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RATNA GHOSH, C.M., O.Q., Ph.D., F.R.S.C. Distinguished James McGill Professor and

William C. Macdonald Professor of Education

3700 McTavish Street Tel.: (514) 398-5398 Montreal, Quebec E-mail: [email protected] Canada H3A 1Y2 www.education.mcgill.ca/profs/ghosh ORCID: 0000-0002-7520-7298

CURRICULUM VITAE

Academic Background

Ph.D. Department of Educational Foundations, University of Calgary, Canada M.A. Department of Educational Foundations, University of Calgary, Canada B.A. Honours in English with Distinction, University of Calcutta, India Music Diploma Pianoforte and Theory, Trinity College of Music, London, England

Honours, Awards and Recognition

2018 Membre Émérite (Eminent Member) Order of Excellence in Education, Government of Quebec.

2018 Officer, Ordre de Montréal, City Hall, Montreal. https://ville.montreal.qc.ca/ordre/en/ratna-ghosh

2018 Distinguished James McGill Professor, McGill University 2018 Honorary Fellow of the American Comparative and International Education Society

(CIES) to be awarded in March 2019 in San Francisco. 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 Elected Fellow, The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS) – for the advancement of

science in developing countries, Social Sciences Division, in Trieste, Italy. 2012 Diamond Jubilee Medal (Queen Elizabeth II), Canada 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 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, 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 Officer, Order of Quebec (O.Q.) http://www.ordre-national.gouv.qc.ca/membres/membre.asp?id=1874

2005 Elected Visiting Fellow, St. Edmund’s College, Cambridge University, U.K. 2004-2018 James McGill Professor, McGill University (to 2011). Renewed. 2003 President’s Internationalization Achievement Award, University of Calgary 2003 Time Magazine, Canadian Edition, “Canada’s Best”, 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) 2002 Golden Jubilee Medal (Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II), Canada 2000 Member, Order of Canada (C.M.) http://www.gg.ca/en/honours/recipients/146-7434 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, McGill University (for

life) 1993 Dame of Merit, Order of Saint John of Jerusalem, Knights of Malta 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



Academic and Scholarly Positions

McGill University

2018-for life Distinguished James McGill Professor, McGill University 2011-2018 James McGill Professor, McGill University (renewed) 2004-2011 James McGill Professor, McGill University 1994 William C. Macdonald Chair in Education, McGill University (Lifetime Award) 1988 Full Professor, Faculty of Education, McGill University 1981-1988 Associate Professor, Department of Administration & Policy Studies in Education/

Department of Culture and Values in Education, McGill University 1977-1981 Assistant Professor, Administration and Policy Studies, Faculty of Education, McGill

University Other 2014 Research Partner, PREVNet (Promoting Relationships and Eliminating Violence) a

National Network Centre of Excellence, Canada (September) 2014 Senior Affiliate, The Canadian Network for Research on Terrorism, Security and Society

(TSAS): http://library.tsas.ca/affiliate/ghosh-ratna/ (September) 1976-1977 Visiting Assistant Professor, Educational Foundations, University of Calgary Sabbatical Leaves 2014 -Fellow, Australia India Institute, University of Melbourne 2013 -Visiting Professor, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi, India (January)

-Visiting Professor, East West Center, University of Hawaii, Honolulu (February-April) -Visiting Professor, Institute recherches et d’etudes sur le monde Arabe et Musulman (IREMAM-MMSH) Aix-en-Provence, France (May-June)

2004-2006 -Visiting Professor, Institute recherches et d’etudes sur le monde Arabe et Musulman (IREMAM-MMSH) Aix-en-Provence, France. -Visiting Professor, University of Turin, Italy. -Elected Visiting Fellow, Cambridge University, St. Edmund’s College, U.K.

Leadership Positions

Comparative Education Societies 2011-2012 President, Comparative and International Education Society (CIES), United States. 2010-2011 President-Elect, Comparative and International Education Society (CIES), United States.



2009-2010 Vice-President, Comparative and International Education Society (CIES), United States. 2012 - Member of the Standing Committe on Special Projects, World Council of Comparative

Education Societies (WCCES) Royal Society of Canada 2003-2008 Chair of the Standing Committee for the Advancement of Women in Scholarship, Royal

Society of Canada (Member of the Council). McGill University 1998-2003 Dean, Faculty of Education, McGill University 1995-1997 Director of Graduate Studies and Research, Department of Culture & Values, McGill

University 1995-1996 Acting Director, McGill International 1983-1986/ Director of Graduate Studies and Research, Faculty of Education, McGill 1981-1982 McGill University Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute 1988-1990 President, Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute 1986-1988 Treasurer, Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute 1984-1986 Secretary, Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute 1982-1983 Resident Director, Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute, New Delhi, India (sabbatical year) 1979 Academic Director, Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute’s Summer Program for Canadian

Teachers, India.

RESEARCH AND PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE In Canada, the U.S., Latin America, Asia, and Africa

Editorial Boards

2015- Gender and Islam. I.B. Tauris & Co., London, UK 2014- Indian Journal of Women’s Studies, Published in Association with Centre for Women’s

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 McGill Journal of Education, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. 1995-2000 Canadian Journal of Education, Canadian Society for the Study of Education (CSSE) 1995- Journal of Women’s Studies, Women’s Studies Research Centre, University of Calcutta 1979-1993 Canadian and International Education, Comparative and International Education Society

of Canada (CIESC).

Fields of Research and Study

Education • Comparative and International Education • Multicultural education; race relations; human rights and education, identity development • Teacher education in cross-cultural perspective (K-12 teachers) • Women and education in comparative perspective • Sociology of racial, ethnic and religious minorities, and socio-economically deprived groups in

comparative perspective • Globalization and social justice

Sociology of Education in Developing Areas • Education and development • International development and co-operation (bilateral, non-governmental) • Impact of globalization and economic liberalization policies on education

Women in Development • Women in science, engineering and technology • Impact of globalization and economic liberalization policies on women • Women, Education and employment: micro-enterprises/ agriculture

Publications

Books Bakhsae, M., McAndrew, M.& Ghosh, R. (eds.) (submitted to McGill Queen’s University Press)

The South Asian Population in Quebec: Immigration, Integration and Participation.

Dilimulati, M., Dhali, H.H., Ghosh, R. (in press) The Radicalization of Youth in the West – How Can Canadian Teachers Effectively Approach this Issue in Their Classrooms? Allyson Jule (ed.)

The Compassionate Educator. Toronto: Canadian Scholars Press.



Ghosh, R., (2014). Redefining multicultural education: Inclusion and the right to be different (3rd ed.

with Mariusz Galcznyski). Toronto, Ontario: Canadian Scholars’ Press. (1996, 1st ed., Toronto: Harcourt Brace & Co.; 2004, 2nd ed., Nelson Thomas Learning)

Ghosh, R., & Abdi, A. (2013, 2nd ed.) Education and the politics of difference: Canadian perspectives. Toronto, Ontario: Canadian Scholars’ Press. (2004, 1st ed., Foreword by Henry Giroux; 2nd ed., Foreword Carlos Alberto Torres).

Ghosh, R., & Ray, D. (Eds.). (1995, 3rd ed.; 1991, 2nd ed.; 1987, 1st ed.). Social change and education in Canada. Toronto, Ontario: Harcourt Brace & Co.

Ghosh, R., & Kanungo, R. (Eds.). (1991). South Asian Canadians: Issues in the politics of culture. New Delhi: SICI.

Ghosh, R., & Zachariah, M. (Eds.). (1987). Education and the process of change. New Delhi/Newbury Park/London: Sage.

Ghosh, R., & Cartwright, G. (Eds.). (1984). Educational technology and innovations. New Delhi, India: Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute.

Kurian, G., & Ghosh, R. (Eds.). (1981). Women in the family and economy: An International Comparative Survey. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press.

Chapters in Books Ghosh, R., McAndrew, M., Babae, M. (submitted) The Context of Reception in South Asians in Quebec,

Bakhshae, McAndrew & Ghosh (eds.) Ghosh, R., (in press) Juxtaposing the Educational Ideas of Gandhi and Freire in The Wiley Handbook on Paulo Freire. Carlos Torres, (Ed.). New York; John Wiley & Sons. Ghosh, R. (in Press) Teacher Education in a globalized World in Mueller, J., & Nickel, J.,

Eds. Globalization and Diversity in Education: What Does It Mean for Canadian Teacher Education? Ottawa, ON: Canadian Association for Teacher Education.

Ghosh, R. (2018) Education, Religions and Religious Extremism In Lundy, Brandon D., Akanmu G. Adebayo, and Sherrill W. Hayes, eds. Atone: Religion, Conflict, and Reconciliation. Lanham, MD, Lexington Books.

Ghosh, R & W.T 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. (Oxford Studies in Comparative Education Series with Professor David Phillips as series editor). Pp. 335-351.

Ghosh, R., & Galcszynski, M. (2016). Shaping leadership. In E. Epstein (Ed.), Crafting a global field (pp. 188-196). New York, NY: Springer.

