Edmonton Institute for Diversity Equity Research and Studies (EIDERAS)

Dr. Michael Kariwo is an instructor at the University of Alberta, and a research fellow  in the Faculty of Education,  Centre for Global Citizenship Education . He is also a Research Associate in the Faculty of Nursing where he contributes to policy analysis in a multi-disciplinary research team.

His published books include, Interrogating Models of Diversity within a Multicultural Environment “Resources and Performance of Academics at Universities”; “Education and Development in Zimbabwe: A Social, Political and Economic Analysis”; A comparative analysis of Higher Education Systems: The issues, challenges and dilemmas.

He has contributed several book chapters and published articles on education and development as well as policy analysis. He is a reviewer for a number of journals and book publishers.

Skills

Qualitative research

Research design, including designing questionnaires 

Software packages; SPSS for surveys and N Vivo, Atlas Ti for qualitative data analysis. 

Workshop and seminar presentation software

Data analysis and report writing

Project management

Research management

Training

Public policy and education policy analysis

Experience and expertise

Over 20 years in education and higher education as a practitioner and administrator. 

Can provide tailor-made services for most education consultancies, to individual institutions, government bodies, non-governmental as well as international organizations. Current projects include research on immigrant refugee policies for integration in Canada and higher education and development.

Publications

Books

Andrew Mackie, Mia Tulli-Shah, Alyssa Chappell, Michael Kariwo, Siciida Ibrahim, Bukola Salami (2024) Barriers and facilitators to transition from pediatric to adult healthcare for immigrant youth with chronic health conditions, Journal of Pediatric Nursing, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pedn.2024.05.014 Available online 17 May 2024  

Kariwo, Michael, Asadi, Neda, EL Bouali, Chouaib. (2019). Interrogating Models of Diversity in a Multicultural Environment. New York, Palgrave MacMillan.

Kariwo Michael, Tatiana Gounko and Joseph Musembi, (eds.) (2014). A Comparative analysis of Higher Education Systems: the issues, challenges and dilemmas. Rotterdam, Sense Publishers. Netherlands. ISBN 978-94-6209-532-8 

Shizha, E.  & Kariwo, M. T. (2012). Education and Development in Zimbabwe: A Social, Political and Economic Analysis, Rotterdam, Sense, Netherlands

Kariwo, M. T. (2011). Resources and Performance of Academics at Universities, International Book Market Service Ltd and VDM publishers, Beau-Bassin, Mauritius. 

ISBN 978-3639 37429-2

Articles in Journals

Stewart, M., Spitzer, D. L., Kushner, K. E., Shizha, E., Letourneau, N., Makwarimba, E.,  Dennis, C. L., Kariwo, M.,  Makumbe, K., & Jocelyn Edey, J (2018) “Supporting refugee parents of young children: knowing you’re not alone” International Journal of Migration, Health and Social Care. Vol 14(1) p. 15-29.

Stewart, M., Kushner, K. E., Dennis, C.L., Kariwo, M., Letourneau, N., Makumbe, K., Makwarimba, E & Shizha, E., (2017) Social support needs of Sudanese and Zimbabwean refugee new parents in Canada,  International Journal of Migration, Health and Social Care,  Vol 13 (2) p. 234-252

Stewart, M., Dennis, C.L., Kariwo, M., Kushner, K.E., Letourneau., N., Makumbe, K. Makwarimba, E & Shizha, E. (2014). Challenges faced by refugee new parents from Africa in Canada. Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health, Springer Vol. 16 (3) June 2014.p. 1046-1156

Kariwo, M. T. (2007). Widening Access in Higher Education in Zimbabwe, Higher Education Policy, 20 (1) 45-59

Book Chapters 

Kariwo, M. T. (2017). Educational policy and the Africanization of Knowledge in the African University. In Amasa Ndofirepi and Michael Cross (eds.) Knowledge and Change in African Universities, vol. (2) Sense Publishers, Netherlands, pp. 63-82.

Akalu, A. G. & Kariwo, M. T. (2016) A critical analysis of the role of African universities in democracy and social justice.in Lynette Schultz and Melody Viczko, Assembling and Governing the Higher Education Institution: Democracy, Social Justice and Leadership in Global Higher Education, Palgrave Studies in Global Citizenship Education and Democracy Series pp. 271-290.

Kariwo, M. T. (2013). Reconstructing Higher Education in Zimbabwe. From Crisis to Reconstruction. In Edward Shizha (Ed.) Restoring the Educational Dream: Rethinking Educational Transformation in Zimbabwe, Pretoria, Africa Institute of South Africa. pp. 216-231.

Kariwo, M.T. (2012). Reframing Higher Education in Zimbabwe.' In   Handel K. Wright and Ali A. Abdi, The dialectics of African and Western constructions of knowledge, Peter Lang Publishers, New York. pp. 84-98.

Kariwo M. T. (2011). African Higher Education and global education: some perspectives from Zimbabwe. In Shultz, L., Abdi, A., Richardson, G. (Eds.). Global Citizenship Education in Post-Secondary Institutions: Theories, Practices, Policies. New York: Peter Lang.

Kariwo, M. T. (2009). The Role of Continuing Education in Zimbabwe, In A. Abdi and D. Kapoor, (Eds.). Global Perspectives on Adult Education. New York, Palgrave Macmillan. 

Kariwo, M. T. (2008). Higher Education and Development in Zimbabwe. A policy analysis In Ali A. Abdi and Shibao Guo (Eds.). Education and Social development: Global issues and Analyses. Rotterdam, Sense Publishers. Netherlands. pp. 167-179

Conference Papers 

Kariwo, M. T. (2014). The Africanisation of Knowledge in the African university: An Indigenous perspective. Paper presented at the International Conference on Decolonizing Citizenship Education:  Saturday, 7 Nov, 2015, University of Alberta.

Gounko, T. & Kariwo, M. T. (2015). Highly qualified and committed: Voices of Canadian Sessionals, Paper presented at CSSE Round Table, 30 May – 3 June, Ottawa.

Kariwo, M. T. (2014). A Critical Review of Higher Education models: The North South Dichotomy. Paper presented at the conference on, “New Business Models in International Higher Education, IDRAC, Lyon, France, 28 January.

Kariwo, M. T. (2013) A Critical Review of Global Citizenship Education: Some tensions between the Global North and South: Paper presented at the International Conference on Decolonizing Citizenship Education:  Friday, 1 Nov, 2013, University of Alberta.

Kariwo, M. T. (2011) Global Citizenship Education: An Identity crisis. Presented at the 

International Conference on Citizenship Knowledges and Education: Centre for Global Citizenship Education and Research (CGCER), Friday, October 7, 2011, University of Alberta.

Kariwo, M.T. (2011). Higher Education in Zimbabwe: From Crisis to Reconstruction. Paper presented at the Research Day, 28 April 2011, Department of Educational Policy Studies, University of Alberta.

Book Reviews

Kariwo, M. T.  (Under review) Review of the book, Following the Northern Star: Caribbean Identities and Education in North American Schools, Journal of Contemporary Issues in Education,

Kariwo, M. T. (2007) Review of the book, Higher Education in postcolonial Africa paradigms of development, decline and dilemmas. Africa World Press, Trenton, NJ.  Journal of Contemporary Issues in Education, 2 (1) p 53-54.