Mary Ellen Elizabeth Turpel-Lafond OC is a Canadian lawyer, former judge, and legislative advocate for children's rights. She was appointed in 2006 as British Columbia's first Representative for Children and Youth, an independent position reporting to the Legislative Assembly. She was re-appointed to a second five-year term in 2011. Turpel-Lafond has claimed to be the first Treaty Indian to be appointed to the Provincial Court of Saskatchewan, as she had claimed to be a member of Muskeg Lake Cree Nation. This claim to be a Treaty Indian has been disputed, however. Time Magazine has twice bestowed honours upon Turpel-Lafond, naming her as one of the "100 Global Leaders of Tomorrow" in 1994, and in 1999 as one of the "Top 20 Canadian Leaders for the 21st Century". She has been invested into