted on 11/4/21 at 9:46 am to sawtooth
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Maybe she should wear some buckskins and some feathers. Strap a bag of branches on her back. Really played the part.
Posted on 11/4/21 at 10:00 am to upgrayedd
Here’s a question
Why is this lauded and treated like an awesome thing
But if I dressed up like this
I’d probably get a call from HR.
Why do people act like one 600 year old fashion trend is awesome in the modern day; but if I wear a codpiece and a dueling sword, I’m the weirdo.
We need to just accept it’s all arbitrary and bullshite and cultural appropriation doesn’t exist and get rid of this racial purity test crap
Posted on 11/4/21 at 10:02 am to fr33manator
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Why is this lauded and treated like an awesome thing
Natives hang on to tradition primarily because stupid white people want them to.
Until they kill a whale...
Posted on 11/4/21 at 10:12 am to frequent flyer
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the harm that this information may be causing Indigenous individuals and communities.
Jesus fricking christ! Do these people actually say this stupid shite with a straight face?
Was she doing a good job, or not?
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