Ghosh, R. (2015). Education in secular democratic societies: The challenge of religious diversity. In S., Sikka, B. Puri, & L. Beaman (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.), Multiculturalism in Canada: Theories, polices and debates (pp. 289-310). Rotterdam, Netherlands: Sense.

Naseem, M. A., & Ghosh, R. (2010). Construction of the ‘other’ in history textbooks in India and Pakistan. In G. Pampanini, F. Adly, and D.B. Napier (Eds.), Interculturalism, society and education (pp. 37-44). Rotterdam, Netherlands: Sense.

Ghosh, R., & Chakravarti, P. (2010). Women’s education in India at the start of the twenty-first century: Implications of the national knowledge commission reports. In, V. Maseman, S. Majhanovich, N. Truong, & K. Janigan. (Eds.), A tribute to David N. Wilson: Clamouring for a better world (pp. 221-236). Rotterdam, Netherlands: Sense. (Released at the World Council of Comparative Education Societies in June 2010)

Ghosh, R. (2010). Canada: A multicultural policy. In I. Rotberg (Ed.), Balancing Change and Tradition in Global Education Reform (2nd ed. pp. 259-280). Lanham: MD: Rowman & Littlefield Publishing.

Ghosh, R., Naseem, A., Vijh. A. (2010). Tagore and education: Gazing beyond the colonial cage. In A. Abdi (Ed.), Decolonizing philosophies of education (pp. 59-72). Rotterdam, Netherlands: Sense.

Ghosh, R., Abdi, A. & 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. Rotterdam, Netherlands: Sense.

Ghosh, R. (2008). Globalization, education and women in India. In A. A. Abdi & S. B. Guo (Eds.), Education and social development (pp. 105-127). Rotterdam, Netherlands: Sense.

Ghosh, R., & Abdi, A. (2007). Schooling and society: Perspectives on knowledge, culture, and difference. In L. Behrens et al. (Eds.), Writing and reading across the disciplines. Toronto, Ontario: Pearson Longman.

Ghosh, R. (2007). Women’s education as human rights education. In A. A. Abdi & L. Shultz (Eds.), Educating for human rights and global citizenship (pp. 81-93). Albany, NY: SUNY Press.

Ghosh, R. (2006). Preface. In M. Derayeh (Ed.), Gender Equality in Iranian History: From Pre-Islamic Time to The Present (pp. XX-XX). New York: Edwen Mellen.

Ghosh, R. (2004). Canada: A multicultural policy. In I. Rotberg (Ed.), Education reform around the globe: Balancing tradition and change (pp. 261-282). Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield Publishing.

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 & R. Hoosain (Eds.), Teaching, learning, and motivation in a multicultural context (pp. 173-192). Grenwich, CT: Information Age Publishing.



Ghosh, R., & Vijh, A. K. (2003). Science, gender and multiculturalism. In A. Richardson & S. Puttagunta (Eds.), The Canadian multicultural experience: Myths and realities (pp. 77-88). Edmonton, Alberta: ICRN Press.

Tarrow, N., Ghosh, R., & Elizondo, A. (2001). Teaching democratic values in teacher education programs in Canada, Mexico, and the United States. In L. J. Limage (Ed.), Democratizing education and educating democratic citizens (pp. 193-212). New York, NY: Routledge Falmer.

Ghosh, R., Gupta, M., & Dhar, S. N. (1998) Women and entrepreneurship in India. In R. N. Kanungo (Ed.), Entrepreneurship and innovation: Models for development. New Delhi, Thousand Oaks, London: Sage.

Ghosh, R. (1996). Teacher education in Canada. In M. Craft (Ed.), Teacher education in plural societies (pp. 45-56). London, United Kingdom: Falmer Press.

Ghosh, R., & Talbani, A. (1996). Women, education and development in India. In G. Mak (Ed.), Women, education and development in Asia (pp. 165-86). New York, NY: Garland Press.

Ghosh, R. (1994). Educating through computers: Methodology and impact. In B. C. Agarwal & L. R. Symes (Eds.), Future of computerisation in institutions of higher learning (pp. 67-74). New Delhi, India: Concept Publishing.

Ghosh, R. (1994). Diversidad cultural y educatiôn en Canada. In Diversidad en la educatiôn (pp. 167-78). Mexico City, Mexico: UPN.

Ghosh, R. (1994). A Comparison of Educational Policies in India and Canada. In J.S. Grewal & H. Johnston (Eds.) The India-Canada Relationship, pp. 209-24. New Delhi: Sage Publications.

Ghosh, R. (1993). Multicultural and global education in Canada. In Human rights in international education (pp. 247-62). Geneva, Switzerland: UNESCO/IBE. (translated into French and Spanish).

Ghosh, R., & Talbani, A. (1992). Inequality and education in India: The case of scheduled castes. In D. Ray & D. Poonwasie (Eds.), Education and cultural differences: New perspectives, (pp. 327-48). New York, NY: Garland Publishing.

Ghosh, R. (1991). Multicultural and development education: Challenges and opportunities. Aspects of Education (pp. 167-70). Montreal, Quebec: McGill Faculty of Education. (Special Edition, McGill Faculty of Education 25th Anniversary Publication).

Ghosh, R. (1991). L´éducation des maîtres pour une société multiculturelle. In F. Ouelett & M. Pagé (Eds.), Pluriethnicité, éducation et société: Construire un espace commun (pp. 207-30). Montréal, Quebec: Institut québécois de recherche sur la culture.

Ghosh, R. (1989). Strategies in education for development: Technologies and educational innovations. In J. Augustine (Ed.), Strategies for third world development (pp. 76-96). New Delhi, India: Sage.

Ghosh, R., & Attieh, A. (1987). Education free from discrimination: The case of India and Saudi Arabia. In N. Tarrow (Ed.), Human rights and education. Elsmford, NY: Pergamon Press.



Ghosh, R. (1987). Human rights and sexism in Indian education. In U. Baxi et al. (Eds.), The right to be human (pp. 57-76). New Delhi, India: Lancer International.

Ghosh, R. (1984). South Asian women in Canada: Adaptation. In R. N. Kanungo (Ed.), South Asians in the Canadian mosaic (pp. 145-55). Montreal, Quebec: Kala Bharati Foundation.

Ghosh, R. (1984). Technology and education in India. In R. Ghosh & G. Cartwright (Eds.), Educational technology and innovations (pp. 1-15). New Delhi, India: Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute.

Ghosh, R. (1983). Education, gender and the immigrant experience. In R. Samuda et al. (Eds.), Multiculturalism in Canada (pp. 327-33). Toronto, Ontario: Allyn and Bacon.

Ghosh, R. (1982). Sarees and the maple leaf: Indian women in Canada. In R. Srivastava & G. Kurian (Eds.), Overseas Indians (pp. 90-99). New Delhi, India: Vikas.

Kurian, G., & Ghosh, R. (l982). Child rearing in transition in Indian immigrant families in India. In R. Srivastava & G. Kurian (Eds.), Overseas Indians (pp. 128-138). New Delhi, India: Vikas.

Ghosh, R. (1981). Minority within a minority: On being South-Asian and female in Canada. In G. Kurian & R. Ghosh (Eds.), Women in the family and economy: An international comparative survey (pp. 393-412). Westport, CT: Greenwood Press.

Ghosh, R. (1981). Social and economic integration of South Asian women in Montreal, Canada. In G. Kurian & R. Ghosh (Eds.) Women in the family and economy: An international comparative survey (pp. 59-72). Westport, CT: Greenwood Press.

Eisemon, T. O., & Ghosh, R. (1979). Institutional effects on faculty orientation: A study of professional attitudes and behaviours of Indian engineering academics. In P. Altbach & S. Chitnis (Eds.), The academic profession in India (pp. 173-192). Bombay, India: Macmillan.

Articles in Refereed Journals

Niemi, P-M., Kallioniemi, A., Ghosh, R. (submitted) Religion as a human right and a security threat- investigating young adults’ experiences if religion in Finland.Religions

Ghosh, R. (accepted) 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 Special Issue on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the ERC Program 2018.

Ghosh, R., & Mahbub, T. (forthcoming). Property rights of women in India: Constitutional equality and the paradox of unequal share of property. Les cahiers du genre. (Special issue on “Genre et droits de propriété,” edited by Talahite, F. and Deguilhem, R.).

Ghosh, R. (2018) Multiculturalism in a Comparative Perspective: Australia, Canada and India, Canadian Ethnic Studies Journal. 50.1 Ghosh, R., Chan, A., Manuel. A., & Maihemuti, D. (2017). Can education counter violent religious

extremism? Canadian Foreign Policy Journal, 23 (2), 117-133. Published on line 25 May, 2016: http://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/xRMeisbjYq56AikRgtvj/full



Ghosh, R., Chakravarti, P., & Mansi, K. (2015). Women's empowerment and education: Panchayats and women's self-help groups in India. Policy Futures in Education, 13(3), 294-314. (Special Issue: Indian Education at the Crossroads of Postcoloniality, Globalization and 21st C Knowledge Economy)

Ghosh, R. (2013) Diversity and quality in higher education: A comparison of preferential policies in India and the U.S. Higher Education Forum,10, 35-49.

