Ernest Matton, head of the Aboriginal Healing Program at Michael Garron Hospital, has abruptly retired after members of Toronto's Indigenous community questioned his Indigenous identity. The celebrated healer, known as Elder Little Brown Bear, is among 5,300 people who face possible expulsion from the Mtis Nation of Ontario over 'incomplete' profiles.

Several Canadian academics whose work relates to India say they are being harassed and threatened by diaspora groups for criticizing the countrys politics under Prime Minister Narendra Modis ruling party and the right-wing political ideology it espouses.

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