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, Kariwo, M. and El Bouhali, C (2025)

Decolonizing Epistemologies and Worldviews in Education: New

Ways of Knowing in Education and Policy. New York and London,

Routledge, Taylor & Francis group

Kariwo, M. (2025) A quick guide to Law and Ethics in Teaching Sub

title: A customized version of “A Canadian case Book for Law and

Ethics, Kendall Hunt Publishing.

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

Kariwo, M., & El Bouhali, C. (Eds.). (2025). Decolonizing epistemologies and worldviews in education: New ways of knowing

in education and educational policy. Routledge.

Kariwo, M. (2025) A quick guide to Law and Ethics in Teaching Subtitle: A customized version of “A Canadian case Book for Law and Ethics, Kendall Hunt Publishing

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

Mackie, A.,Tulli-Shah, M., Chappell, A. Kariwo, M., Ibrahim, S., and Salami, B. (2024) Transition to Adult healthcare for immigrant youth: Practice recommendations, Health Care Transitions, Vol 2, Elsevier.

Mackie, A.,Tulli-Shah, M., Chappell, A. Kariwo, M., Ibrahim, S., and Salami, B. (2024) Barriers and Facilitators to transition from pediatric to adult healthcare for immigrant youth with chronic health conditions. Journal of Pediatric Nursing Vol 77 p, 487- 494

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.

Kariwo, M. and El Bouhali, C (2025) Decolonizing Epistemologies and Worldviews in Education: New Ways of Knowing in Education and Policy. New York, Routledge.

Journal Publications

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.