Galzyinski, M., Tsagkaraki, V., & 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.

Ghosh, R. (2012). Diversity and excellence in higher education. Comparative Education Review, 56,3, 349-365.

Ghosh, R., & Guzder, J. (2011). Re-bordering immigrant and refugee identities in Quebec’s multicultural society: The case of South Asian (SA) youth. Canadian and International Education, 40(2), 12-33. (Special issue titled “Contemporary Issues in Diversity and Education,” R. Ghosh & D. Lussier Eds.)

Ghosh, R. (2008). Education, women and development: The anomaly of women’s education in India, Journal of Education and Development in the Caribbean, 10,1, 58-80.

Ghosh, R., Mickelson, R. & Anyon, J. (2007) Introduction to the Special Issue on New Perspectives on Youth Development & Social Identity in the 21st Century. 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. McGill Journal of Education, 39,1 87-101.

Ghosh, R., & Naseem, A. (2003). Education is that which liberates: Educational philosophy of Rabindranath Tagore. Journal of Post-Colonial Education (Special Issue), 2(1), 87-100.

Ghosh, R. (2000). Identity and social integration: Girls from a minority ethno-cultural group in Canada. McGill Journal of Education, 35(3), 279-296.

Ghosh, R. (April 1998-March 1999) Constructing Identities: The South Asian Experience in North America. The Journal of Women's Studies, 3:1&2:127-143.

Ghosh, R., & Vijh, A. K. (1997). Cultural interphases, third space and multicultural education: Some analogies from physical science (electrochemistry). Multiculturalism/ Interculturalisme, XVII(1), 7-11.

Ghosh, R. (1996). Economic liberalization and its impact on women and women’s education. Alberta Journal of Education (Special Issue), 62(2), 115-120.



Ghosh, R. (1995). New perspectives on multiculturalism in education. McGill Journal of Education, 30(3), 231-38.

Ghosh, R., Zinman, R., & Talbani, A. (1995). Policies related to the education of cultural communities in Québec. Canadian Ethnic Studies, 27(2), 18-31.

Ghosh, R. (1994). Multicultural policy and social integration: South Asian Canadian women. Indian Journal of Gender Studies, 1(1), 49-68.

Ghosh, R., & Tarrow, N. (1993). Multiculturalism and teacher education: Views from Canada and the U.S.A. Comparative Education, 29(1) 81-92.

Misra, S., Ghosh, R., & Kanungo, R. (1990). Measurement of family involvement: A cross-national study of managers. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 21(2), 232-47.

Ghosh, R. (1987). New educational technologies: Their impact on relationships of dependence and interdependence for third world countries. International Review of Education, 33(1), 33-49.

Ghosh, R. (1986). Human rights and sexism in Indian education. India International Quarterly (Special Issue titled “The right to be human”), 13(3-4), 57-76.

Ghosh, R. (1986). Women’s education in the land of the Goddess Saraswati. Canadian and International Education, 15(1), 25-44.

Lawson, R. F., & Ghosh, R. (1986). Policy issues in the education of minorities in Canada. Education and Urban Society, 18(4), 449-61.

Ghosh, R. (l985). Sexism and education in India: Economic development and cultural values. Dalhousie Review, 65(3), 437-56.

Ghosh, R. (1979). Women and the politics of culture: South Asian women in Montreal. Resources for Feminist Research, 8(3), 21-22.

Ghosh, R., & Kurian, G. (1979). Some ambiguities of development. Indian Journal of Political Science, 40(2), 156-64.

Ghosh, R. (1978). Alternatives for development. Society for International Development Newsletter, 4(3), 11.

Ghosh, R., & Kurian, G. (1978). Alternate strategies for development. Social Science Research Journal, 3(1), 91-98.

Ghosh, R. (1978). Ethnic minorities and the school curriculum. Multiculturalism, 1(5), 24-26. Kurian, G., & Ghosh, R. (1978). Changing authority in the context of socialization in Indian families.

Social Sciences, 53(1), 24-32. Ghosh, R., & Kurian, G. (1977) Interpretations of technical cooperation. Management and Labour

Studies, 2(3), 141-44. Ghosh, R. (1976). Canadian writings on education and development: A bibliographical review. Journal

of Educational Thought, 10(1), 65-70.



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/Thèmes Canadiens for the 55th Annual Conference of the Comparative and international Education Society (CIES). 2011(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, 109(2).

Other Publications: Print and Media Ghosh, R., Tiflati, H., Chan, A., Dhali, H.H. and Dilimulati, M. (2018). Trajectories of Radicalized

Females in Montreal. TSAS (Canadian network for research on terrorism, security and society). Working Papers: TSAS WP 2018-05: https://www.tsas.ca/working-papers/

Ghosh, R. (Oct. 2017) Gandhi and global citizenship education. Global Commons Review, Issue 1. UNESCO-UCLA Chair in Global Learning and Global Citizenship Education: Los Angeles.

Ghosh, R. (2017) South Asian Immigration to Canada in Our Immigration Saga: Canada @150. Canadian Issues. Spring Issue. Montreal: Association for Canadian Studies. Ghosh, R., Manuel, A., Chan, A., & Maihemuti, D. (2016, February). Education and security: A global

literature report on countering violent extremism. Tony Blair Faith Foundation, London, United Kingdom.

Ghosh, R. (2016, February 10). How education, not surveillance, is most effective in countering violent extremism for In-depth Series on Books, Not Bombs: Exploring a crucial missing piece in counter extremism strategies in Open Canada.Org (https://www.opencanada.org/).

Ghosh, R. (2016, March 6-10) Video: Series on recent presidents of CIES for the 60th anniversary of the Comparative and International Education Society, launched in Vancouver, Canada.

Ghosh, R. (2016, August 22-26). Video for the Series on A Study of Global Comparative and International Education Pioneers, Leaders, and Programs to be launched at the World Council of Comparative Education Societies (WCCES) Congress in Beijing, China.

Ghosh, R. (2015, May 26). CTV News: Interview on Radicalization, 6 pm News. Galczynski, M., & Ghosh, R. (2014, December 24). “A teachable moment: Alberta’s gay-straight

alliance debacle” [Scholarly Commentary]. New Canadian Media: The Pulse of Immigrant Canada. Retrieved from http://newcanadianmedia.ca/item/22137

Ghosh, R. (2014, July 12). A hundred years After Komagatamaru: Multiculturalism in Australia, Canada and India. Fearless Nadia occasional papers. Australia India Institute, University of Melbourne, Melbourne Australia.



Ghosh, R. (2014, March). Education in secular democratic societies: The challenge of religious diversity. IIC Quarterly, (Winter 2013-Spring 2014), 86-101. (Special issue titled Living with Religious Diversity with guest editors S. Sikka and L. Beaman).

Ghosh, R. (2013). Roots of violence against women. In A. Jain (Ed.) Violence against women: All pervading (pp. 83-87). Toronto, Ontario: Elsworth Heyworth Center for Women.

Ghosh, R. (2013, December). Report of the Review Committee for the Department of Physiology. McGill University.

Ghosh, R. (2011). Multiculturalism and education as that which liberates. Canadian Issues/Thèmes Canadien, (Spring), 3-8. (Special Edition titled In Diversity and Education for Liberation with guest editors R.Ghosh and K. Macdonnough Eds.

Ghosh, R. (2008). Racism: A hidden curriculum. Education Canada, 48(4), 26-29. Elizondo Huerta, A., Ghosh, R. & Tarrow, N. (2002). Valores y formación docente: Una perspectiva

interregional México, Canadá y Estados Unidos. México: Universidad Pedagógica Nacional. Ghosh, R. (2002). A cross-cultural study of teacher values. Proceedings of the 8th biannual conference of

the International Society for the Study of Work and Organizational Values. Shreveport, LA: International Society for Study of Work and Organizational Values Department of Management and Marketing, Louisiana State University.

Ghosh, R. (2002). Colonization and the construction of identity: A comparison of teenage identity in Macao, Hong Kong and Goa. Review of Culture (Revista Cultura) International Edition, 1, 142-156.

Ghosh, R. (2001). Public education and multicultural policy in Canada, and the special case of Quebec. Public education in Canada: Proceedings from the 14th Annual Reddin Symposium (pp. 1-25). Bowling Green, OH: Canadian Studies Center, Bowling Green State University.

Ouellett, F., Charbonneau, C., & Ghosh, R. (1999, December). La formation interculturelle au Quebec (1986-1996). Evaluations des sessions et des programmes. Rapport de recherche. Sherbrooke, Quebec.

Ghosh, R., & Vijh, A. (1998). Multiculturalism, gender and science [Occasional Papers No. 227]. Meiji University, Tokyo, Japan (in Japanese).

Ghosh, R., Gupta, M., & Dhar, N. (1996) The experience of women entrepreneurs: A case study of Kerala. In V. Baba (Ed.), Work values and behaviour: Research and applications. Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Work Values and Behaviour (pp. 419-29). Montreal, Quebec: ISSWOV.

