The University of Saskatchewan has announced in a brief statement that Carrie Bourassa has resigned. She also ran an Indigenous community-based health research lab at the university. For years, she claimed to be Métis, Anishinaabe and Tlingit, but an October 2021 CBC investigation found no evidence that she had any Indigenous ancestry. In November, Bourassa was dismissed from her role as the scientific director of the Indigenous health arm of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR). In that role, she oversaw the distribution of research funds to Indigenous health-focused projects across Canada.

Source: CBC News June 02, 2022 16:07 UTC