Dr. Michael Anderson is part of the urban Indigenous community in Tkaronto/Toronto. He is Mohawk (Bear Clan) and mixed European with family roots in Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory. He practices surgical oncology and palliative care medicine and is the Strategic Lead for Indigenous Health at the University Health Network. He previously served as an Indigenous Cancer Lead and a Surgical Oncology Lead at Cancer Care Ontario. At the Waakebiness Institute for Indigenous Health in the Dalla Lana School of Public Health (U of T), he is a PhD candidate and senior researcher with interests in Indigenous epistemologies, Indigenous approaches to implementation science, ethical Indigenous community-healthcare research partnerships, and Indigenous conceptualizations of death and dying. Dr. Anderson obtained his medical degree from Queen’s University, and pursued a Master of Science in medical sciences at the University of Toronto. He is certified by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada in both the clinician investigator program and FRCSC, and is an ICHA physician, presently working as part of the Indigenous Health Program team and the UHN Stabilization Centre