Ghosh, R. (1996). Constructing identities: The South Asian experience in Canada. In K. McLeod (Ed.), Multicultural education, the state of the art: A national study (vol. 4, pp. 80-86). Toronto, Ontario: Canadian Association of Second Language Teachers.

Ghosh, R. (1995). Across cultures. In M. Gillett & A. Beer (Eds.), Our own agendas. Montreal, Quebec: McGill Queen’s Press.



Ghosh, R. (1990/1). Canadian activities in development education. McGill International Newsletter, 5. Ghosh, R. (1990). Survey of events: 1989 — South Asia. Comparative Education Review, 34(2), 295.

Retrieved from http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/pdfplus/10.1086/446946 Ghosh, R. & Talbani, A. S. (1989). Education policy in India: Its evolution and content. Administrative

and policy studies in education [Monograph]. Montreal, Quebec: McGill University. Ghosh, R. (1989). Multicultural policy and Canadian education [Monograph]. New Delhi, India:

National Institute for Education and Public Administration (NIEPA). Ghosh, R. (l985, July). Women in Asia. In Handbook on Women. Ottawa, Ontario: The Secretary of

State, Canada (released at the International Conference on Women, Nairobi, Kenya). Ghosh, R. (l98l). Growing up female. In Growing up in Canada (pp. 49-56). Ottawa, Ontario: The

Secretary of State, Canada.

Conference Presentations Ghosh, R. (Oct. 12, 2018) Comparison of Multicultural Policies in Australia, Canada and India.

Plenary speaker, Canadian Ethnic Studies Association meeting, Banff, Alberta. Ghosh, R. and Babaei, M. (Oct. 12, 2018) Citizenship, Identity and Belonging: South Asian Immigrants

in Quebec. Panel Presentation. Canadian Ethnic Studies Conference, Banff, Alberta Ghosh, R. and Jing, X. (March 29, 2018) Rhetoric and Realities in Countering Radicalization in

Education: Data from Canada. Comparative and International Education Society Conference, Mexico City.

Ghosh, R. (Nov. 24, 2017). Pecha Kucha presentation: Research on Extremism and Society at the iFair, Celebration of Excellence, Royal Society of Canada, Winnipeg, Canada.

Ghosh, R. (Nov. 3, 2017). How can professional teacher education programs prepare teachers to produce global citizens in diverse classrooms? Working Conference on Globalization and Diversity in Education: What does it mean for Canadian Teacher Education? Canadian Association for Teacher Education (CATE), Halifax, Canada Ghosh, R., Babaei, M., Dilimulati, M., Chan, A. (Dec. 1, 2017): Building inclusive communities

to counter religious extremism through Human Rights Education. 8th International Conference on Human Rights Education, Montreal, Canada

Ghosh, R., Chan, A., Manuel, A., Dilimulati, M. (August, 2017): Can education counter religious extremism? Society for Terrorism Conference, New York University: New York

Ghosh, R. (March 16, 2017) Debunking Myths about Immigration and Radicalization in 19th National Metropolis Conference, Montreal.

Ghosh, R, (March 9. 2017) Aspects of Education and Violent Extremism:Canadian teachers’ views on education’s role in religious extremism. Comparative and International Education Society Conference, Atlanta, USA

Ghosh, R. (March 8, 2017) Religion, Security and Schooling: educational responses to extremism and related issues. Comparative and International Education Society Conference, Atlanta, USA.

Ghosh, R. (March 8, 2017) Presenter: The role of religious education in countering religious extremism



in diverse and interconnected societies In Group Roundtable Session: Book Launch: Religion and Education: Comparative and International Perspectives. Comparative and International Education Society Conference, Atlanta, USA

Ghosh, R. (March 7, 2017) Panelist In Author Meets Critics Book Panel -- Just Violence: Torture and Human Rights in the Eyes of the Police. Comparative and International Education Society Conference, Atlanta, USA

Ghosh, R. (November 16, 2016) Science Education for a more Just world Panel Chair and presenter, World Academy of Sciences (TWAS), Kigali, Rwanda

Ghosh, R. (2016, August 22). Middle class women in India caught between globalization and a patriarchal social matrix. XVI World Congress of Comparative Education Societies (WCCES): The Dialectics of Education: Comparative Perspectives, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China.

Ghosh, R. (2016, August 23). Education innovation in Korea. Discussant to the presentation by Dr. Chaechun Gim, Former Vice-Minister, Education Secretary, Ministry of Education and now President of the Korean Educational Development Institute (KEDI).

Ghosh, R. (2016, Feb. 4-5). Is there a role for religious literacy in enhancing resilience against violent extremism? International Workshop on Averting Violent Extremism: Religious Literacy, Pluralism and Community Resilience. Carleton Centre for the Study of Islam, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario.

Ghosh, R. (2016, March 8) CIES at 60: Taking Stock and Looking Forward Through The Eyes Of Our Women Leaders. Panel of Past Presidents. Comparative and International Education Society (CIES) Conference, Vancouver, B.C.

Ghosh, R. (2016, March 7) Countering religious extremism through education in Multicultural Canada. CIES conference, Vancouver, B.C.

Ghosh, R. (2016, March 29-30) Education as a soft-power to address religious extremism. Sixth International Conflict Management Conference. Kennesaw University, Kennesaw, Georgia.

Ghosh, R. (2016, May 29) Can education counter violent religious extremism? CSSE conference, Federation of Humanities and Social Sciences Congress, Calgary, Alberta

Ghosh, R. (2016, May 29) Revisiting Multiculturalism and Multicultural Education in Canada: Theories, Policies and Debates. CSSE conference, Federation of Humanities and Social Sciences Congress, Calgary, Alberta

Ghosh, R. (2015, Dec. 15). Chair and Discussant: The debate over private v/s public schooling: issues and frameworks. Comparative Education Society of India (CESI).

Ghosh, R. (2015, March 11). Education as a Counter-Terrorism Tool. CIES Annual Conference, Washington, D.C.

Presidential Panel (2015, March 12). Education as a Moral Enterprise. CIES Annual Conference, Washington, D.C.

United Nations Headquarters in New York (2014, July 24). Expert Round Table: Role of Education in Countering Violent Extremism held at by the Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED) in cooperation with the Tony Blair Faith Foundation.



Ghosh, R. (2014, March 8). Diversity, Inclusion and Education in Canada: Multicultural and Intercultural Perspectives. Invited paper presented at the International Seminar on Democracy, Education and Development: Issues relating to Inclusion, Equity and Sustainability, March 6-8, 2014. National University of Educational Policy and Administration (NEUPA), New Delhi, India.

Ghosh, R. (2013, February). Religion, Education and Secularism in Diverse Societies. Living With Religious Diversity, International Seminar (Feb.18-19, 2013), India International Centre, New Delhi, India

Ghosh, R. (2011, Nov. 9). The Role of Education and of the Media in Building an Inclusive Society. Conference on Rethinking Equity in India and Quebec: Towards Inclusive Societies, University of Montreal, Montreal, Canada.

Ghosh, R., & Vivek Venkatesh (2011, October 26). Theoretical Issues in Multicultural Education & Practical Applications in Inuit Contexts: Canadian Perspectives. Canada/China Forum on Ethnic/Aboriginal Economic and Social Development. Southwest University of Nationalities, Chengdu, China.

Guzder, J., Ghosh, R., Haider, M., & Sampasivan, L. (2011, October). Mental Health Survey: Urban First Generation Tamil Sri Lankan and Bangladeshi Adolescent. Joint meeting of American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP) and Canadian Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (CACAP), Toronto: October 16-22.

Ghosh, R., Galczynski, M., & Tsagkaraki, V. (2011, Sept. 30). Unpacking Multiculturalism in the Classroom. ACS/CESA Joint Annual Conference Multiculturalism Turns 40: Reflections on the Canadian Policy, Ottawa.

Chakravarti, P., & Ghosh, R. (2011, May). Empowerment, Education and Livelihood: Women's Self-Help groups in India. Annual Conference of the Comparative and International Education Society of the US (CIES), Montreal, May 1-5, 2011.

Ghosh, R. (2011, May 1-5). Religion, education, and secularism in Quebec. Presentation in panel on Religion, education, and secularism worldwide: understanding policies, prospects, and paradoxes. Annual Conference of the Comparative and International Education Society of the US (CIES).

Ghosh, R. (2010) Towards a More Inclusive National History. Association for Canadian Studies (ACS) & The Ontario History and Social Sciences Teachers' Association (OHASSTA) national conference entitled “Canada’s Diverse Histories” November 5-6, 2010, Holiday Inn Toronto International Airport Hotel.

Ghosh, R. (2009, Nov. 9). Educational Policy for a Knowledge Society: Implications for Women and Higher Education in India. Panel on Knowledge and Pedagogies in Context. 4th Conference of the Mediterranean Society of Comparative Education (MESCE), Rabat, Morocco.

Ghosh, R. (2009, May 25). A Gender Analysis of the National Knowledge Commission Report (India). Panel on Globalization and Higher Education. Canadian and International Education (CIESC),



Canadian Society for Studies in Education (CSSE), Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences, Carleton University, Ottawa.

