McGifford was born in Manchester,England,and moved to Manitoba at a young age.[2] She was educated at the University of Manitoba,receiving a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1970,a Master of Arts degree in 1974,and a Ph.D. in English in 1979. She subsequently worked as a professor at the University of Saskatchewan,the University of Manitoba and the University of Winnipeg,and has served as a director of the Fort Garry Women's Resource Centre and Kali-Shiva AIDS Services. McGifford has edited Shakti's Words:An Anthology of South Asian Canadian Women's Poetry and The Geography of Voice:Canadian Literature of the South Asian Diaspora.[3]
On January 17,2001,she was transferred to the Ministry of Advanced Education and Training.[5] On her initial appointment to cabinet,she was also given responsibility for the Status of Women and Seniors,and the administration of the Manitoba Lotteries Corporation Act. She was relieved of the last responsibility on September 25,2002,and of the first two on November 4,2003.[1]
McGifford, Diane (1974). William Carlos Williams' Discovery of America: A Study of In the American Grain and Paterson (MA thesis). Winnipeg, MB: University of Manitoba. OCLC184867836.
— (1979). Eros and Logos: The Androgynous Vision in the Mythic Narratives of Charles Williams (PhD thesis). Winnipeg, MB: University of Manitoba. OCLC500519966.
— (1982). "Inference, Image and Inspiration: Three about Flannery O'Connor". Canadian Review of American Studies. 13 (3). Toronto, ON: University of Toronto Press: 389–396. doi:10.3138/CRAS-013-03-10. ISSN0007-7720. OCLC4796898288.
McGifford, Diane; Kearns, Judith, eds. (1990). Shakti's Words: An Anthology of South Asian Canadian Women's Poetry. Toronto, ON: TSAR Publications. ISBN9780920661147. OCLC0920661149.
Johnson, Laurie Anne (1991). McGifford, Diane (ed.). Women Recovering: A Handbook for Care Providers Working with Women Recovering from Chemical Dependency. Winnipeg, MB: Women's Health Clinic. ISBN9780969478737. OCLC23653365.
Dickie, Bonnie (director); Bowen, Chantal (producer); McGifford, Diane (researcher) etal. (1993). A Web Not a Ladder (motion picture). National Film Board of Canada. OCLC71759626.
McGifford, Diane (1993). "Suniti Namjoshi". In Nelson, Emmanuel S. (ed.). Writers of the Indian Diaspora: A Bio-Bibliographical Critical Sourcebook. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press. ISBN978-0313279041. OCLC26552955.
—; Kearns, Judith, eds. (1993) [First published 1990]. Shakti's Words: An Anthology of South Asian Canadian Women's Poetry (2nded.). Toronto, ON: TSAR Publications. ISBN978-0920661291.
↑ O'Handley, Kathryn (1909). Canadian Parliamentary Guide, 1998-1999. P. G. Normandin. ISBN0-7876-3558-8.{{cite book}}: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help)
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