Ratna Ghosh
Distinguished James 成人VR视频 Professor Emerita
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Ph.D in Comparative and International Education,
Department of Educational Foundations,
University of Calgary
M.A. in Comparative and International Education, Department of Educational Foundations,
University of Calgary
B.A. Honours in English with Distinction,
University of Calcutta
Music Diploma in Pianoforte and Theory,
Trinity College of Music,
London, England
Research Interests
- Education & Diversity (Inclusion, multiculturalism, race relations)
- Education and Development (women in development
- Refugee Education
- Education and Security (hate, violent extremism)
- Religion and Education (values education)
Academic and Scholarly Positions
Year |
Position |
2018 |
Distinguished James 成人VR视频 Professor, 成人VR视频 |
Feb-Apr 2014 |
Fellow, Australia India Institute, University of Melbourne, during Sabbatical Leave |
Sept 2014 | Research Partner, PREVNet (Promoting Relationships and Eliminating Violence) a National Network Centre of Excellence, Canada |
Sept 2014 | Senior Affiliate, The Canadian Network for Research on |
Jan-June 2013 |
Sabbatical leave: Jawaharlal University, Delhi; East West Center, Honolulu, Hawaii |
Jan 2004- Dec 2010 | James 成人VR视频 Professor, 成人VR视频 |
Jan-April, 2004, 2005, 2006 |
MMSH (Maison m茅diterran茅enne des sciences de l'homme), (C.N.R.S., Universit茅s d鈥橝ix-Marseille I et III) Institute recherches et d鈥檈tudes sur le monde Arabe et Musulman (IREMAM-CNRS) Aix-en-Provence, France |
May-June, 2005, 2006 | Sabbatical Leave Visiting Fellow, Et. Edmund's College, Cambridge University, England |
March, 2004 | Sabbatical Leave University of Turin, Italy |
1998 - 2003 | Dean, Faculty of Education, 成人VR视频 |
1998 | Half year sabbatical leave in Mexico |
1996 - 1997 | Director of Graduate Studies, Department of Cultures & Values in Education, 成人VR视频 |
1994 | William C. Macdonald Chair in Education, 成人VR视频 |
1988 | Full Professor, Faculty of Education, 成人VR视频 |
1995 - 1998 | Department of Cultures & Values in Education, 成人VR视频 |
1988 - 1995 | Department of Administration & Policy Studies in Education, 成人VR视频 |
1995 - 1997 | Director of Research, Department of Cultures & Values in Education, 成人VR视频 |
1985 | Visiting Scholar, St. Edmunds College, University of Cambridge, U.K. |
1981 - 1988 | Associate Professor, Department of Administration & Policy Studies in Education, 成人VR视频 |
1982 - 1983 | Sabbatical Year, Senior Research Scholar, Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute, New Delhi, India |
1977 - 1981 | Assistant Professor, Administration & Policy Studies, Faculty of Education, 成人VR视频 |
1976 - 1977 | Visiting Assistant Professor, Educational Foundations, University of Calgary |
Research Grants, Development Projects and Fellowships
Unless otherwise indicated, amounts are in Canadian dollars
2018-2019 | Preparing professionals to dialogue about extremism and radicalization: A look at the ERC programs in French and English Montreal. Canadian Network for Research on Terrorism, Security and Society Principal Investigator (TSAS) $15,000 |
2016-2017 | Educational Trajectories of radicalized females in Montreal. Canadian Network for Research on Terrorism, Security and Society Principal Investigator (TSAS) $14,285 |
2016-2018 | Pathways to radicalization among multicultural youth in Canada. Partnership Development Grants- Community and College Social Innovation Fund. Social Science and Humanities Council of Canada (SSHRC) Co-Investigator ($240,000) |
2015-2023 | Countering religious extremism through education in multicultural Canada. Insight Grant, Social Sciences & Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC). Principal Investigator. [more information] |
2015-2022 | Research on Terrorism, Security and Society in Canada: A Collaborative Approach. SSHRC Partnership Grant. Co-applicant. $1,595,080 over 7 years. |
2015-2016 | Acculturative Stress, Identity, and Self-Esteem Issues among Immigrant Seniors withCompromised Autonomy in Montreal成人VR视频, SSHRC Internal Sub-Committee ($3,000) |
2014-2015 | Education and Security: A Literature Report. Tony Blair Faith Foundation, London, UK. |
2011-2013 | Middle class educated women in India: Caught between dichotomies of globalization and a patriarchal social matrix. ($180,000) Social Science Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC), Principal Investigator. [more information] |
2009 - 2011 | Women鈥檚 Empowerment and Education: Panchayats and Women鈥檚 Self Help Groups in India. Millennium Development Goals (MDG) Grant, Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute. $80,000 |
2009 - 2012 | Exacerbating Conflicts 鈥 Promoting Peace? The Role of Social Science and Language Textbooks in South Asia (Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka). R. Ghosh, co-Investigator. Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung, TrancCoop-Programm. 37,000 Euros |
2008 - 2009 | 2008-2009 The National Knowledge Commission Report, 2006; Its Implications for Women's Education in West-Bengal, R. Ghosh Principal Investigator, Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute Development Seed Grant: $20,000. |
2007 - 2008 | Values and teacher Education: Project funded by the Chilean Ministry of Education. Santiago, Chile |
