PhoenixSerenity<p>The <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/president" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>president</span></a> of a <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Canadian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Canadian</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/university" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>university</span></a> has <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/apologized" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>apologized</span></a> & is taking a <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/LeaveOfAbsence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LeaveOfAbsence</span></a> after <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/allegations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>allegations</span></a> that she <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/falsely" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>falsely</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/claimed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>claimed</span></a> to be <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Indigenous" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Indigenous</span></a>, in the latest <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/highProfile" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>highProfile</span></a> case of apparent <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/cultural" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cultural</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/IdentityFraud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IdentityFraud</span></a> .</p><p>Vianne Timmons, who is president of <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/MemorialUniversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MemorialUniversity</span></a> of <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Newfoundland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Newfoundland</span></a> , said that she would be taking a six-week leave after the <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/CBC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CBC</span></a> published a report last week questioning her claims that her father’s great-great-grandmother was <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Mikmaq" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mikmaq</span></a> .</p><p><a href="https://amp.theguardian.com/world/2023/mar/15/vianne-timmons-canadian-university-president-indigenous-claim" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amp.theguardian.com/world/2023</span><span class="invisible">/mar/15/vianne-timmons-canadian-university-president-indigenous-claim</span></a></p>