Margo Lainne Greenwood (born September 2, 1953) is a Canadian

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and Indigenous scholar with expertise in early childhood care and education of Indigenous children. Greenwood is the Academic Leader of the National Collaborating Centre for Aboriginal Health, and a Professor in the First Nations Studies and Education programs at the

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. In 2021, Greenwood was appointed as an Officer of the

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for "her scholarship as a professor of early childhood education, and for her transformational leadership in Indigenous health policy." Greenwood was born in

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, Canada. She was orphaned at the age of 16. Greenwood completed a Bachelor's of Education (BEd) at the

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, a master's at the

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, and a PhD at the

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in 2008. Previously, she has received the Queen's Golden Jubilee Award (2002) and a National Aboriginal Achievement Award (2011). She was appointed to the

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on November 10, 2022. The following year, she was named a Fellow of the

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