2006 - 2009 | Construction of the 鈥淥ther鈥 in Curricula and Textbooks: A Post-Structuralist Analysis of Nationalist Identities in India and Pakistan, R. Ghosh Principal Investigator, Social Sciences & Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC): $145,542 |
2005 - 2009 | 脡coles, culture et sant茅 mentale: une articulation a repenser dans une societ茅 en transformation. Team Grant : Total $50,000 my portion $12,000. Fonds de la recherch茅 en sant茅 Quebec (FRSQ). (Project: Educational and Mental Health Issues faced by Bangladeshi Students in Montreal) |
2005 - 2008 | Co-Applicant Rousseau, C茅cile. Cons茅quences du terrorisme sur la sant茅 mentale et le d茅veloppement moral des enfants: Repenser les mod猫les d'intervention et de pr茅vention Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Operating Grant, Rousseau, C., Ghosh, R., Guzder, J., Hussain, M., Lashley, M., Measham, $124,279 |
2003 | Education and democracy in Islamic societies: Implications for human security. $20,000 conference grant, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade |
2003 - 2006 | Multicultural approaches to education, North American Mobility Project (NAFTA) $160,000 team grant |
2002 - 2007 | Consolidation of food security in India, Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA). $5 million team grant (Gender Specialist) |
2002 - 2003 | Multicultural approaches to education: North American Mobility Project (NAFTA) |
1999 - 2000 | Intercultural values and their relationship to education: a comparative study of Japan and Canada. International Council for Canadian Studies. $8,000 (Principal Investigator) |
1998 - 2001 | Economic liberalization and its impact on women and women鈥檚 education in India and China. Fonds pour la formation de chercheurs et l鈥檃ide 脿 la recherche du Qu茅bec (FCAR) $70,000. (Principal Investigator) |
1999 - 2002 | Impact of private professional college education on young women, and their attitude towards marriage and work in India (Individual Grant) Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada. $ 71,413. |
Fields of Research and Study
Academic Areas
- Comparative and International Education
- Multicultural education; race relations; human rights and education; identity
- Teacher education in cross-cultural perspective
- Women in comparative perspective
- Sociology of racial, ethnic and religious minorities,听 and socio-economically deprived groups in comparative perspective
- Globalization and social justice
Sociology of Education in Developing Areas
- Education and development
- International development and cooperation (bilaterial, non-governmental)
- The impact of globalization and economic liberalization policies on education
Women in Development
- The impact of globalization and economic liberalization policies on women
- Women in science, engineering and technology
- Women, Education and employment: micro鈥慹nterprises/ agriculture
Review of Educational Institutions
2016 | Member of External Review Committee Werklund School of Education, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta. |
2011 | University of West Indies (Mona Campus, Jamaica) Department of Educational Studies |
2006 | University of West Indies (Cave Hill Campus, Barbados) School of Education |
2004 | Islamia Educational Colleges, Amman, Jordan |
2003-2005 | Royal University for Women Academic Partnership Project , Kingdom of Bahrain (Team Leader) |
2002 | The University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta |
Selected publications听
Books
Bakhsae, M., McAndrew, M., Ghosh, R., Singh, P. (eds.). (2021) The Invisible community: Being South Asian in Quebec. Montreal, Kingston, London, Chicago: 成人VR视频 Queen鈥檚 University Press, pp.235.
Ghosh, R., (2014). Redefining multicultural education: Inclusion and the right to be different (3rd ed. with Mariusz Galcznyski). Toronto, Ontario: Canadian Scholars鈥 Press. (Redefining Multicultural Education.听1996, 1st ed., Toronto: Harcourt Brace & Co.; 2004, 2nd ed., Nelson Thomas Learning)听
Ghosh, R. & Abdi, A. (2013, 2nd ed.) Education and the Politics of Difference: Canadian Perspectives. Toronto: Canadian Press. (Foreword by Carlos Torres). (Foreword for the 2004 edition by Henry Giroux)
Chapters in Books
Ghosh, R. (2023). Rabindranath Tagore and Democratic Education. Culp, J., Drerup, J. & Yacek D. (Eds.) The Cambridge Handbook of Democratic Education.(pp.108-126). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Ghosh, R. (2022). Education, Identity and Diversity. Tierney, R., Rizvi, F., & Ercikan, K. (Eds.) International Encyclopedia of Education 4th edition. In volume on Diversity, Democracy, and Social Justice in Education.(pp.83-92) Oxford: Elsevier Press.
Ghosh, R. (2022). Critical multicultural education as a platform for social justice education in Canada. In A. Abdi (Ed.) Equity and social justice education perspectives in Canada.(pp. 17-30)听Toronto: Canadian Scholars Press.
Ghosh, R., Sherab, D., Calder贸n-Moya, M., & Maraj, A. (2022), 鈥楢dult Education as a Site for Integration? Experiences of Syrian Refugee Young Adults in Qu茅bec鈥 in Belonging in Changing Educational Spaces: Negotiating Global, Transnational and Neoliberal Dynamics, ed Karen Monkman and Ann Frkovich. (pp.87-104). New York: Routledge.
Maraj, A., Sherab, D., Calder贸n-Moya, M., & Ghosh R. (2023), 鈥楽hifting Aspirations: The Experience of Syrian refugees in Adult Education in Qu茅b茅c鈥, in Education for Refugees and Forced Im/Migrants across Time and Context, eds Alexander Wiseman and Lisa Damaschke. Bingley, U.K.: Emerald Publishing.
