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"Dozens of academics from across North America have signed an open letter calling on Queen's University in Kingston, Ont., to retract its statement defending faculty and staff members who were accused of falsely claiming Indigenous identity in an anonymous dossier. . . '

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/queens-university-open-letter-faculty-indigenous-ancestry-1.6065656

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https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/queens-university-open-letter-faculty-indigenous-ancestry-1.6065656

That article is from June 15, 2021. Queen's University has since changed views (June 28, 2021):

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/queens-university-indigenous-identify-1.6082840

"Queen's University to review how it assesses Indigenous identity claims when hiring staff".

See also this article of November 2, 2021:

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-queens-university-launches-process-to-verify-claims-to-indigenous/
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Queen's University launches process to verify claims to Indigenous identity

Queen's University is launching consultations on how to assess Indigenous identity claims in hiring, a first step in establishing what could be a national model for universities struggling to deal with allegations of identity fraud among their faculty.

Queen's in Kingston said it realized this year that it had not applied the required rigour to questions of identity in hiring and other processes, such as scholarships, where belonging to an Indigenous community can be a factor.

Kanonhysonne Janice Hill, associate vice-principal for Indigenous initiatives and reconciliation, said universities across Canada are asking themselves how to establish a fair and consistent process to ensure that positions and awards intended for Indigenous faculty, staff and students actually go to Indigenous people.

"Across the postsecondary sector, and in many other sectors in our country, there have been claims of fraudulent Indigenous identity," Prof. Hill said. "Many initiatives are put in place to advantage Indigenous populations. And so we have to be sure that the people those programs are intended for are the ones that are actually the recipients."