After being confronted with the findings of CBC's investigation, Bourassa changed her story in an emailed response before CBC's investigation was published, claiming she is Métis because she was adopted by a Métis friend of her grandfather when she was in her early 20s. That appears to directly contradict many of her previous public claims.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/saskatchewan-cihr-indigenous-outrage-professor-1.6232177