Ghosh, R. (2021). Can education contribute to social cohesion? In B. Lindsay (Ed.). Reflecting on Comparative and International Education: Leading Perspectives from the Field. (pp.87-104).听New York /London/Shanghai: Palgrave.听
Ghosh, R. (2021). Challenges to Internationalization in Education during and after the Pandemic in Raj Kumar, C., Mukherjee, M., Belousova, T., and Nair, N.(Eds.) Global Higher Education during and beyond COVID-19: Perspectives & Challenges. (pp. 205-218).听Singapore: Springer
Bakhshaei, M., McAndrew, M. & Ghosh, R. (2021). Introduction. In M. Bakhshae, M. McAndrew. R. Ghosh & P. Singh (Eds.). The Invisible Community: Being South Asian in Quebec.(pp.4-16)听成人VR视频 Queen鈥檚 University Press
Ghosh, R., McAndrew, M., Babaei, M. (2021). The context of reception. In M. Bakhshae, M. McAndrew, R. Ghosh & P. Singh (Eds.). The Invisible Community: Being South Asian in Quebec. (pp.听10-51)听成人VR视频 Queen鈥檚 University Press
Ghosh, R., Babaei, M., & McAndrew, M. (2021). The demographic portrait (Toolbox 1). in M. Bakhshae, M. McAndrew, R. Ghosh & P. Singh (Eds.). The Invisible Community: Being South Asian in Quebec.听(pp. 52-63)听成人VR视频 Queen鈥檚 University Press
Singh, P. & Ghosh, R. (2021). Conclusion 鈥 South Asians in Quebec鈥 A specific Experience? In M. Bakhshae, M. McAndrew, R. Ghosh & P. Singh (Eds.). The Invisible Community: Being South Asian in Quebec. (pp.285-297). 成人VR视频 Queen鈥檚 University Press
Ghosh, R. (2020). The emerging area of education and security. In A. Abdi (Ed.).听Critical theorizations of education. (pp.73-86)听Leiden, Netherlands: Brill.
Ghosh, R., Sherab, D., Dilimulati, M., Hashemi, N. (2019) Creating a Refugee Space in the Canadian School Context: The Approach of an Inclusive Society. In Wiseman, A., Damaschke-Detrick, L., Galegher, E., & Park, M.F. (Eds.) Comparative Perspectives on Refugee Youth Education: Dreams and Realities in Educational Systems Worldwide. (pp.102-130).听New York: Routledge. DOI
Ghosh, R., (2019). Juxtaposing the educational ideas of Gandhi and Freire. In C. Torres (Ed.). The Wiley handbook of Paulo Freire (pp.275-290). New York: John Wiley & Sons.
Dilimulati, M., Dhali, H.H., Ghosh, R. (2019), The radicalization of youth in the West 鈥 How can Canadian teachers effectively approach this issue in their classrooms? A. Jule (Ed.), The compassionate educator (pp. 229-250). Toronto: Canadian Scholars Press.
Ghosh, R., (2019). Teacher education in a globalized world. In J. Mueller, & J. Nickel (Eds.), Globalization and diversity in education: What does it mean for Canadian teacher education? (pp. 416-443). Ottawa, ON: Canadian Association for Teacher Education.
Ghosh, R. (2019) Education, religion and religious extremism. In B. D. Lundy, A. G. Adebayo & S. W. Hayes (Eds.), Atone: religion, conflict, and reconciliation (pp. 25-42). Lanham, MD, Lexington Book.
Ghosh, R., & W. Y. Alice Chang (2017) The role of religious education (RE) in countering religious extremism in diverse and interconnected societies in M. Sivasubramaniam & R. Hayhoe (Eds) Religion and Education: Comparative and International Perspectives, Oxford: Symposium Books. (pp. 335-351). (Oxford Studies in Comparative Education Series with Professor David Phillips as series editor).
Ghosh, R., and Galcszynski, M. (2016) Shaping Leadership in Epstein, E. (ed). Crafting a Global Fieldpp. (pp.188-198).听NY: Springer.
Ghosh, R., (August 2015) Education in Secular Democratic Societies: the challenge of religious diversity. In Sikka, S., Puri, B. & Beaman, L. (Eds.) Living with Religious Diversity. (pp.137-152). New Delhi: India, Routledge.
Galczynski, M., Tsagkaraki, V., & Ghosh, R. (2015). Further unpacking multiculturalism in the classroom: Continuing to explore the politics of difference through current events. In L. Wong & S. Guo (Eds.),听Multiculturalism in Canada: Theories, Policies and Debates. (pp. 289-310). Rotterdam,听Netherlands: Sense Publishers.
Ghosh, R. Naseem, A., Vijh. Ashok. (2012).Tagore and Education: Gazing beyond the Colonial Cage. In A. Abdi (Ed.) Decolonizing Philosophies of Education.(pp. 59-71). Rotterdam, Netherlands: Sense Publishers.
Naseem, M.A. and Ghosh, R. (2010) Construction of the 鈥極ther鈥 in History Textbooks in India and Pakistan in Pampanini, G., Adly, F. and Napier, D.B. (Eds.) Interculturalism, Society and Education.听(pp.37-44). Rotterdam: Sense
Ghosh, R. and Chakravarti, P. (2010) (Released at the World Council of Comparative Education Societies in June 2010) Women鈥檚 Education in India at the start of the Twenty-First Century: Implications of the National Knowledge Commission Reports. In听听Masemann, V., Majhanovich, S., Truong, N and Janigan, K. (eds.).听A Tribute to David N. Wilson: Clamouring for a Better World, (pp.221-238). Rotterdam: Sense Publishers.
