Yes this is absolutely a thing in Canada. There was recently a big case in the media where an 'indigenous' professor was outed as being white and was subsequently forced to resign. It's a tricky thing to navigate though since one can be considered indigenous via adoption or kinship without having indigenous blood. If you have a total lack of shame though (like JY), you may just be able to get away with it.
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Queen’s University apologized over a case in which six faculty were regarded as falsely claiming Indigenous status.
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