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'''Ratna Ghosh''' {{post-nominals|country=CAN|CM|OQ|FRSC}} is a [[Canadian]] academic and education scholar. She is a Distinguished James McGill Professor and Sir William C. Macdonald Professor of Education at [[McGill University]] in [[Montreal]], Canada, where she previously served as the Dean of the [[McGill University Faculty of Education|Faculty of Education]] from 1998 – 2003.<ref name="auto">{{cite web |url=https://www.mcgill.ca/dise/ratna-ghosh|title=Integrated Studies in Education |website=mcgill.ca |access-date=1 April 2021}}</ref>

Her area of teaching and research is [[Comparative education|comparative]] and [[international education]]. Her most cited publications are in [[multicultural education]] and [[social justice]] education, as well as in the areas of [[women and development]], [[women's empowerment]], and education and [[security]].

She has been elected to several Academies and received national and international honours and awards. She has held leadership positions such as resident director of the bi-national organization, [[Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute]], in New Delhi, and was later elected president of the institute.<ref name="sici">{{cite news |last1=Shastra Indo-Canadian Institute |last2=(SICI) |title=Success story: Dr. Ratna Ghosh |url=https://www.shastriinstitute.org/sites/default/files/success%20story%20ratna.pdf |access-date=11 September 2021}}</ref> She has been on the [[board of directors]] and the executive committee of the Canadian Human Rights Foundation (now ''Equitas''). She has been [[President (corporate title)|president]] of the American Comparative and International Education Society.

==Early life and education==

Ghosh was born in India, in the [[multicultural]] milieu of [[Shillong]], [[Meghalaya]]. Her father was a well known ophthalmic surgeon. Her mother was a graduate in [[philosophy]]. As a child, she was used to travelling widely, both within [[India]] and in [[Europe]]. Ghosh and her sister attended an elementary school for a year in [[England]].<ref name=":1">{{cite journal |last1=Historic Canada |title=Ratna Ghosh - transcript |journal=Passages Canada Program |date=n.d. |url=https://www.historicacanada.ca/sites/default/files/PDF/RatnaGhoshTranscriptEN.pdf |access-date=13 September 2021}} [https://www.historicacanada.ca/pastprograms Via Historic Canada]</ref> Ratna Ghosh completed an [[Honours degree|Honours]] [[Bachelor of Arts]] degree (with distinction), in [[English language|English]] at the [[University of Calcutta]]. In 1967, she migrated to [[Canada]] and settled in [[Calgary]], [[Alberta]]. There, she earned her [[Master of Arts]] in 1973 and [[PhD]] in 1976 in Comparative and International Education from the University of Calgary.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|url=https://alumni.ucalgary.ca/communities/alumni-awards/arch-awards/past-recipients|title=Arch Awards Past Recipients | Events|website=Alumni}}</ref>

==Academic career==

After completing her PhD at the [[University of Calgary]], Ratna Ghosh became an [[assistant professor]] at McGill University in 1977 and [[Professor]] in 1998. She has held several important positions in her career. She became the first woman to be appointed [[Dean (education)|Dean]] of the Faculty of Education in 1998.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/channels/news/mcgill-university-appoints-new-dean-faculty-education-dr-ratna-ghosh-9574|title=McGill University appoints new dean of the Faculty of Education: Dr Ratna Ghosh|website=Newsroom}}</ref> She was named Sir William C. Macdonald Professor in Education in 1994, and concurrently James McGill Professor in 2004, and Distinguished James McGill Professor in 2018. In 2019, she was elected Honorary Fellow of the Comparative and International Education Society (US).

Her research and practical experience expand from Canada and India to the US, [[Latin America]], and Asia. An international expert in comparative and [[multicultural education]] she is a leading figure in the world of education, research and development. Her research in the area of comparative and international development education, specifically education and social justice issues, and more recently the role of education in countering [[violent extremism]]<ref>{{cite web |last1=Department of Integrated Studies in Education (DISE) |last2=McGill University |title=About PEER |url=https://www.mcgill.ca/peer/about-peer |website=Preventing Extremism through Educational Research (PEER) |publisher=Department and University Information |location=Montreal |language=en}}</ref> and refugee education has resulted in several important publications, grants, conference presentations and keynote speeches.