R. Ghosh (2004; 2nd updated edition 2010). Canada a Multicultural Policy. In Iris Rotberg (ed.).Balancing Change and Tradition in Global Education Reform, (pp.261-282). 听Lanham:Maryland, U.S.A.: Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group
Ghosh, R., Abdi, A. and Naseem, A. (2008). Identity in colonial and postcolonial contexts: select discussions and analyses. In A. Abdi & G. Richardson (Eds.), Decolonizing democratic education: trans-disciplinary dialogues.听(pp.75-66). Rotterdam, Netherlands: Sense Publishers
Ghosh, R. (2008).听 Globalization, Education and Women in India in Abdi, Ali A. & Guo, Shibao (Eds.) Education and Social development.听(pp. 105-127). Rotterdam, Netherlands: Sense Publishers
Ghosh, R. and Abdi, A.(2007) Schooling and Society: Perspectives on Knowledge, Culture, and Difference. In Laurence Behrens, et al, (Eds.).听Writing and Reading Across the Disciplines.听Toronto: Pearson Longman.
Ghosh, R. (2007).听 Women鈥檚 Education as Human Rights Education in Abdi, Ali A. & Shultz, Lynette (Eds.) Educating for Human Rights and Global Citizenship. (pp.81-93). Albany, NY: SUNY Press,
Ghosh, R. (2006) Preface.听 Gender Equality in Iranian History: From Pre-Islamic Time to The Present. New York: The Edwen Mellen.
Ghosh, R., Tarrow,N., & Elizondo, A.,(2003) "Program Differences in Values Teaching in Teacher Education Programs: Canada, Mexico and the United States." In F. Salili and R. Hoosain, (Eds.).Teaching, Learning, and Student Motivation in a Multicultural Context,听(pp.173-192).听Connecticut: Information Age Publishing.
Ghosh, R. & Vijh, A.K. (2003)听鈥淪cience, Gender and Multiculturalism.鈥 In A. Richardson and G. Merchant, (Eds.). The Canadian Multicultural Experience: Myth and Reality, (pp.77-88). Edmonton: ICRN Press.
Articles in Refereed Journals
Ghosh, R. (2023) The moral challenge to violence in schools, International Review of Education 鈥 Journal of Lifelong Learning (UNESCO).
Jing, X., Ghosh, R., Gong, S., McHardy, D., and Ding, R. (2023). Multilevel Research on Factors Impacting International Branch Campuses鈥 Global Integration and Local Responsiveness: An Empirical Investigation of Two Canadian Cases. Studies in Higher Education, DOI: 10.1080/03075079.2023.2187366
Jing, X., Ghosh, R., and Liu, B. (2023). Resisting neocolonial harm and localising global standards at international branch campuses: A comparative study of two Canadian cases. Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management. 45(3), 276-290. DOI: 10.1080/1360080X.2022.2150799. (SSCI Q2, IF: 2.553)
Ghosh, R., Tiflati, H., Dhali, H., Mahmut, D., and W.Y. A. Chan. (2023). Social-ecological Portrait of Two Women from Montreal who Joined ISIS. Contemporary Voices, 3(1). DOI.
Ghosh, R. (2023). Ubuntu: Applying a Southern theoretical paradigm to Counter Youth Radicalization. Special Issue on uBuntu and Education, (Ed.) N鈥橠ri Lassie-Lumumba), Bandung: Journal of the Global South, 10, 64-79. Brill/Springer Open.听
Jing, X. L.,Ghosh, R., Liu, B. C., and Fruchier, T. (2023). A decade review and bibliometric analysis. Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 53 (3) 506-524. (SSCI Q2, IF: 1.658) DOI: (first published online in 2021)
Maraj, A., Sherab, D., Calder贸n-Moya, M., and Ghosh, R. (2023) 鈥楻eflecting on the experiences of Syrian refugee young adults in adult education in Qu茅b茅c: the practitioners鈥 perspective鈥 Journal of Adult and Continuing Education, 29(1), 233-254
Calder贸n-Moya, M., Sherab, D., Maraj, A., and Ghosh, R. (under review). 鈥楻esilient Learners: Young Syrian Refugee Adults鈥 Experiences in the Qu茅b茅c Adult Education Sector鈥. [Manuscript revised for publication to peer-reviewed journal]
Maraj, Arianne; Mahmut, D.; Ghosh, Ratna. (2021). What role do French society and its education system play in promoting violent radicalization processes?. Journal for Deradicalization, [S.l.], 27, 238-283, Jun. 2021. ISSN 2363-9849. Available at: <>.
Ghosh, R. and Jing, X. (2020). Fostering Global Citizenship through student mobility: COVID-19 and the 4th wave in internationalization of education. Special Issue edited by Misiaszek, G. & Misiaszek, L. Issue on Trends and Tensions in Comparative Education. Beijing International Review of Education, 20, 1-18. (Brill). DOI: 10.1163/25902539-02040009
Jing, X., Ghosh, R., Sun, Z. and Liu, Q. (2020). Mapping global research related to international students: a scientometric review. Higher Education 80, 415-433. Springer Nature B.V.. 2020.
Ghosh, R. (2020). Gandhi, the freedom fighter and educator: A Southern Theorist. Special Issue Mousumi Mukherjee & Nandita Koshal (Eds) 鈥淥ther ways of knowing and doing鈥: Globalizing social science knowledge in higher education. The International Education Journal: Comparative Perspectives. 19(1), 19-29
Jing, X., Qiang, L., Ghosh, R., Wang, L. and Sun, Z. (2019). Global integration and local responsiveness in managing international branch campuses: An empirical investigation of 成人VR视频 MBA Japan Program. Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management (CJHE), 42 (3), 300-315.
Koirikivi, P-M., Kallioniemi, A., Ghosh, R. (2019) Religion as a human right and a security threat- investigating young adults鈥 experiences of religion in Finland. Religions, 10 (55), 1-16.
