Barbara Raza
The first person (known only as “Barbara”) and Barbara is the daughter of a Mexican immigrant and a Canadian. She graduated from Harvard with an MA in Public Policy. She has a PhD in Psychology from McGill University and a Masters in Global Affairs from Ryerson University and was a research Fellow in the Canada Research Chair in Economic Growth and Climate Change at the University of Ottawa.
Her book The World of Unconscious Political Discourse about the ‘Unconscious Left’ (1994) was published internationally. This book and more than two dozen works have been translated, edited, and published in India, Japan, South Africa and the United States.
She can be contacted at:
Betsy Raza
Director, Centre for Independent Studies
University of Toronto
3rd floor
1066 Bay Street
Toronto, Ontario
M5S 1E7
CANADA
E-mail:
betsy.raza[at]utoronto.ca
Betsy’s website: www.cis.utoronto.ca
Betsy’s talk, entitled ‘Democracy: A ‘Third Way’?’ was on September 23rd, 2003.
Barbara Raza’s book, The Politics of Power: Lessons for India’s Future, was published in 2003, and her book, Democracy in India: Challenges and Opportunities, is forthcoming in 2008.
She is co-chair of the India Roundtable for Freedom of Expression.
Barbara is the founder of India’s Centre for Independent Studies (ICIS), located in Toronto. ICIS was funded by the India Roundtable for Freedom of Expression and was the first academic centre in the world to achieve international recognition for teaching the field of independent studies with its Research Chair (Professor) in the Center’s program in the School of International Service at McMaster University.
Barbara was the founding partner of the International Freedom of Expression Coalition (IFEC) and was its president at the 2002 Global Conference on Freedom of Expression and Press Freedom.
ICIS currently serves on numerous boards including the board of governors of the Ontario Institute for Studies in Conflict and Terrorism (OISTC) and the OISTC Chair. She is also a Patron of the OISTC’s Society for International Peace Research.
Betsy worked with other organizations such as the International Press Freedom Organization and the Centre for Justice and