[[Time magazine|''Time'' magazine]] described her as one of “Canada’s best” in Education in their October 13, 2003 Canadian edition.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mcgill.ca/dise/ratna-ghosh|title=Ratna Ghosh}}</ref>

==Selected works==
Ghosh is the author of an impressive number of books, articles and publications that have had a profound influence on the [[sociology]] of education and educational approaches to [[Diversity (politics)|diversity]] and [[Social inclusion|inclusion]]. Among her many single and co-authored publications are the following:

===Selected books===
*Redefining multicultural education: Inclusion and the right to be different (1996;2002;3rd edition in 2014 with Mariusz Galczynski<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.canadianscholars.ca/books/redefining-multicultural-education-third-edition|title=Redefining Multicultural Education, Third Edition|website=CSPI}}</ref>
*Education and the politics of difference: Canadian perspectives (2004; 2013 with Ali Abdi)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.canadianscholars.ca/books/education-and-the-politics-of-difference-2nd-edition|title=Education and the Politics of Difference, Second Edition|website=CSPI}}</ref>
*Social change and education in Canada (1987; 1991, 1997 Ed. with Douglas Ray)<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_oWRxiAhAO4C|title = Social Change and Education in Canada|isbn = 9780774730662|last1 = Ghosh|first1 = Ratna|year = 1987| publisher=Harcourt Brace Jovanovich }}</ref>
*The Invisible Community: Being South Asian in Quebec (McGill-Queen's Studies in Ethnic History)(2021 Ed. with Mahsa Bakhshaei, Marie Mc Andrew and Priti Singh)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mqup.ca/invisible-community--the-products-9780228005414.php|title=Invisible Community, the | McGill-Queen's University Press}}</ref>
*Special Issue of Teachers College Record: New perspectives on youth development and social identity in the 21st century. (2007) with Jean Anyon and Roslyn Mickelson.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tcrecord.org/Issue.asp?volyear=2007&number=2&volume=109|title = Issue}}</ref>

