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• Globe and Mail: B.C. introduces law to collect data on race
  Dr. Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond, Aki-kwe, Academic Director of the Indian Residential School History & Dialogue Centre, professor at the Allard School of Law, and author of the In Plain Sight report comments on traditional data from the federal census.
• BC Medical Journal: Delivering respectful, safe health care to Indigenous people in BC
  Further to the release of the In Plain Sight report by Dr. Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond, Aki-kwe, Academic Director of the Indian Residential School History and Dialogue Centre, the Joint Collaborative Committees—a collaboration between Doctors of BC and the BC government to improve BC’s health care system—have prioritized partnering with Indigenous communities and health care organizations.
• Vancouver Sun: Community groups hope B.C. anti-racism law will help rather than harm
  In Plain Sight report by Dr. Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond, Aki-kwe, Academic Director of the Indian Residential School History and Dialogue Centre and law professor at UBC cited in article addressing B.C.’s anti-racism legislation.
• Vancouver Sun: B.C. prioritizing negotiation over litigation for Indigenous rights
  Dr. Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond, Aki-kwe, Academic Director of the Indian Residential School History & Dialogue Centre, professor at the Allard School of Law, and former judge comments on the Province’s new approach to resolving legal disputes with Indigenous Peoples.
• Indo-Canadian Voice: Thousands share their thoughts on using data to address systemic racism
  Recommendations from In Plain Sight report authored by Academic Director of the Indian Residential School History and Dialogue Centre Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond, Aki-kwe, informs new anti-racism data legislation from the Province.