Dr. Angela Mashford-Pringle is an Algonquin woman from Timiskaming First Nation who was born, raised and resides in the Toronto area. She is an Associate Professor and Indigenous Health Lead, Dalla Lana School of Public Health at the University of Toronto. Dr. Mashford-Pringle was the inaugural Program Director the Master of Public Health in Indigenous Health (MPH-IH). Angela is the founding editor of the Turtle Island Journal of Indigenous Health (TIJIH), a graduate student-led journal. Angela has moved toward Indigenous pedagogies and ontologies by using Land as Teacher in her graduate teaching (land-based learning). She is the recipient of the OISE Leaders and Innovators Award (2021), the University of Toronto Early Career Teaching Award (2022) and the University of Toronto Early Supervision Award (2024). Her research is with urban and rural Indigenous groups and communities at the intersection of Indigenous health and education including culture, language, land-based learning, climate action, and policy analysis. Angela holds Tri-Council (CIHR, SSHRC and NSERC) funding for storywork with previously incarcerated Indigenous peoples and Indigenous parents who have experience with child welfare among other important issues. Her previous work included over a decade at the Public Health Agency of Canada and Health Canada in Indigenous early childhood initiatives.