Service to the Community
International Conferences:
- Member, Organizing Committee, Co-convenor of Thematic Group #7 for 12th WORLD CONGRESS OF COMPARATIVE EDUCATION SOCIETIES , Havana, Cuba, 25 – 29 October, 2004
- 2007-2008: Member, Research Advisory Committee, Canadian Education Association,
- Royal Society of Canada:
- Council Member, RSC, 2002-8
- Chair, Committee on the Advancement of Women in Scholarship,
2002-2004; 2004-8
- Chair, Committee for the Alice Wilson Award, 2002-8
- Member of the Innis-Gerin Medal Committee, 2001-
- Chair, Science Education Committee (FOCAL point for
Inter-american Network of Academies of Science- IANAS), 2004+
- Member: Policy Action Group on Learning, Commission on Globalization - State of the World Forum, 2002-
- Comparative and International Education Society (U.S.): Member, Board of Directors, 1995-1998
- International Advisory Committee, Pennsylvania State University, 1997-2002
- Commission on Multicultural Education, 1995-1996
- Appointed member of the National Advisory Committee on Development Education by Minister of External Relations, 1989-1991
- External Reviewer for Tenure, Grants, Full Professorship (various universities)
- Canadian Human Rights Foundation
- National Council Member, 1982-1998
- Member, Board of Directors, 1986-1998
- Member of the Executive Committee, 1991-1993
- Education Committee, 1995-1998
- International Committee, 1997-1998
- President, 1988-1990
- Member, Board of Directors, 1983-1988
- Treasurer and Member, Executive Committee, 1986-1988
- Secretary and Member, Executive Committee, 1984-1986
- Strategic Review Committee, 1994-1995
- Chair, Fellowship Selection Committee, 1994
McGill University Committees
- Chair, McGill Task Force on Internationalization, 2002
- McGill News, Member Advisory Board, 1996-1998
- Senate: Member 1992-1995, 1998-2003
- Senate Nominating Committee, 1992-1995
- Honorary Degrees Committee, 1993-1996
- Member of Joint Senate-Board Committee on Equity, 1994-1998
- Equity Sub-Committee on Race Relations, 1994-1998
- Member of Committee on Beatty Lectures, 1996-1998
- McGill Centre for Teaching and Research on Women (MCTRW) Selection Committee, 1994-1995
- Centre for Developing Area Studies:
- Advisory Council, 1979-1984
- Publications Committee, 1984
- University Tenure Committees:
- Tenure Committee, Faculty of Arts, 1991-1993
- Tenure Committee, Faculty of Education, 1998-
- Statutory Selection Committees for Full Professor:
- Faculties of Arts, Law, Management, Religion, Sociology
- Cyclical Review Committee, Department of Sociology, 1991
- Convenor, Foreign Student Committee, 1984-1985
- McGill-Shastri Advisory Committee Chairperson, 1983-1985
- Counselling Service, Member Advisory Board, 1986-1991
- Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research:
- Promotions Committee, 1993
- Executive Committee, 1983-1985
- Course Sub-Committee, 1984-1985
- Member, Graduate Faculty Council, 1981-1982, 1983-1986
- Ad hoc Ph.D. Admissions Committee, 1981-1985
- Pro-Dean for doctoral examinations, 1983-
- Member, Graduate Faculty Tenure Committee, 1986-1989
- Member, Dean's Task Force on Graduate Degrees, 1985-1986
- Convenor, Committee on Foreign Student Fees, 1981-1982
- McGill International
- Acting Director, 1995
- Executive Committee, 1983-1988
- Coordinator, South and South-Asia Division, 1984-1990
- Advisory Board, 1980-1990
McGill Faculty of Education Committees
- Member, Committee on Student Standing, 1978-1981
- Chairperson, Graduate Studies Committee, 1981-1982, 1983-1986
- Member, Cyclical Review Committee, Department of Religion and Philosophy in Education, 1987
- Ph.D. Admissions Committee, Department of Administration & Policy Studies in Education, 1984-1995
- Ph.D. Admissions Committee, Department of Culture & Values in Education, 1995-1998
- Chair, Administrative Group, 1998-
- Chair, Faculty Council, 1998-
Organization of National and International Symposia
- Organizing Committee: Tri-national Conference on Emerging Issues in Education (NAFTA), Tampico, Mexico, October 30 to November 1, 1997
- Organizing Committee: Colloque international de l'Association francophone d'éducation comparée: Pluralisme et éducation: politiques et pratiques au Canada, en Europe et dans les pays du Sud, l'apport de l'éducation comparée
- Responsable, Commission III, Montreal, May 10-13, 1994
- Coordinator:
- Conference on South Asians in Canada, Ottawa, 1990
- International Conference on Education and Social Change in India, McGill University, 1985
- Bilateral Workshop on Educational Technology, New Delhi, India, 1983
- Symposium on the Education of Minority Groups, McGill University, 1980
- Symposium on the Integration of South Asians in Canada, McGill University, 1979
- Conference on Minority Groups and Education, McGill University, 1978 (Report published in Ethnic Studies, X(2), 1978, pp.136-138.)