Ghosh, R. (2018). The potential of the Ethics and Religious Culture (ERC) program for combating violent extremism among youth in McDonough, K. and Chan, A. (eds.) Religion and Education. 45 (3), 370-386. Special Issue on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the ERC Program 2018.
Ghosh, R. (2018). Multiculturalism in a Comparative Perspective: Australia, Canada and India, Canadian Ethnic Studies Journal. 50 (1), 15-36.
Ghosh, R., Chan, A., Manuel. A., Dilimulati, M. (2016) Can Education Counter Violent Religious Extremism? Canadian Foreign Policy Journal, 22(3). 117-133. .
Ghosh, R., Chakravarti, P., and Mansi, K. (2015). Women's Empowerment and Education: Panchayats and Women's Self-help Groups in India, Special Issue: Indian Education at the Crossroads of Postcoloniality, Globalization and 21st Century Knowledge Economy in Policy Futures in Education, (Mousumi Mukherjee, ed.), 13(3), 294-314. Oxford, U.K.: Symposium Journals.
Ghosh, R. (2013). Diversity and Quality in Higher Education: A comparison of preferential policies in India and the U.S. In Higher Education Forum Vol.10, 35-49. Research Institute for Higher Education (RIHE), Hiroshima University.
Galczyinski, M., Tsagkaraki, V. and Ghosh, R. (2013) Unpacking Multiculturalism in the Classroom: Using Current Events to Explore the Politics of Difference. Canadian Ethnic Studies Journal 43(3). 145-164.
Ghosh, R. (2012). School Effectiveness: Pursuing Excellence and Inclusion. Asia Pacific Journal of Educational Development, 1(2),1-6. DOI锛
Ghosh, R. (2012). Diversity and Excellence in Higher Education. Comparative Education Review, 56(3), 349-365. DOI:
Ghosh, R. and Guzder, J. (2011). Re-bordering Immigrant and Refugee Identities in Quebec鈥檚 Multicultural Society: the case of South Asian (SA) youth. In Contemporary Issues in Diversity and Education (R. Ghosh and D. Lussier Eds.) Special Issue of Canadian and International Education, 40(2),12-33. DOI:
Ghosh, R, (2008). Education, Women and Development: The Anomaly of Women鈥檚 Education in India. Journal of Education and Development in the Caribbean, 10, (1).
Ghosh, R., Mickelson, R. and Anyon, J., (2007). Introduction to the Special Issue on New Perspectives on Youth Development and Social Identity in the 21st Century [Special issue]. Teachers College Record, 109, (2), 1-5.
Ghosh, R. (2004). Public Education and Multicultural Policy in Canada: the special case of Quebec. International Review of Education, 50, (5-6), 543-566.
Ghosh, R. (2004). Globalization in the North American Region: toward renegotiation of cultural space. 成人VR视频 Journal of Education, 39, (1), 87-101.
Ghosh, R. & Naseem, A., (2003). Colonial and Post-Colonial Construction of Identity: A Comparison of Teenage Identities in Macau, Hong Kong and Goa [Monograph]. PICRA (July-August).
Ghosh, R. & Naseem, A., (2003). Education is That Which Liberates: Educational Philosophy of Rabindranath Tagore [Special issue]. Journal of Post-Colonial Studies.
Special Issues
Ghosh, R., & Lussier, D. (Eds.). (2011). Contemporary issues in diversity and education. Special Issue of Canadian and International Education. 40(2).
Ghosh, R., & McDonough. K. (2011). Diversity and education for liberation. Special Edition of Canadian Issues/Th猫mes Canadiens for the 55th Annual Conference of the Comparative and international Education Society (CIES) (Spring).
Anyon, J., Ghosh, R., & Mickelson, R. (2007) New perspectives on youth development and social identity in the 21st century. Special issue of Teachers College Record, p(2).
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Ph.D. Dissertations Completed
L. Bombas 1988 | W. VanBalkom 1991 | J. Hirschberg 1988 | A. Talbani 1991 |
J. Abagi 1990 | C. O鈥橞rien 1998 | A. Abdi 1998 | A. Isaac 2001 |
M. Gupta 2001 | M. Derayah 2002 | B. Ghezzi 2001 | Muhammad Ayaz Naseem 2004 |
R. Gibbs 2003 | Adeela Arshad 2006 | Mona Taji 2004 | Kyung-Hwa Yang 2012 |
David Roemmele 2012 | Ziya Toprac 2014 | Vilelmini Tsagkaraki 2015 | Tahiya Mahbub 2015 (with Kevin McDonough) |
Rachel Zellers 2017 (with Charmaine Nelson, Art History) |
Alice Chan 2020 |
Mehdi Babaei 2020 |
Dilimulati Maihemuti (Dilmurat) 2021 |
Nazeeha Khoja 2021 |
Current Students: Ph.D.
