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Mela Sarkar

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Associate ProfessorDepartment of Integrated Studies in Education (DISE)McGill University

Mela Sarkar

Associate Professor

Department of Integrated Studies in Education (DISE)

Faculty of Education

McGill University

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

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Principal investigator on 5 research grants (5 SSHRC), most recently in 2016.

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Research

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Applied linguistics bi/multilingualism critical sociolinguistics Indigenous language revitalization second language acquisition and pedagogy

Latest funding

Language Policy, Linguistic Human Rights, and Cultural Genocide
SSHRC · 2021 · Co-investigator
$23,950
ABORIGINAL - Ethical relationality, Canadian applied linguists and Indigenous language revitalization
SSHRC · 2016 · Principal investigator
$24,985
Siawinnu'gina'masultinej: Mi'gmaq language learning and teaching across the lifespan in Listuguj
SSHRC · 2013 · Principal investigator
$498,654

All 7 grants and awards

Language Policy, Linguistic Human Rights, and Cultural Genocide

Co-investigatorSSHRC2021Connection Grants

Principal investigators: Kalan, Amir

Keywords: Indigenous languages; reconciliation; language policy; language planning; language rights; second language education; mother language; multilingualism

$23,950

ABORIGINAL - Ethical relationality, Canadian applied linguists and Indigenous language revitalization

Principal investigatorSSHRC2016Knowledge Synthesis Grants

Principal investigators: Sarkar, Mela

$24,985

Siawinnu'gina'masultinej: Mi'gmaq language learning and teaching across the lifespan in Listuguj

Principal investigatorSSHRC2013Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Sarkar, Mela

Keywords: indigenous language revitalization; Aboriginal teacher education; multiliteracies pedagogy; preschool immersion; alternative second language assessment; participatory evaluation; community-based research

$498,654

'Lnu'gina'masultinej: visually-based teaching of Mi'gmaq in Listuguj

Principal investigatorSSHRC2009Aboriginal Research

Principal investigators: Sarkar, Mela

Keywords: indigenous language revitalization; Mi'gmaq; Mi'kmaw; Micmac; Aboriginal education; heritage language; residential school survivors; indigenous science education

$249,916

A comparative case study of Canadian hip-hop: language mixing, identity, and Caribbean connections in Montreal and Toronto

Principal investigatorSSHRC2007Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Sarkar, Mela

Keywords: multilingualism; language and youth/popular cutlure; hip-hop; Caribbean immigration to Canada; code-switching; rap lyrics; hybridity; globalization

$87,270

Mi'gmaq in Listuguj: reclaiming a heritage language outside the conventional classroom

Principal investigatorSSHRC2007Aboriginal Research

Principal investigators: Sarkar, Mela

Keywords: indigenous language revitalization; Aboriginal education; second language acquisition; second language pedagogy; participatory action research; participatory evaluation

$225,000

Investigating inclusion: from educational policies to practices

Co-investigatorSSHRC2003Multiculturalism Issues in Canada

Principal investigators: Shariff, Shaheen

Keywords: school policies; multiculturalism; human rights; mother-tongue maintenance; language acquisition; Arabic speaking pupils; Bengali speaking pupils; legal obligations; student identity; educator perceptions; cultural norms

$50,000

From public funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998 with their latest competition results, the Canada Foundation for Innovation, Genome Canada, the Canadian Space Agency, Canada Research Chairs, the Fonds de recherche du Québec, Ontario research funding, Michael Smith Health Research BC, the Canadian Cancer Society, Heart & Stroke and Brain Canada.

Profile data last refreshed on September 29, 2026 from the university directory, publication records and public research funding records.

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