Ghosh, R. (2009, May). Expert Panel for Conference on Education Equity: Global and National Strategies. McGill Institute for Health and Social Policy (IHSP), Montreal, Quebec.

Ghosh, R. (2009, March 24). Women, Human Rights and Education. Panel on Annual Meeting of the Comparative and International Education Society (CIES), Charleston, South Carolina.

Naseem, A. & Ghosh, R. (2008, March 20). Textbooks and Curricula as Sites for Peace Education. Annual Meeting of the Comparative and International Education Society (CIES), Columbia University, New York.

Ghosh, R., Elizondo, A., & Tarrow, N. (2007, December 13). Values and Teacher Education: interpreting our results after 9/11. Seminario Internacional: Formación de Prefesores y Formación de Valores. Universidad Central, Santiago, Chile.

Tustsumi, T., Seiler, G., & Ghosh, R. (2007, November 29). Inquiry Method: Quebec Education Program in Elementary Science. Transforming CARICOM Primary School Science Education. November 28-29, 2007, Ocho Rios, Jamaica (sponsored by IANAS/UNESCO, UWI).

Ghosh, R. (2007, November 25). Canadian Perspectives on Models for Partnership in Canada-India Education Forum: Exploring Models for Partnership. Chair and panel member. Ottawa (jointly organized by The Canadian Bureau of International Education (CBIE), The Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute (SICI), Department for Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT).

Naseem, M. A., & Ghosh, R. (2007, September 3). Construction of the ‘Other’ in History Textbooks in India and Pakistan. Thematic Group 6: Transition, conflict, and Post-conflict Societies, Living Together, Education and Intercultural Dialogue, XIII World Congress, World Council of Comparative Education Societies: 3-7 September 2007, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Ghosh, R. (2007, May 1). The Gender Gap in India: school and society in session on Women and Education: Reaching the girl child. Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute Bi-national Conference on Women & Social Change: Perspectives from Canada and India, McGill University, Montreal, Canada.

Ghosh, R. (2006, March 31). La question linguistique: réflexion sur la question à partir du milieu de l’éducation. Panel presentation at the conference on La relation parents immigrants/réfugiés – École, organized by the Mental Health, School and Culture team, Transcultural Psychiatry, McGill University Health Centre (MUHC), Montreal.

Ghosh, R. (2006, March 22). Gestion de la diversité religieuse à l’école les problématiques de laïcité et d’accommodements raisonnables. Round table presentation at the Conference on Cultural Diversity in Schools in France and Quebec, Centre of Ethnic Studies, University of Montreal (CEETUM), Montreal.

Ghosh, R., & Arshad, A. (2006) Educational Technology for Empowerment: The need to evaluate the role of technology in education. Bridging the Gap: Human Dimensions of Science and Technology, Shastri Indo- Canadian Institute Bilateral Conference, Delhi, February 21-23, 2006.



Ghosh, R. (2005, April 15). Canada: A muliticultural policy (presented by A. Naseem) in panel on Global Educational Reform in the Context of Political and Economic Change, Gaps in socio-economic Status, and the Tension between Decentralization and Accountability. Annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association (AERA), Montreal, Canada.

Ghosh, R. (2004, October 23). The Globalization of Difference: Implications for language and Culture. Paper presented at the World Congress of Comparative Education Societies (WCCES), Havana, Cuba October 27-31, 2004. Also conference thematic coordinator of Language, Culture and Education and Chair of panel on Language Culture and Education.

Ghosh, R. (2003, October 25-26). Research Project Needs in Education in Jordan. The First Conference for Scientific Research in Jordan Universities, Amman, Jordan.

Ghosh, R. (2002, June 26). A Cross-Cultural Study of Teacher Values. 8th Bi-annual Conference of the International Society for the Study of Work and Organizational Values (ISSWOV), Warsaw, Poland.

Ghosh, R. (2002, March 8). The Impact of Economic Liberalization on Women’s Education, Career and Life in India. Annual Meeting of the Comparative and International Education Society (CIES), Orlando, Florida.

Ghosh, R. (2001, May 5). Introduction to the Royal Society at the Joint Royal Society/CSSE panel, Social Science and Humanities Congress, Quebec City, Quebec.

Ghosh, R. & Naseem, A. (2001, April 10). Equity & Peace. Roundtable AERA Conference, Seattle, Washington (Presented by Dr. Jing Lin).

Ghosh, R. (2001, March 14). Linguistic Diversity and Language Policy in Canada. CIES Annual Conference, Washington, D.C.

Ghosh, R. (2000, October 1) Educational Technology and the Digital Divide: Implications for Multicultural Societies. Conference on Multicultural Perspectives on the Use of Technology in Education, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec.

Ghosh, R. (2000, June 26). Leadership and Diversity: Implications of Gender and Cultural Differences for Leadership Positions. Seventh Biannual Conference of the (ISSWOV) International Society for the Study of Work and Organizational Behavior, Jerusalem, Israel.

Ghosh, R. (2000, March). Democratic Values and Teacher Education. Panel presentation, Comparative and International Education Society Conference, San Antonio, Texas.

Ghosh, R. (1999, November). Globalization: Its Impact on Higher Education in Canada, the United States and Mexico. Paper presented at the Conference on University, Community and Professional Education, UNAM, Mexico City, Mexico.

Ghosh, R. with Wall, A. E. (1999, May 27). Reflection on Ethical Issues in School Leadership. Symposium on Ethical Leadership in Organizations, Faculty of Management, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec.



Ghosh, R. (1999, April 14). A Cross Cultural Study of Values in Teacher Education Programs: Mexico, U.S.A. & Canada. Panel presentation, Comparative and International Education Conference, Toronto, Ontario.

Ghosh, R. (1999, April 16). Goals, Achievements and Gaps, panel. Symposium on Nine Years since Jomtien: Is Education for All a Dream or Reality? Toronto, Ontario.

Ghosh, R. (1998, July). Globalization and Cultural Values. North American Consortium for Educational Restructuring (NACER) Conference, Vancouver, British Columbia.

Ghosh, R. (1998, March 19). A Comparison of Values in Teacher Education Programs: Quebec, Mexico, California. Comparative & International Education Society Conference, Buffalo, NY.

Ghosh, R. (1997, November 13). Canadian Education and Multicultural Policy, Seisan University, Tokyo, Japan.

Ghosh, R. (1997, October 30). Regionalism and Organizational Culture. North American Consortium for Educational Restructuring (NACER) Conference, Tampico, Mexico.

Ghosh, R. (1997, September 20). Globalization and Identity Construction. Second International South Asian Women’s Conference, Los Angeles, California.

Ghosh, R. (1997, March 20). Educational Leadership for a Global Society: The NACER (North American Consortium for Educational Restructuring) consortium. Panel presentation and Chair, Comparative and Educational Society Conference, Mexico City, Mexico, March 19-22.

Ghosh, R. (1997, March 20). A Comparative Study of the Teaching of Values in Teacher Education Programs: Québec. Comparative and Educational Society Conference, Mexico City, Mexico. March 19-22.

Ghosh, R. (1996, March 20). Economic Liberalization and Women in India. Canadian Association of African Studies, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec.

Ghosh, R. (1996, May 13). Education and the Politics of Culture. Chair of panel and presentation as panel member. Association canadienne-française pour l=avancement des sciences (ACFAS) Conference, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec.

Ghosh, R. (1996, May 15). Teacher Education and Classroom Interactions. Association canadienne-française pour l’avancement des sciences (ACFAS) Conference, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec.

Ghosh, R. (1996, March). Values in Multicultural Education: Anglophone/Francophone Canada. Comparative and International Education Society Conference, Williamsburg, Virginia.

Ghosh, R. (1995, September). Economic Liberalization and its Impact on Women and Women’s Education in India. Bacchus Conference, Edmonton, Alberta.

Ghosh, R. (1995, March). Education and the Politics of Difference. Comparative and International Education Society Conference, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA.



Ghosh, R. (1994, November). Cultural Diversity and Multicultural Education in Canada. Proceedings, Conference on Education: A Multicultural Approach in NAFTA Countries, Universidad Pedagôgicca Nacional, Mexico City, Mexico.

Ghosh, R. (1994, November). Values, Education and Cultural Diversity. Proceedings, Conference on Education: A Multicultural Approach in NAFTA Countries, Universidad Pedagôgicca Nacional, Mexico City, Mexico.

Ghosh, R. (1994, March). Intercultural Education and Identity Formation. Comparative and International Education Society Conference, San Diego, CA.

Ghosh, R. (1994, March). Stages in Multicultural Theory and Practice: Canada. Comparative and International Education Society Conference, Kingston, Jamaica.

Ghosh, R. (1993, March). The Case of Canadian Multiculturalism: The Ideals of Laws and Realities of Populations. Comparative & International Education Society Conference, Kingston, Jamaica.

Ghosh, R. (1992, July). A Comparison of Multicultural Content in Canadian and U.S. Teacher Education Programs. World Congress of Comparative Education Societies Conference, Prague, Czechoslovakia.