=== Selected articles ===
*The emerging area of education and security<ref>{{Cite book|chapter-url=https://brill.com/view/book/edcoll/9789004447820/BP000014.xml|doi=10.1163/9789004447820_006|chapter=The Emerging Area of Education and Security|title=Critical Theorizations of Education|year=2020|pages=73–86|isbn=9789004447820|last1=Ghosh|first1=Ratna|s2cid=234507536 }}</ref>
*Can education counter violent religious extremism?<ref>{{Cite journal|url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/11926422.2016.1165713|doi = 10.1080/11926422.2016.1165713|title = Can education counter violent religious extremism?|year = 2017|last1 = Ghosh|first1 = Ratna|last2 = Chan|first2 = W.Y. Alice|last3 = Manuel|first3 = Ashley|last4 = Dilimulati|first4 = Maihemuti|journal = Canadian Foreign Policy Journal|volume = 23|issue = 2|pages = 117–133|s2cid = 148462022|url-access = subscription}}</ref>
*The role of religious education(RE)in countering religious extremism in diverse and interconnected societies<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mcgill.ca/peer/research-and-publications/publications-presentations/book-chapters|title=Books and Book Chapters}}</ref>
*Diversity and Excellence in Higher Education: Is There a Conflict?<ref>{{Cite journal|url=https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1086/666545?journalCode=cer|doi = 10.1086/666545|title = Diversity and Excellence in Higher Education: Is There a Conflict?|year = 2012|last1 = Ghosh|first1 = Ratna|journal = Comparative Education Review|volume = 56|issue = 3|pages = 349–365|url-access = subscription}}</ref>
*Diversity and quality in higher education: A comparison of preferential policies in India and the U.S<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://rihe.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/publications/en/hef_en/|title=Higher Education Forum (ISSN:2432-9614)|date=10 December 2016}}</ref>
*Public Education and Multicultural Policy in Canada: The Special Case of Quebec<ref name="auto1">{{Cite journal|url=https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11159-004-4685-9|doi=10.1007/s11159-004-4685-9|title=Public Education and Multicultural Policy in Canada: The Special Case of Quebec|year=2004|last1=Ghosh|first1=Ratna|journal=International Review of Education|volume=50|issue=5–6|pages=543–566|bibcode=2004IREdu..50..543G|s2cid=144452612|url-access=subscription}}</ref>
*Multiculturalism in a Comparative Perspective: Australia, Canada and India.<ref>{{Cite journal|url=https://muse.jhu.edu/article/687421|doi=10.1353/ces.2018.0002|title=Multiculturalism in a Comparative Perspective: Australia, Canada and India|year=2018|last1=Ghosh|first1=Ratna|journal=Canadian Ethnic Studies|volume=50|pages=15–36|s2cid=148880132|url-access=subscription}}</ref>
*Multiculturalism and Teacher Educators: views from Canada and the USA<ref>{{Cite journal|url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/0305006930290106|doi = 10.1080/0305006930290106|title = Multiculturalism and Teacher Educators: Views from Canada and the USA|year = 1993|last1 = Ghosh|first1 = Ratna|last2 = Tarrow|first2 = Norma|journal = Comparative Education|volume = 29|pages = 81–92|url-access = subscription}}</ref>
*Teacher education in a globalized world<ref>{{Cite book |editor-first1=Julie |editor-last1=Mueller |editor-first2=Jodi |editor-last2=Nickel |url=https://cate-acfe.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Final-Working-Conference-Book-Halifax-2017.pdf |url-status=live |archive-date=Jul 14, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230714002252/https://cate-acfe.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Final-Working-Conference-Book-Halifax-2017.pdf |title=Globalization and Diversity: What Does It Mean for Teacher Education in Canada? |language=en |date=2019 |publisher=Canadian Association for Teacher Education |isbn=978-0-9947451-9-4 |access-date=17 August 2023}}</ref>
*Racism: A Hidden Curriculum<ref>{{Cite journal|url=https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ813112|title = Racism: A Hidden Curriculum|journal = Education Canada|year = 2008|volume = 48|issue = 4|pages = 26–29|last1 = Ghosh|first1 = Ratna}}</ref>
*Creating a Refugee Space in the Canadian School Context: The Approach of an Inclusive Society<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/edit/10.4324/9780429433719/comparative-perspectives-refugee-youth-education-alexander-wiseman-lisa-damaschke-deitrick-ericka-galegher-maureen-park|doi=10.4324/9780429433719|title=Comparative Perspectives on Refugee Youth Education|year=2019|publisher=Routledge |isbn=9780429433719|s2cid=240949870 |editor1-last=Wiseman|editor1-first=Alexander W|editor2-first=Lisa|editor2-last=Damaschke-Deitrick|editor3-first=Ericka|editor3-last=Galegher|editor4-first=Maureen F|editor4-last=Park}}</ref>
*Juxtaposing the educational ideas of Gandhi and Freire<ref>{{Cite book|chapter-url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/9781119236788.ch14|doi=10.1002/9781119236788.ch14|chapter=Juxtaposing the Educational Ideas of Gandhi and Freire|title=The Wiley Handbook of Paulo Freire|year=2019|last1=Ghosh|first1=Ratna|pages=275–290|isbn=9781119236719|s2cid=203316614 }}</ref>
*Gandhi, the freedom fighter and educator: A Southern Theorist. In Mousumi Mukherjee & Nandita Koshal (Eds), ''Special Issue''<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Ghosh |first1=Ratna |title=Gandhi, the freedom fighter and educator: A Southern Theorist |journal=International Education Journal: Comparative Perspectives |date=29 June 2020 |volume=19 |issue=1 |pages=19–29 |url=https://openjournals.library.sydney.edu.au/index.php/IEJ/article/view/14463 |access-date=13 September 2021 |language=en |issn=2202-493X}}</ref>
*Education is that which liberates: Educational philosophy of Rabindranath Tagore
*Fostering Global Citizenship through student mobility: COVID-19 and the 4th wave in internationalization of education<ref>{{Cite journal|doi=10.1163/25902539-02040009 |title=Fostering Global Citizenship Through Student Mobility: Covid-19 and the 4th Wave in Internationalization of Education |journal=Beijing International Review of Education |date=29 December 2020 |volume=2 |issue=4 |pages=553–570 |last1=Ghosh |first1=Ratna |last2=Jing |first2=Xiaoli |doi-access=free }}</ref>
*The anomaly of women's education in India
*Women's empowerment and education: Panchayats and women's Self-help Groups in India<ref>{{Cite journal|url=https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1478210315571214|doi=10.1177/1478210315571214|title=Women's empowerment and education: Panchayats and women's Self-help Groups in India|year=2015|last1=Ghosh|first1=Ratna|last2=Chakravarti|first2=Paromita|last3=Mansi|first3=Kumari|journal=Policy Futures in Education|volume=13|issue=3|pages=294–314|s2cid=146126795|url-access=subscription}}</ref>