Marisuz Galczynski | Helal Hossain Dhali | Jing Xiaoli | Milagros Calderon |
Sujata Madan | Sara Hashemi | Arianne Maraj | 听 |
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M.A. Theses Completed
M. Rehmatulla 1979 | D. Wilkinson l985 | B. Bains l979 | V. Silver 1985 |
J. Officer 1979 | P. Browne 1986 | S. Devi 1979 | R. Keshavjee 1987 |
F. Ruparanganda l980 | S. Amato 1987 | P. Whiticar 1980 | M. Dufour 1987 |
H. Hassan鈥慪ari 1981 | I. Melnick 1987 | K. Elliot 1982 | W. Merry 1988 |
K. McLaughlin 1988 | S. Neudorfor 1988 | S. Kityo 1988 | J. McGregor 1990 |
A. Kaler 1990 | T. Jones 1990 | K. Marciniak 1990 | R. Mong 1991 |
Y. Norikane 1990 | R. Waite 1991 | M. Lubega 1992 | A. Maraj鈥慓uitard 1992 |
S. Corbeil 1993 | E. Goudreau 1993 | R. Jha 1994 | B. Ghezzi 1994 |
M. Taji 1994 | S. Chisholm 1994 | Patrick Elbaz (M.Ed. project) 1994 | R. Peera 1995 |
I. Ahmad 1995 | N. Dhar 1996 | M. Takahashi 1996 | A. Varma 1997 |
C. Hambly 1998 | N. Nathani 1999 | L. Gilman 2002 | Samuel Veissiere 2005 |
Nathalie Rivard 2006 | Wenhua Liu 2008 | Tomoya Tsutsumi 2009 | Katherine Mikic 2008 |
Pauline Carpenter, co-supervised 2009 | Ashley Manuel 2015 | Lisa Trotto (Project) 2015 | Rashida Islam 2017 |
Sara Hashemi | 听 |
Current Students: M.A.
Jihae Park | Wei Yang | Debbie Edanyjilil | 听 |
Post-Doctoral Fellow
Masha Bakhshaei (2015-2016)
External Supervision
Guangqiang Du | Beijng Normal University 2nd year PhD student (current 2015-2016) |
Jianguo Huo | Ministry of Education, Hebei Province, China (Jan- December 2003) |
Zongzhi Huang | Ministry of Education, Jilin Province, China (Jan-December 2003) |
Cony Sanger | UNAM, Mexico: North American Mobility Project (Sept-Dec. 2003) |
Elizabeth Valenzuela |
University of New Mexico, U.S.A. North American Mobility Program (July 2004). |
Honours
National and International Academies
2018 |
Membre 脡m茅rite (Eminent Member) Order of Excellence in Education, Government of Quebec |
2019 |
Honorary Fellow of the American Comparative and International Education听Society (CIES) in San Francisco. |
2017 |
David Wilson Award for Distinguished Service. Comparative and International听Education Society of Canada (CIESC). Toronto. |
2016 |
The University of Calgary Distinguished Alumnus Award, November, Calgary. |
2015 |
Hind Rattan Award (English translation Jewel of India) presented in New Delhi听on the 44th Republic Day Celebrations, New Delhi. |
2011 |
Elected Fellow, The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS) 鈥 for the advancement听of science in developing countries, Social Sciences Division, in Trieste, Italy. |
2009-2013 |
President, Comparative and International Education Society (CIES) of the United States. |
2009 |
Appointed by the Minister of Immigration, Canada, to the Indo-Canadian听Advisory Committee for the Community Historical Recognition Program |
2009 |
One page feature article in The Power List India Abroad. |
2008 |
Lifetime/Outstanding Achievement Award given by the Indo-Canada Chamber of Commerce |
2007 |
Picture on the First Day cover commemorating a special stamp on Canadian Citizenship in the national exhibition of the British Columbia Philatelic Society, |
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Vancouver, B.C. |
2006 |
Named 40 Outstanding Alumni (1966-2005) of the University of Calgary (along with former Prime Minister Stephen Harper, Three-time Olympian Curtis Myden, and Canadian Astronaut Robert Thirsk) |
2005 |
Elected Visiting Fellow, St. Edmund鈥檚 College, Cambridge University, U.K. |
2004-2018 |
James 成人VR视频 Professor, 成人VR视频 (to 2011). Renewed. |
2003 |
President鈥檚 Internationalization Achievement Award, University of Calgary |
2003 |
Time Magazine, Canadian Edition, 鈥淐anada鈥檚 Best鈥, Profile as Best Differentiator in Education (attached at the end of this CV). |
2002 |
Council Member, Royal Society of Canada and Chair, Committee for the Advancement of Women in Scholarship |
2002 |
Leadership in Internationalization of Education Award from Canadian Bureau of International Education (CBIE) |
1999 |
Fellow, Royal Society of Canada (Academy of Humanities and Social Sciences) (F.R.S.C.) |
1999 |
Order of the University of Calgary |
1999 |
Full Member, European Academy of Arts, Sciences and Humanities |
1999 |
Honorary Member, Golden Key, National Honour Society |
1996 |
Woman of Distinction Award, Education & Training, YWCA |
1994 |
Endowed Chair, William C. Macdonald Professor of Education, 成人VR视频 (for life) |
1988-1990 |
President, Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute. |
1986 |
British Council Specialist Visitorship |
1985 |
Visiting Scholar (Life), St. Edmunds College, University of Cambridge, U.K. |
1982-1983 |
Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute. Senior Long-Term Fellowship (sabbatical) |
1974-1976 |
Canada Council Doctoral Fellowship |
1974 |
Killam Predoctoral Scholar, University of Calgary |
1973-1974 |
Province of Alberta Graduate Fellowship |
1972-1973 |
Province of Alberta Graduate Scholarship |
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Decorations
