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Jun 2021
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Ep. 374 - "Pretendians" On Campus?

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Queen's University quickly rejected the findings of an anonymous report accusing six people associated with the school of misrepresenting their Indigenous identities. That prompt dismissal has raised questions about the non-status Ardoch Algonquin group, and the controversial academic from the U.S. who co-founded it.

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Anonymous report to Queen's University

Queen's university statement

Ardoch First Nation membership information

 

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