Dalla Lana School of Public Health

Faculty Member

Angela Mashford-​Pringle PhD, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto

Research Interests

1. Land and Environment to address Climate Change using Indigenous traditional knowledge including land-based learning
2. Evidencing Inequities in Indigenous Peoples’ Health including criminal justice, child welfare, and food systems
3. From Research to Action: Indigenous Health Policies and Cultural Safety Training
4. Advancing Indigenous Data Sovereignty and Indigenous Methodologies in Public Health Research
5. Indigenous land-based learning and pedagogies

Current Research Projects 2024/25 – for a fuller list see www.amplabresearch.com :

• New Respect Online Cultural Safety Training with Profession-Specific Modules: This project has been co-developed with the Indigenous Content Committee comprised of Elders, Senators and Knowledge Keepers. The foundational modules lead to profession-specific modules.
• KEEP2 – In collaboration with Indigenous organizations who work with previously incarcerated Indigenous peoples, we are co-developing a Guidance Council for Healing, providing care packages to organizations for Indigenous peoples who are released from incarceration, and we are recruiting previously incarcerated Indigenous men and 2 Spirited and LGBTQQIIA+ people to hear their stories about release and reintegration.
• Indigenous Child Welfare: A group of scholars and Indigenous community members heard the stories of Indigenous parents and caregivers who have had contact with child welfare/children’s aid in Ontario.

Previous Research:

• Kijibashik: Turn It Around – Stories from Previously Incarcerated Indigenous Moms & Mom-Figures.    The National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (2019) found to break the cycle of criminalization and over-incarceration, Indigenous communities must be given the capacity, resources, and support necessary to inform meaningful and sustainable programming that aids women in the transition from prison to society. This project has identified the mental, spiritual, physical, and relational implications of incarceration for Indigenous mothers. In collaboration with Indigenous women, Elders, Healers, several key Indigenous organizations, and researchers, the knowledge generated will inform the development of programs and services that support Indigenous mothers transitioning out of prison from a gender-inclusive and community-led perspective.
• Akiikaa: Land Based Learning and Indigenous Wellbeing. This project provides land-based learning opportunities to learners at different stages of their learning journey to determine the impact that it has on the social, physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual health. We are also interested in examining the attitudes before and after learning with Elders and Knowledge Keepers with Land-As-Teacher.

*Note: Dr. Mashford-Pringle will be on sabbatical from July 1, 2024 to June 30, 2025.

Dr. Angela Mashford-Pringle (she/her) is a member of Timiskaming First Nation (Algonquin/Bear Clan) working in Indigenous wholistic health and wellbeing which includes culture, language, social issues, data and research methodologies, and policy. She is an Associate Professor and Indigenous Health Lead, Dalla Lana School of Public Health at the University of Toronto. Angela was the inaugural Director of the MPH-IH, and Founding Editor of the Turtle Island Journal on Indigenous Health (TIJIH). If you are a graduate student or FNIM community member interested in being a part of TIJIH, please click the link above. Angela collaborates with First Nations communities and organizations to examine Indigenous Peoples’ wholistic health and well-being. For more information on Dr. Mashford-Pringle’s current research and publications, please visit the AMP Lab website.

First Nations communities and organizations are encouraged to email Dr. Mashford-Pringle to discuss research, evaluation, and policy ideas.