==Awards and honors (selected)==

Ghosh has garnered numerous distinctions and awards and is recognized in Canada and internationally for her exceptional scholarship and leadership roles. She was elected to Canada's [[Royal Society of Canada|National Academy]] as a [[Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada]] (F.R.S.C.) in 1999.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://network.expertisefinder.com/experts/ratna-ghosh|title=Ratna Ghosh, McGill University • Expertise Finder Network|website=network.expertisefinder.com}}</ref> She is a full member of the [[European Academy of Arts, Sciences and Humanities]] in [[Paris]], commencing in 1999.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nie.edu.sg/research/cieclopedia-org/cieclopedia-org-a-to-z-listing/ghosh-ratna|title=García Garrido, José Luis | National Institute of Education (NIE), Singapore|website=www.nie.edu.sg}}</ref> In 2011 she was elected to TWAS – [[The World Academy of Sciences]] – for the advancement of science in developing countries (Social Sciences Division). In 2019, Ghosh was made honorary fellow of the American Comparative and International Education Society (<ref name="auto"/>

Dr Ghosh received one of McGill University’s highest distinctions - the Lifetime Achievement Award for Leadership in Learning -at the Fall Convocation in December, 2024.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://globalindiannewsnetwork.com/ratna-ghosh-honoured-with-mcgills-lifetime-achievement-award/| title=Ratna Ghosh Honoured with McGill's Lifetime Achievement Award| date=6 December 2024}}</ref>
=== Civic Awards ===
In 2000, she was awarded the [[Order of Canada]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gg.ca/en/honours/recipients/146-7434|title=Professor Ratna Ghosh|first=Office of the Secretary to the Governor|last=General|website=The Governor General of Canada}}</ref><ref name="auto2">{{Cite web|url=https://www.mcgill.ca/boardofgovernors/archives/queen-elizabeth-ii-diamond-jubilee-medal|title=Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal|website=Board of Governors}}</ref> (C.M) as a Member, and this was followed by her appointment in 2005 as an Officer of the [[Order of Quebec]], (O.Q.),<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ville.montreal.qc.ca/ordre/en/ratna-ghosh|title=Ratna Ghosh|date=May 11, 2018|website=Ordre de Montréal}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.ordre-national.gouv.qc.ca/membres/membre.asp?id=1874|title=Ratna Ghosh – Ordre national du Québec|website=www.ordre-national.gouv.qc.ca}}</ref> and Officer of the [[Order of Montreal]] in 2019. In 2018, the Government of [[Quebec]] bestowed on her the title of Eminent Member (Membre Émérite) of the Order of Excellence in Education.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lalla |first1=Stephen |title=Prof. Ratna Ghosh, alumnus Patrick Elbaz honoured at Order of Excellence in Education in Quebec (OEE) ceremony |url=https://www.mcgill.ca/dise/channels/news/prof-ratna-ghosh-alumnus-patrick-elbaz-honoured-order-excellence-education-quebec-oee-ceremony-287770 |access-date=13 September 2021 |work=McGill - Faculty of Education NEWS |publisher=Department of Integrated Studies in Education (DISE) |date=26 June 2018 |ref=[Faculty of Education NEWS] |language=en}}</ref>

Among numerous awards from national and international organizations, Ghosh has earned the [[YWCA Woman of Distinction Award]] (1996);<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://fondation.ydesfemmesmtl.org/en/women-of-distinction-awards/laureates-since-1994/|title=Women of Distinction Awards Laureates}}</ref> the Canadian Bureau of International Education's Leadership in Internationalization of Education Award (2002);<ref name="auto"/> and jointly with her husband (Dr. Ashok Vijh) the Indo-Canada Chamber of Commerce's Lifetime/Outstanding Achievement Award (2008).<ref name="auto"/> She was selected for the “Power List” of the most influential Indo-Canadians published by India Abroad (2009).<ref name="auto"/> In 2015 she was awarded the Hind Rattan Award (Jewel of India) given to people of Indian origin in the diaspora.<ref name="auto"/> She was honored with distinguished alumni award in 2016 by the University of Calgary.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qWNTMNpjx4s|title=2016 Distinguished Alumna Award - Ratna Ghosh|date=10 November 2016 |via=www.youtube.com}}</ref>

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