The president of Memorial University was removed from her role Thursday after she faced weeks of scrutiny about her claims of indigenous heritage.
The Newfoundland and Labrador university’s board of regents said in a public statement that Vianne Timmons’s contract “is being ended on a without cause basis.”
“We extend our best wishes in all her future endeavours,” the statement said, after thanking Timmons for her work.
A CBC News report last month raised questions about Timmons’s claims that her father’s great-great-grandmother was Mi’kmaq. Timmons issued an apology shortly after, saying she regretted “any hurt or confusion sharing (her) story may have caused.”…