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Mahfooz Kanwar Ph.D.
Dr. Mahfooz Kanwar is a professor emeritus of sociology and criminology at Mount Royal University (Calgary, Alberta, Canada). He holds a BA in political science, MA in sociology, another MA in soci...lihat lebih banyakDr. Mahfooz Kanwar is a professor emeritus of sociology and criminology at Mount Royal University (Calgary, Alberta, Canada). He holds a BA in political science, MA in sociology, another MA in sociology/criminology, and a PhD in criminology.
He has conducted extensive research and published in the fields of marriage and the family, religion, crime, and social problems. Over the years, he has published nine books, five monographs, and several academic articles and newspaper columns.
In 1975 he helped build a primary school for girls, which is a middle school now, near his village and other villages in that area of Pakistan. He also established a scholarship for female students from their primary education to post-graduate studies there and elsewhere in Pakistan.
In 1994, he established the Kanwar Institute of Gender Relations in Multan, Pakistan. In 1997, he established the Dr. Mahfooz Kanwar Scholarship at Mount Royal University.
He served for four years as the chairman of the Department of Behavioral Sciences, which included the disciplines of sociology, psychology, anthropology, archaeology, and education.
Over the years, he has appeared in twenty-one documentaries on religious, social, and criminal issues, which were broadcast on different television networks. He has been a guest on call-back radio shows and has been interviewed on television, radio, and newspapers numerous times in the last forty-two years.
He has extensive part-time and full-time teaching experience at various universities and colleges, including the University of Waterloo, Wilfrid Laurier University, the University of Calgary, South Waterloo Memorial Hospital, Drumheller Federal Penitentiary, Military Police Platoon at the Canadian Forces Base in Calgary (all in Canada), Valencia Community College in Orlando (Florida) for more than two years, and he has guest lectured at the University of Karachi, Quaid-e Azam University, the University of Punjab, and the National Police Academy, Islamabad (all four in Pakistan).
Over the years, he has been nominated sixteen times for excellence in teaching and academic leadership. He has received six Excellence in Teaching awards, including the distinguished teaching award—one each from the administration and faculty association and four from the students association. Finally, he was honored by Mount Royal University with the title of professor emeritus, the academic “Hall of Fame.”
Dr. Kanwar resides in Calgary and is actively involved in research in both Canada and Pakistan. He is also active in the community by participating in and presiding over community- and government-appointed boards and committees. As well, he has responded to issues brought forth in the media, including in newspapers, radio, and television.lihat lebih sedikit