Ghosh, R. (1992, March). Inequality and Education in India. CIES Annual Meeting, Annapolis, Maryland.

Ghosh, R. (1991, December). Intercultural Education in Quebec. International Conference on French Canadian Studies, New Delhi, India.

Ghosh, R. (1991, May). Social Change and Educational Policies in Canada and India. Conference on India-Canada Relations, Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Shimla, India.

Ghosh, R. (1989, March). Between Two Solitudes: Intercultural Education in Quebec Schools. Comparative and International Education Society Conference, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Ghosh, R. (1988, March). New Educational Policy (India): Implications for Women. Comparative and International Education Society Conference, Atlanta, Georgia.

Ghosh, R. (1987, September). Indian Women: Their Educational and Economic Participation. Invited inaugural paper, India: 1947-87 Conference, York University, Toronto, Ontario.

Ghosh, R. (1987, July). Human Rights Beyond the Book. World Congress of Comparative Education Societies, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Ghosh, R. (1987, March). Job Satisfaction of Male and Female Academics in India. Comparative and International Education Society Conference, Washington, D.C.

Ghosh, R. (1987, February). Educating Through Computers: Methodology and Impact. University of Surat, Surat, India.

Ghosh, R. (1986, March). A Comparative Study of World View. Comparative and International Education Society Conference, Toronto, Ontario.



Ghosh, R. (1985, November). Education Free from Discrimination in India. Comparative and International Education Society Conference, Long Beach, California.

Ghosh, R. (1985, April). Human Rights and Education in India. Comparative and International Education Society Conference, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California.

Ghosh, R. (1984, July). New Educational Technologies: Their Impact on Relationships of Dependence and Interdependence for Third World Countries. Fifth World Congress of Comparative Education, Paris, France.

Ghosh, R. (1984, March). Sexism in the Curriculum in the Third World. Andean Pact Countries First Regional Meeting on Internationalizing the Curriculum, Fuscagasuga, Colombia.

Ghosh, R. (1981, December). Changing Concepts of Development: An Educational Framework for the Future. International Seminar on Societies in Transition: Alternatives for the Future, Cuttack, India.

Ghosh, R. (1980, March). Human Rights and Sexism in Education. Comparative and International Education Society Conference, Vancouver, British Columbia.

Ghosh, R. (1979, March). Alternative Approaches in Comparative Education. Comparative and International Education Society Conference, Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Ghosh, R. (1978, August). Alternatives for Development. World Congress of Sociology, Uppsala, Sweden.

Ghosh, R. (1978, March). Women and Development in Bangladesh. World Congress of Education, Mexico City, Mexico.

Keynote Addresses Ghosh, R. (2017, Dec. 12) Distinguished Valedictory Session Speaker Comparing Gandhi and Freire:

their educational philosophies. International Symposium on Other Ways of Knowing and Doing: Globalizing Social Science Knowledge in Higher Education, O.P. Jindal Global University, Sonipath, India.

Ghosh, R. (2017, March 18) Distinguished Speaker Universities for Building a Knowledge Society: Research and Innovation (and Responsibility). International Conference inaugurated by

the President of India, Mr. Pranab Mukherjee on “Universities of the Future: Knowledge, Innovation and Responsibility, organised by the International Institute for Higher Education Research and Capacity Building (IIHEd) of O.P. Jindal Global University, Sonipath, India.

Ghosh, R. (2017, Sept. 23) Distinguished Speaker Fostering Global Citizenship through Student and Faculty Exchanges. Sixth Worldwide Forum on Comparative Education, Beijing, China. Ghosh, R. (2016, July 17). Including the Excluded. Sir Asutosh Mukherjee College Centennial lecture.

Kolkata, India Ghosh, R. (2016, July 19). Inclusive Education: What does it mean in India? Keynote Address,

International Seminar on Contemporary Trends in Education jointly organized by the Kingston Educational Institute and West Bengal State University, Barasat, West Bengal, India.



Ghosh, R. (2014, January 17). Social Development and Business Growth: the significance of Women's Participation" Keynote speech at the National Seminar on Business Growth and Corporate Sustainability, CGDSD College, Chandigarh, India.

Ghosh, R. (2013, November 22). What is an Effective School? How is effectiveness measured? 6th International Conference of the Jordan Society for Scientific Research. Amman, Jordan.

Ghosh, R. (2013, October 25). Building Partnerships for Effective Schools. Annual Conference of the North American Chapter of the World Council of Curriculum Instruction (WCCI), Montreal.

Ghosh, R. (2012, October 19). School Effectiveness: pursuing excellence and diversity. 2012 Global Forum in Education, National Academy of Educational Research, New Taipei City, Taiwan, Oct. 19-20, 2012.

Ghosh, R. (2012, September 24). Educational Policy and Practices in Multicultural Canada, International Symposium on ‘Hot Issues of Worldwide Education Reform’, Beijing Normal University Beijing, China.

Ghosh, R. (2012, April 26). Diversity and Excellence in Higher Education: Is there a conflict? Presidential Address, Comparative and International Education Society (U.S.) Annual Conference, San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Ghosh, R. (2011, October 22). Educational Development and Social Change: Women in Science, Engineering and Technology. World Forum on Comparative Education, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China,

Ghosh, R. (2009, May 7). Education and Human Rights. Concordia University Conference on Transformation through Learning, Education Students, Concordia University Library, Montreal.

Ghosh, R. (2007, August 15). Racism: Can education help prevent it? City of Calgary, UNESCO Program on Commitment to Ending Racism, Global Fest, Calgary.

Ghosh, R. (2007, March 30). Democratizing Education in India: the paradox of the Reservation Policy. China-India Development and Relations Symposium (CIDRS), Harvard Project for Asian and International Relations, New York City.

Ghosh, R. (2006, October 4). Kapoor Lecture: Globalization and the Impact on the Education of Women in India. Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA.

Ghosh, R. (2005, November 25). Canadian Women: from non-persons to persons. Symposium of the Royal Society of Canada. Ottawa.

Ghosh, R. (2004, November 29). Issues for Women in Science and Technology in Japan, Conference on Women in Science, Trade and Technology, Tokyo, Jointly sponsored by the governments of Canada and Japan. (November 29-30, December 1, 2004).

Ghosh, R. (2004, November 13). Women’s Education and Human Rights: Plenary Speech at the conference on Shared Learning and Dialogue: Educating for Human Rights and Global Citizenship, Edmonton, Alberta (November 11-13).



Ghosh, R. (2003, June 24). The Role of National Academies in Removing Gender Bias: Glass Ceilings and Leaky Pipelines, Royal Society of London, London, U.K.

Ghosh, R. (2002, March 26). Globalization, Gender and Education in Developing Countries.Keynote address. International Conference on Problems and Prospects of Education in Developing Countries, University of West Indies (Cave Hill), Accra Beach Hotel, Barbados.

Ghosh, R. (2001, January 20). Public Education in Canada. Keynote address. 14th Annual Reddin Symposium on Canadian Studies, Public Education and Multicultural Policy in Canada, and the Special Case of Quebec. Canadian Studies Center, Bowling Green State University.

Ghosh, R. (1998, August 1). Multiculturalism and Globalization. International Conference on Multiculturalism, Edmonton, Alberta.

Ghosh, R. (1997, November 8). Diversity, Education and Multicultural Policy in Canada. Canadian Studies Conference, Kwansei Gakuin University, Nishinomiya, Japan.

Ghosh, R. (1997, February 22). Literacy and the Black Community: Building a Foundation. Quebec Board of Black Educators Second Conference on Literacy, Montreal, QC.

Ghosh, R. (1993, June). Constructing Identities: The South Asian Experience in North America. American History Academy Summer Institute, Buffalo, NY.

Ghosh, R. (1993, March). Women, Education and Equity. Comparative Education Society (India) Conference, Chandigarh, India.

Invited Talks Ghosh, R. (2016, Dec. 13) Education and the Challenge of Inclusion in India. Featured Speaker,

Symposium on Inclusive Education, Department of Education, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India.

Ghosh, R. (2016, Nov. 29). Education and development in India. Speaker Series on India: The Way Ahead. India Students’ Association at McGill University.

Ghosh, R. (2016, July 21) Challenges of women in Science. Survival Skills Workshop. Organized by INRS (Institute Recherche Scientific) Energy. Concordia University, Montreal, Canada.

Ghosh, R. (2016, June 8). Preventing Radicalization through Education. Featured speaker. ‘Awakening Humanity: Preventing Radicalization through Education', The Foundation for the Compulsory Study of Genocide in Schools, Montreal, Canada. Educating to Counter Religious Extremism: policy challenges (June 18, 2015). Invited panel discussion organized by the Tony Blair Faith Foundation, Shaw Centre, Ottawa, Canada.

Ghosh, R. (2015, March 30). Can Education Counter Religious Extremism? Comparative, International and Development Education Centre (CIDEC), Ontario Institute in Studies in Education (a), Toronto.

Ghosh, R. (2016, March 15) Panel discussion (How can education empower women against violence?) on Oscar winning documentary “Girl in the River: The Price of forgiveness.” Organized by the McGill Students for Oxfam-Quebec.



