Margaret Lindsay, University of Winnipeg

Research

Anti-Indigenous Racism First Nations Health Systems History Hospitals Indian Health Policy Inuit Manitoba

Latest funding

Health and History: Using Colonial Archives and Historical Methods to Understand Racism and Improve Indigenous Access to Health Care
CIHR · 2025 · Principal investigator
$1,898,892

Health and History: Using Colonial Archives and Historical Methods to Understand Racism and Improve Indigenous Access to Health Care

Principal investigatorCIHR2025Project Grant

Principal investigators: McCallum, Mary Jane L; Lindsay, Margaret A

Keywords: Anti-Indigenous Racism; First Nations; Health Systems; History; Hospitals; Indian Health Policy; Inuit; Manitoba; Medical And Nursing Education; Missing And Disappeared Children

$1,898,892

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Anti-Indigenous Racism Dear Professor Lindsay, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. Your research on anti-indigenous racism connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your CIHR-funded project "Health and History: Using Colonial Archives and Historical Methods to Understand Racism and Improve Indigenous Access to Health Care" (2025), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]