2018 |
Officer, Ordre de Montr茅al, City Hall, Montreal. Distinguished James 成人VR视频 Professor, 成人VR视频 |
2012 |
Diamond Jubilee Medal (Queen Elizabeth II), Canada |
2005 |
Officer, Order of Quebec (O.Q.) national.gouv.qc.ca/membres/membre.asp?id=1874 |
2002 |
Golden Jubilee Medal (Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II), Canada |
2000 |
Member, Order of Canada (C.M.) 7434 |
1993 | Dame of Merit, Order of Saint John of Jerusalem, Knights of MaltaOther Honours / Distinctions |
Other Honors & Awards
2018 | Honorary Fellow of the American Comparative and International Education Society (CIES) to be awarded in March 2019 in San Francisco. |
2018 | Distinguished James 成人VR视频 Professor, 成人VR视频 |
2018 | Membre 脡m茅rite (Eminent Member) Order of Excellence in Education, Government of Quebec. |
2017 | David Wilson Award for Distinguished Service. Comparative and International Education Society of Canada (CIESC), Toronto. |
2016 | The University of Calgary Distinguished Alumnus Award, November, Calgary. |
2015 | Hind Rattan Award (English translation: Jewel of India) presented in New Delhi on the 44th Republic Day Celebrations, New Delhi. |
2011-2012 | President, CIES Comparative and International Education Society (U.S.) |
2009, September | One page feature article in The Power List India Abroad. |
2009 | Appointed by the Minister of Immigration, Canada, to the Indo-Canadian Advisory Committee for the Community Historical Recognition Program |
2008, March 13 | Elected for a four year term (Vice President, President-Elect (2010), President (2011), Past-President (2012) of the Comparative and International Education Society (CIES) of the United States. |
2008, June | Lifetime/Outstanding Achievement Award given by the Indo-Canada Chamber of Commerce (Toronto, June 14). |
2007, June | Picture on the First Day cover commemorating a special stamp on Canadian Citizenship in the national exhibition of the British Columbia Philatelic Society, Vancouver, B.C. |
2006, April | Named 40 Outstanding Alumni (1966-2005) U of Calgary (along with Prime Minister Stephen Harper, Three-time Olympian Curtis Myden, and Canadian Astronaut Robert Thirsk) |
2004 | James 成人VR视频 Professor, 成人VR视频 (to 2018). |
2003 | President鈥檚 Internationalization Achievement Award, University of Calgary (November 25, 2003) |
2003 | Time Magazine, Canadian Edition, October 13, 2003, 鈥淐anada鈥檚 Best鈥, Profile as Best Differentiator in Education (attached). |
2002 | Leadership in Internationalization of Education Award from Canadian Bureau of International Education (CBIE) |
1999 | Order of the University of Calgary |
1999 | Honorary Member Golden Key National Honour Society |
1996 | Woman of Distinction Award, Education & Training, YWCA |
1994 | William C. Macdonald Professor of Education, 成人VR视频 |
1985 | Visiting Scholar, St. Edmunds College, University of Cambridge, U.K. |
Fellowships
1982-1983 | Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute. Senior Long Term Fellowship |
1974-1976 | Canada Council Doctoral Fellowship |
1974 | Killam Predoctoral Scholar, University of Calgary |
1973-1974 | Province of Alberta Graduate Fellowship |
1972-1973 | Province of Alberta Graduate Fellowshi |
Research and Practical Experience In Canada, the U.S., Latin America, Asia, and Africa
Editorial Boards
2021- |
Journal of Intelligence, Conflict and Warfare |
2020- |
Education Thinking (University of Strasbourg, France) |
2015- | Gender and Islam. I.B. Tauris & Co., London, UK |
2014- | Indian Journal of Women鈥檚 Studies, Published in Association with Centre for Women鈥檚 Development Studies, Sage Publishing |
2012- | Asia Pacific Journal of Educational Development (APJER), the National Avademy for Educational Research, Taiwan (R.O.C.) |
2011- | Journal of Educational Administration and Planning (JEPA), National University of Educational Planning and Administration, Delhi, India |
2010- | Global Networks: A Journal of Transnational Affairs. Blackwell Publishing London |
2009- | Postcolonial Directions in Education, University of Malta, Valletta. |
2008- |
Journal of Education and Development in the Caribbean, UWI Kingston, Jamaica |
2006- | Journal of Contemporary Issues in Education, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada |
2001- 2016 | Teachers College Record, Columbia University, New York. |
2000- | Caribbean Educational Research Journal. UWI Cave Hill Campus, Barbados, West Indies. |
1999-2005 | Journal of Postcolonial Education. James Nicholas Publishers |
1998-2003 | 成人VR视频 Journal of Education, 成人VR视频, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. |
1995-2000 | Canadian Journal of Education, Canadian Society for the Study of Education (CSSE) |
1995- | Journal of Women鈥檚 Studies, Women鈥檚 Studies Research Centre, University of Calcutta |
1979-1993 | Canadian and International Education, Comparative and International Education Society of Canada (CIESC). |
Professional Service to the Community:
Workshops and seminars to community groups, colleges, schools and business and women鈥檚 organizations.