Ghosh, R. (2014, March 14). Education and Diversity: Canadian Perspectives, Murdoch University, Dean’s Seminar Series, Perth

Ghosh, R. (2014, March 27). Women’s Empowerment and Education: Panchayats and Self-Help Groups in India, University of Melbourne, Melbourne.

Ghosh, R. (2014, April 10). Democracy, Inclusion and Education: Differing Perspectives from Canada, University of Sydney, Sydney.

Ghosh, R. (2014, April 16). Aboriginal Education in Canada and Australia. Oodgeroo Seminar Series, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane.

Ghosh, R. (2014, April 16). Diversity, Inclusion and Education in Canada: Multiculturalism, Interculturalism and Aboriginal Perspectives. Dean’s Seminar Series, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane.

Ghosh, R. (2013, November 23). Gender and Education: Special reference to Jordan. Plenary Session 6th International Conference of the Jordan Society for Scientific Research, Amman, Jordan

Ghosh, R. (2013, November 24). Student-Centred Education. Faculty of Education, University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan.

Ghosh, R. (2013, January 15). History Textbooks and ‘Casting the Other’. Zakir Hussain Centre for Educational Studies, School of Social Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi, India as Visiting Professor January, 2013

Ghosh, R. (2013, January 19). School Effectiveness and International Student Assessments. Zakir Hussain Centre for Educational Studies, School of Social Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi, India as Visiting Professor January, 2013

Ghosh, R. (2013, January 24). Participatory Video Action Research. Zakir Hussain Centre for Educational Studies, School of Social Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi, India as Visiting Professor January, 2013

Ghosh, R. (2012, October18). School Education in Canada. School of Education, Tamkang University, Taipei, Taiwan

Ghosh, R. (2012, October 17). General Features of K-12 Education in Canada. Taiwan National Normal University, School of Education, Taipei, Taiwan.

Ghosh, R. (2012, October 6). Tagore and the Renaissance of Indian Thought: why is he neglected in the West? 150th celebration of Tagore’s Birth, Kabir Cultural Centre, Montreal, Canada.

Ghosh, R. (2012, September 26). Diversity and Educational Policy in Canada, School of Education, National Center of Ethnic Studies, Minzu University of China, Beijing, China.

Ghosh, R. (2011, January 28). Constructing the Self and the Other: a comparison of history textbooks in India and Pakistan. Seminar in honour of Vandra Masseman, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE), Toronto, Canada.



Ghosh, R. (2010, February 5). Educational Policy and Practices in Multicultural Canada Department of Sociology, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, India.

Ghosh. R., (2010, February 4). Nationalism and Education in French Canada (Québec): the case of South Asian youth. Department of Sociology, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, India.

Ghosh, R. (2010, January 15). Nationalism and Education in French Canada (Quebec). National University for Educational Policy and Adminsitration (NUEPA), New Delhi, India.

Ghosh, R. (2009, May 22). English Language Schools and the On-going Challenge of Diversity. Quebec Community Groups Network & Association for Canadian Studies, Seminar on Exploring Diversity in English Speaking Quebec, Atwater Library, Montreal

Ghosh, R. (2009, March 13). Racisme, antisémitisme et discriminations en éducation : comment transformer les données de la recherche en outils pédagogiques et en pratiques? Seminar, Université du Québec a Montréal (UQAM), Montreal.

Ghosh, R (2008. April 6). Education and Social Policy in Canada: the special case of Quebec. University of Geneva, Faculté de psychologie et des sciences de l’éducation, Geneva.

Ghosh, R. (2008, March 14). What does a Gender Gap in Indian Society mean? Shastri-McGill Roundtable, McGill University, Montreal

Ghosh, R. (2008, February 13). Diversity and Educational Policy in Canada: Contemporary Issues. Zakir Hussain Centre for Educational Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India

Ghosh, R. (2007, February 23). Global Challenges for Internationalization in Higher Education. Public Lecture, Michigan State University, Least Lansing, Michigan.

Ghosh, R. (2005, May 11). Femmes, droits humains et citoyenneté mondiale en relation à l’Inde, à l’Asie du Sud et au Moyen-Orient., Institut de recherches et d’etudes sur le monde Arabe et Musulman (IREMAM-CNRS) Aix-en-Provence, France.

Ghosh, R. (2005, June 9). Deconstructing Boundaries of Hate in Indian and Pakistani Curricula and Textbooks: A Post-structuralist Analysis of Militaristic Nationalism, Von Hügel Insitute, Cambridge University, England.

Ghosh, R. (2004, December 3). Women and the Globalization of Difference: does education change their status? The Centre of Excellence in Sociology, Kansei Gakuin University, Nishinomiya, Japan.

Ghosh, R. (2003, November 25). Women in Science, Engineering and Technology. President’s Internationalization Achievement Awards, University of Calgary.

Ghosh, R. (2003. October 8). Challenges, New Initiatives and Directions. President’s Advisory Council Meeting. Royal Society of Canada, Acadia University, Wolfsville, Nova Scotia.

Ghosh, R. (2002, April 26). Globalization: Results of Research in South Asia. Interdisciplinary workshop series, Gender and Rapid Economic Growth in Contemporary East, Southeast, and South Asia. University of Iowa, Iowa City.



Ghosh, R. (2002, April 10). Impact of Globalization on Women. Indo-Canada Chamber of Commerce, St. James Club, Montreal

Ghosh, R. (2001, April 6). Identity Dynamics among the Teenagers in Goa, Macau and Hong Kong. University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada.

Ghosh, R. (1999, September 16). Cultural Nationalism and Globalization: Changing Values and the Japanese Concept of Nihonjinron. Ibaraki University, Mito, Japan

Ghosh, R. (1999, June). Series of six lectures on Multiculturalism at Kwansei Gakuin University, Nishinomiya, Japan.

Ghosh, R. (1999, March). Series of three lectures on Multiculturalism at UNAM, Mexico City, Mexico. Ghosh, R. (September 17, 1999) Technology as a Learning Tool: Enhancing the Learning Process

Through Teacher Training. Education Seminar, Team Canada Mission to Japan, Tokyo. Ghosh, R. (1999, May 28). Education and Visible Minority Youth. National EXCEL Minority Youth

Conference, McGill University. Ghosh, R. (1999, April 21-23). Series of three talks on Multiculturalism: Theory, Practice and

Multicultural Education in Canada. Invited lectures. UNAM, Mexico City, Mexico. Ghosh, R. (1999, March 17). Women, Entrepreneurship and Empowerment. National Department of

Education, Pretoria, South Africa. Ghosh, R. (1999, March 15). Identity Research. University of Wittswatersand, Johannesburg, South

Africa Ghosh, R. (1999, March 4). Opportunities and Possibilities: Girls and Career Challenges, The Study,

Montreal. Ghosh, R. (1999, February 11). Globalization in the North American Context: A Renegotiation of

Cultural Space. Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio. Ghosh, R. (1998, May 7). Globalization and Work Values in the NAFTA Context. Engineering Faculty,

University of Tamaulipas, Tampico, Mexico. Ghosh, R. (1997, November 12). Multicultural Policy and Gender Issues. Meiji University, Tokyo,

Japan Ghosh, R. (1995, June 9). New Perspectives in Multicultural Education. Inaugural address for

appointment to William C. Macdonald Chair, Faculty of Education, McGill University, Montreal, QC.

Research Grants, Development Projects and Fellowships (in CAD unless otherwise stated)

2018-2021 Comprendre l’efficacité des services d’éducation des adultes actuels pour les jeunes réfugiés syriens et leur dimension du genre au Québec. Actions concertées Programme : Fonds de recherche Société et culture (FRQSC) $200.000



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)

2015-2020 Countering Religious Extremism Through Education in Multicultural Canada. Insight Grant, Social Sciences & Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC). Principal Investigator. ($292,048)

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 with Compromised Autonomy in Montreal McGill, SSHRC Internal Sub-Committee ($3,000)

2014-2015 Education and Security: A Literature Report. Tony Blair Faith Foundation, London, UK. ($27,000)

2011-2015 Middle class educated women in India: Caught between dichotomies of globalization and a patriarchal social matrix. Standard Research Grant, Social Science Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC), Principal Investigator. ($180,000)

2011 Aid to Research Workshops and Conferences in Canada (SSHRC) The 55th conference of the Comparative and International Education Society (CIES) held in Montreal May1-5, 2011, Queen Elizabeth Hotel. ($50,000)

2009-2011 Women’s Empowerment and Education: Panchayats and Women’s Self Help Groups in India. Millennium Development Goals (MDG) Grant, Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute. Principal Investigator. ($80,000)

2009-2012 Exacerbating Conflicts – 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, TransCoop-Programm. (EUR 37,000)

2008-2010 The National Knowledge Commission Report, 2006; Its Implications for Women's Education in West-Bengal, Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute Development Seed Grant. Principal Investigator. ($20,000)

2008 Nov. Mini-Beatty grant for keynote speaker Carlos Alberto Torres. Applicant R. Ghosh: ($4000) McGill University. R. Ghosh and Denise Lussier conference organizers.

