Linda Diffey, MSc, PhD

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  • Assistant professor

    College of Community and Global Health
    Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
    Room 715 - 727 McDermot Avenue
    University of Manitoba
    Winnipeg, Manitoba R3E 0W2

    Phone: 204-975-7752
    Email: linda.diffey@umanitoba.ca

Research achievements

Linda Diffey's program of research focuses on understanding the experiences of neurodiverse Indigenous learners in post-secondary health education environments and the implications for educational programming design and related supports. 

She is the nominated Principal Investigator for the Manitoba Network Environment for Indigenous Health Research (MB NEIHR), a CIHR-supported national network of centres that focus on strengthening Indigenous research capacity, training and mentoring, and supporting community-based health research that reflects the priorities and values of First Nations, Inuit and Métis communities.  

Other areas of interest include examining systemic colonial oppression within health-related institutions and the application of Indigenous resurgence as a theoretical foundation within Indigenous research methodology.

Research affiliations

Research themes 

  • anti-racism
  • colonialism
  • professional health pedagogy
  • neurodiversity and post-secondary education

Research interests

  • health equity
  • indigenous research methodologies
  • indigenous resurgence
  • intersection of indigeneity and neurodiversity

Keywords

  • colonization
  • Indigenous
  • racism
  • health education

Biography

Dr. Linda Diffey is a member of the Peepeekisis Cree Nation in Treaty 4 and serves as the director of Ongomiizwin Research in the Rady Faculty of Health Sciences. 

Her scholarship has largely focused on the integration of anti-racist and anti-colonial approaches to Indigenous health within medical education. She has played an integral role in the development of anti-racist professional health education initiatives, including the Indigenous Health Longitudinal Course in UGME at the University of Manitoba, the online cultural safety training program Giga mino ganawenimaag Anishinaabeg (We Will Take Good Care of the People) for Rady Faculty of Health Sciences and the provincial health systems, and the revised CanMEDS Physician Competency Framework that will be launched by the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada in 2026.  

In 2022, she launched the BRAID Network to enhance faculty development in anti-racism and Indigenous health and regularly facilitates training for physicians and health researchers.  

Education

  • Doctor of Philosophy in Applied Health Sciences (PhD), University of Manitoba (2022)
  • Master of Science (MSc), University of Manitoba (1997)
  • Bachelor of Human Ecology (BHEc), University of Manitoba (1989)

Awards

  • Indigenous Award of Excellence - Community Builder (2018)

Contact us

College of Community and Global Health
Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
Room S113 - 750 Bannatyne Avenue
University of Manitoba (Bannatyne campus)
Winnipeg, MB R3E 0W3 Canada

ccgh@umanitoba.ca
204-789-3473