Leadership Positions
(2011-2012) | President, Comparative and International Education Society (CIES), United States |
(2010-2011) | President-Elect, Comparative International Education Society (CIES) |
(2009-2010) | Vice-President, Comparative and International Education Society (CIES), United States |
(2003-2008) | Chair of the Standing Committee for the Advancement of Women in Scholarship, Royal Society of Canada (Member of the Council) |
(1998-2003) | Dean, Faculty of Education, 成人VR视频 |
(1995-1997) | Director of Graduate Studies and Research, Department of Culture & Values in Education, 成人VR视频 |
(1995) | Acting Director, 成人VR视频 International |
(1988-1990) | President, Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute |
(1986-1988) | Treasurer, Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute |
(1984-1986) | Secretary, Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute |
(1981-1982/ 1983-1986) |
Director of Graduate Studies and Research, Faculty of Education, 成人VR视频 |
(1982-1983) | Resident Director, Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute, New Delhi, India (sabbatical year) |
(1979) | Academic Director, Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute鈥檚 Summer Program for Canadian Teachers, India |
Committee Appointments
The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS)
2016-2019 |
Chair, Committee on TWAS Prize for Social Sciences (Prize=USD 15,000) |
2016-2018 | Chair, World Academy - TWAS Independent Expert Committee (IEC) on Social Science Prizes |
2012-2016 | Committee for (World Academy) TWAS-Celso Furtado Prize in Social Sciences (Prize= USD 100,000). |
Royal Society of Canada
2005-2008 | Elected to the Council of Academy II (Humanities and Social Sciences), Royal Society of Canada -(Nov. 2005-8) |
2005-2008 | Chair, Women in Scholarship Committee (reappointed) |
2004-2006 | Member of Executive Council, Academy of Social Sciences and Humanities |
2002-2008 | Chair, Committee for the Alice Wilson |
2001-2004 | Member of the Innis-Gerin Medal Committee |
Comparative and International Education Society (CIES) of the United States
2016-2017 | Member, Nominating Committee |
2015-2016 | Chair, Nominating Committee |
2009-2013 | Elected for 4-year presidential term (2009-2010 Vice-President, 2010-11 President-Elect, 2011-12 President, 2012-13 Past-President) |
2009 |
Appointed Chair of the CIES ad hoc committee on the Jackie Kirk Memorial Fund. Raised $50,000. |
2009 | CIES committee on the Advancement of the Society |
2008 | Selection committee for Editor of the Comparative Education Review (CER). |
1995-1998 | Elected to the Board of Directors CIES |
Canadian Human Rights Foundation
1986-1998 | Member, Board of Directors, |
1991-1993 | Member of the Executive Committee |
Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute
1996-1988 | Treasurer and Member, Executive Committee |
1994-1995 | Strategic Review Committee |
1988-1990 | President |
1984-1986 | Secretary and Member, Executive Committee |
1983-1988 | Member, Board of Directors |
成人VR视频
2017-2020 | Member, Statutory Selection Committee Senate Pool. |
2011-2012 | Senate representative, Advisory Committee for Selection of Dean of Graduate and Post-Doctoral Studies. |
2009 | Statutory Selection Committee, Faculty of Law |
2009 | University Tenure Committee for Schulich School of Music, 成人VR视频 |
2008- | Institute for Health and Public Policy, 成人VR视频, Member Scientific and Policy Advisory Committee |
2002 | Chair, 成人VR视频 Taskforce on Internationalization |
1992-1995 | Senate: Member |
1992-1995 | Senate Nominating Committee |
1993-1996 | Honorary Degrees Committee |
1994-1998 | Member of Joint Senate-Board Committee on Equity, Equity Sub-Committee on Race Relations |
1995 | 成人VR视频 International: Acting Director |
1983-1988 |
Executive Committee a) University Tenure Committees / Statutory Selection Committees for Full Professor b) Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research Committees c) 成人VR视频 Faculty of Education Committees |
Other Committee Appointments (select)
2016-2018 | Chair, TWAS Independent Expert Committee (IEC) on Social Science Prizes |
2014 | Member, Evaluation Committee, Think Rio, Brazil Nov. 3-7, 2014, FAPERJ. Funda莽盲o Amparo 脿 Pesquisa Carlos Chagas Filho de Estado do Rio de Janeiro |
2013- | Member, World Council of Comparative Education Societies (WCCES) Standing Committee on Special Projects |
2012-2016 | Committee for TWAS-Celso Furtado Prize in Social Sciences. |
2009-2011 | Canada Council as Expert Evaluator for the Killam Research PRIZE. |
2009-2011 | College of Reviewers for the Canada Research Chair (CRC) Program, 2 nomination cycles per year |
2011 | Invitation by SSHRC to become member of Review panel for the 2011 Insight Research Development Grants (Declined due to conflict with conference dates). |
2010 | Adjudication Committee of the Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute for the Millennium Development Program (funded by CIDA). |
2009-2011 | Committee for Selection of New Fellows for the Social Sciences Division (Academy II) in the Royal Society of Canada by the nominating Committee (60 nominations in 2009) |
2009-2011 | Federal Government, Indo-Canadian Advisory Committee under the Historical Recognition Program, 2 year appointment. Department of Citizenship and Immigration, Ottawa. Ministerial Appointment by Minister of Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism, the Honourable Jason Kenney |
2006 | Chair, International Review Committee for School of Education, University of West Indies (Cave Hill Campus) (other members King鈥檚 College, London (UK) and University of West Indies (Mona Campus, Jamaica) |
2004-2008 | Chair, IANAS (InterAmerican Association of Academies of Science) Committee for Science Education for Royal Society of Canada, July 2004- 8. |
2008-10 | Comit茅 national d鈥茅thique sure le vieillissement et les changements d茅mographiques. Quebec Government appointment. (withdrew after one year service) |
2007-2008 | Member, National Research Advisory Committee, Canadian Education Association. |
Academic Visits Abroad (from 成人VR视频)
2004 | Jordan (several visits since then) |
2004 | Japan (also in 1999, 1998) |
2001 | United Arab Emirates |
2000 | Saudi Arabia |
1999 |
South Africa, Kenya, and Uganda (also in 1998, 1997) |
1996 |
Australia |
1995 | Chile and Argentina |
1994-1998 | Mexico (frequent visits) |
1984 | United States of America (Michigan, Texas) |
1979 | Cuba |
1978 | Poland, Hungary, and Yugoslavia |
1982-1983 | Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute: Universities & Social Science Institutes (50 universities) in India |
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