2006-2009 Construction of the “Other” in Curricula and Textbooks: A Post-Structuralist Analysis of Nationalist Identities in India and Pakistan. Social Sciences & Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC): Principal Investigator. ($145,542)

2009-13 Ecoles, culture et sante mentale: une articulation a repenser dans une societe en



2005-09 transformation. Fonds de la recherché en santé Quebec (FRSQ). Co-Investigator. (Total $50,000, Renewed).

2005-2008 Conséquences du terrorisme sur la santé mentale et le développement moral des enfants: Repenser les modèles d'intervention et de prévention Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), Co-Investigator. ($124,279)

2003 Education and democracy in Islamic societies: Implications for human security. Conference grant, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade. Organizer. ($20,000)

2003-2006 Multicultural approaches to education, North American Mobility Project (NAFTA), Co-Investigator. ($160,000)

2002-2007 Consolidation of food security in India, Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA). Co-Investigator (Gender Specialist). ($5 million)

2002-2003 Multicultural approaches to education: North American Mobility Project (NAFTA). Co-Investigator. ($160,000)

1999-2000 Intercultural values and their relationship to education: a comparative study of Japan and Canada. International Council for Canadian Studies. Principal Investigator. ($8,000)

1998-2001 Economic liberalization and its impact on women and women’s education in India and China. Fonds pour la formation de chercheurs et l’aide à la recherche du Québec (FCAR). Principal Investigator. ($70,000)

1999-2002 Impact of Principal 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. Principal Investigator. ($ 71,413)

1998-1999 Colonization and construction of identity: a comparison of teenage identity in Macau, Goa and Hong Kong, Instituto Cultural de Macau. Individual grant. Principal Investigator. (102,000 patacas)

1997-1999 La formation interculturelle au Québec. Multicultural Directorate, Secretary of State, Canada. Co-Investigator. ($38,000)

1997-1999 Minority language primary children’s negotiations of bi-literacy practices and cultural positionings in home and school contexts. Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC). Co-Investigator. ($90,000)

1995-1998 Trilateral higher education mobility program. (3 Canadian universities), NAFTA. Co-Investigator. ($117,000)

1996-1997 A comparative study of values education in teacher training programs, McGill, California State and Universidad Pedagogica Nacional: Fideicomiso Para Estudios de la Region Norteamericana. Co-Investigator. (447,000 pesos or Canadian $89,400)

1996-1997 Economic liberalization and its impact on education in India. U.S., Spencer Foundation, individual grant. Principal Investigator. ($12,000)

1995 McGill International Pilot Seed Grant for Kenyatta University, Nairobi. ($4,000)



1994-1996 Management skills for rural enterprises: A field investigation. Faculty of Management, CIDA Institutional Linkages programme. ($160,000 total Team Grant).

1994-1995 A search for identity: Adolescent girls in India. Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute, Women in Development Fellowship. ($10,000)

1993 In search of identity: A comparison of Indian & Indo-Canadian adolescent girls. McGill Centre for Teaching & Research on Women (MCTRW), Seed Grant ($2,700)

1992-1995 Growing up in Canada: Second generation South Asian females. Department of Multiculturalism and Citizenship, Canada. Principal Investigator. ($69,225)

1989-1992 McGill-Jadavpur University Rural Non-Formal Education Link. Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), Member of the Centre for Developing Area Studies. Co-Investigator. ($350,000)

1988-1989 Report on India’s Educational Policy. CIDA. Principal Investigator. ($10,000) l987-1990 Multicultural Policy in Québec. FCAR. Principal Investigator. ($36,000) 1987 Multiculturalism in Teacher Education. McGill University, Social Science Sub-

Committee grant ($830) 1986 Women & leadership. McGill International Grant for India Workshop ($5,000) 1986 Global-mindedness of teachers in Peru, Columbia & Venezuela. McGill University,

Social Science Sub-Committee ($740) 1985 CIDA Publication Grant. ($10,000) 1984 Bilateral Conference. Education and social change in India: Reinterpretation and new

directions. CIDA Conference Grant ($60,000) 1984 Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute Publication Grant. ($6,000) 1984 Immigration, aspirations and adjustment. (Sydney, Australia). McGill University, Social

Science Sub-Committee ($5,000) 1981 Status of women in Indian universities. (New Delhi, India). McGill University, Social

Science Sub-Committee ($5,000) 1980 Growing up in Canada. Secretary of State for Multiculturalism, Canada, Research Grant

($5,000) 1979-1980 The adjustment problems of South Asian women in Montréal. Graduate Faculty McGill

University ($5,000) 1978-1979 Teacher attitudes towards multiculturalism in Montréal. Graduate Faculty McGill

University ($5,000)

TEACHING AND SUPERVISION Courses Taught (Graduate)

• Critical Perspectives in Educational Theory and Research • Education in Developing Nations • Women, Education and Development



• Studies in Comparative Education • Women in Educational Policy • Education in Multicultural Societies • Sociology of Education • Research Methods • Culture and Education • Policy Studies in Education • Pro-Seminar I for doctoral cohort

Undergraduate Course: • Equity and Education

Supervision of Graduate Students

Ph.D. Dissertations Completed L. Bombas 1988 W. VanBalkom 1991 J. Hirschberg 1988 A. Talbani 1991 J. Abagi 1990 C. O’Brien 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)

Current Students: Ph.D. Marisuz Galczynski Hsiao-Ting Bionca Huang Katherine Mikic Alice Chan Sylive Wald Nazeeha Khoja Mehdi Babaei Dilimulati Maihemuti (Dilmurat) Milagros Calderon Jing Xiaoli Helal Hossain Dhali Sujata Madan Afrouz Tavakoli Tavakoli-Khou

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-Yari 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-Guitard 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 Wei Yang 2018

Current Students: M.A. Jihae Park Sara Hashemi Alice Zanghi Debbie Edanyjilil Sneha Pandey Sarah Pelltier

Post-Doctoral Fellow Mahsa Bakhshaei (2015-2016), Iran Pia-mRI Niemi (2018-2019), Finland



External Supervision

Sophia Butt PhD Student, University of Birmingham, UK. Universitas 21 program (July 2018)

Guangqiang Du Beijng Normal University 2nd year PhD student (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).

SERVICE TO THE ACADEMIC COMMUNITY

Review of Educational Institutions

2016 Member of External Review Committee Werklund School of Education, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta.

2011 Chair, Review Committee, Department of Educational Studies, University of West Indies, Mona Campus, Jamaica

2006 School of Education, University of West Indies (Cave Hill Campus) 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

International Conference Organization

2015-16 International Convenor, Thematic Group #6 (Diversity and Standardization), Planning Committee, World Council of Comparative Education Societies (WCCES) Conference, Beijing, China, August 2016

2009-11 Organizer, Annual Conference of the Comparative and International Education Society of the US (CIES) held in Montreal, May 1-5, 2011 (2100 participants)

2008 Organizer: Diversity and Critical Issues in Education in the Next Decade, McGill University, Dec. 3,4.

2004 Member, Organizing Committee, Co-convenor of Thematic Group #7 for 12th World Congress of Comparative Education Societies, Havana, Cuba, October 25-29.



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 2009-2011 Committee for Selection of New Fellows for the Social Sciences Division (Academy II)

in the 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 Award 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

McGill University

2017-2020 Member, Statutory Selection Committee Senate Pool. 2011-12 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, McGill University 2008- Institute for Health and Public Policy, McGill, Member Scientific and Policy Advisory

Committee 2002 Chair, McGill Taskforce on Internationalization 1992-1995 Senate: Member 1998-2003 / 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 McGill 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 McGill Faculty of Education Committees

Other Committee Appointments (select)

2014 Member, Evaluation Committee, Think Rio, Brazil Nov. 3-7, 2014, FAPERJ. Fundaçäo Amparo à Pesquisa Carlos Chagas Filho de Estado do Rio de Janeiro

2013- Member, World Council of Comparative Education Societies (WCCES) Standing Committee on Special Projects

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 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’s 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 Comité national d’éthique sure le vieillissement et les changements démographiques. Quebec Government appointment. (withdrew after one year service)

2007-2008 Member, National Research Advisory Committee, Canadian Education Association. 2002- Member, Policy Action Group on Learning. Commission on Globalization- State of the

World Forum 1995-1998 Comparative and International Education Society (U.S.): Elected Member, Board of

Directors 1997-2002 International Advisory Committee, Pennsylvania State University 1995-1996 Federal Government Commission on Multicultural Education 1989-1991 Appointed member of the National Advisory Committee on Development Education by

the Minister of External Relations

Current Memberships in Professional Societies

Canadian Societies for the Study of Education Comparative and International Education Society, Canada Comparative and International Education Society, U.S.A. Comparative Education Society, India.

Academic Visits Abroad (from McGill University)

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 1994-98 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

Documents

RATNA GHOSH URRICULUM VITAE - Cerias · RATNA GHOSH, C.M., O.Q., Ph.D., F.R.S.C. Distinguished James McGill Professor and William C. Macdonald Professor of Education 2006 Named 40