Speaker Profile

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	Biography Dr. Margo Greenwood is an internationally recognized and highly respected Indigenous scholar of Cree ancestry. She is a mother, grandmother, researcher, and author. In her new role as an Independent Senator – British Columbia, she promotes and ensures the continued well-being of all children and families in Canada. Until her appointment to the Senate, Dr. Greenwood served as Academic Leader of the National Collaborating Centre for Indigenous Health and as interim Scientific Director of CIHR’s Institute of Indigenous Peoples’ Health alongside her professorship, which she retains, in UNBC’s Education Program. Dr. Greenwood has worked with UNICEF, the United Nations, and the Canadian Reference Group to the WHO Commission on Social Determinants of Health. She has served on the Assembly of First Nations’ Public Health Expert Advisory Committee, the Indigenous Health Advisory Committee for the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons, and the Public Health Network of Canada. Dr. Greenwood participated in the development of three federal early childhood programs—the First Nations Inuit Child Care Initiative, the Aboriginal Head Start Urban and Northern Program, and the First Nations Head Start On Reserve Program—and recently co-authored the Indigenous Early Learning and Child Care Framework. Dr. Greenwood was a founding member of the BC Aboriginal Child Care Society and now serves on the Board of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of British Columbia and as a Council Member of the BC Patient Safety & Quality Council. In recognition of her transformational leadership and contributions to society, especially in Indigenous health and early childhood, Dr. Greenwood has received numerous awards and recognitions. Most recently she was appointed to the Order of Canada as an Officer Disclosure 1. I do not have a relationship with a for-profit and/or a not-for-profit organization to disclose. 2. I do not intend to make therapeutic recommendations for medications that have not received regulatory approval (i.e. “off-label” use of medication).

Biography
Dr. Margo Greenwood is an internationally recognized and highly respected Indigenous scholar of Cree ancestry. She is a mother, grandmother, researcher, and author. In her new role as an Independent Senator – British Columbia, she promotes and ensures the continued well-being of all children and families in Canada. Until her appointment to the Senate, Dr. Greenwood served as Academic Leader of the National Collaborating Centre for Indigenous Health and as interim Scientific Director of CIHR’s Institute of Indigenous Peoples’ Health alongside her professorship, which she retains, in UNBC’s Education Program. Dr. Greenwood has worked with UNICEF, the United Nations, and the Canadian Reference Group to the WHO Commission on Social Determinants of Health. She has served on the Assembly of First Nations’ Public Health Expert Advisory Committee, the Indigenous Health Advisory Committee for the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons, and the Public Health Network of Canada. Dr. Greenwood participated in the development of three federal early childhood programs—the First Nations Inuit Child Care Initiative, the Aboriginal Head Start Urban and Northern Program, and the First Nations Head Start On Reserve Program—and recently co-authored the Indigenous Early Learning and Child Care Framework. Dr. Greenwood was a founding member of the BC Aboriginal Child Care Society and now serves on the Board of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of British Columbia and as a Council Member of the BC Patient Safety & Quality Council. In recognition of her transformational leadership and contributions to society, especially in Indigenous health and early childhood, Dr. Greenwood has received numerous awards and recognitions. Most recently she was appointed to the Order of Canada as an Officer
Disclosure
1. I do not have a relationship with a for-profit and/or a not-for-profit organization to disclose. 2. I do not intend to make therapeutic recommendations for medications that have not received regulatory approval (i.e. “off-label” use of medication).