Dr. Reeta Tremblay is Professor Emerita of comparative politics and former Provost and Vice-President Academic at the University of Victoria. Before coming to Victoria, she held other senior administrative positions including Vice President (Academic) and Pro Vice-Chancellor (Pro Tem) at Memorial University in Newfoundland; Dean of the Faculty of Arts at Memorial; and Chair, Department of Political Science at Concordia University, Montreal. She is the past President of the Canadian Political Science Association (CPSA), the Canadian Asian Studies Association (CASA), the Canadian Council of Area Studies of Learned Societies; Chair of the India Studies Committee of the Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute as well as a member of the Canadian Federation of Humanities and Social Sciences. She has served on editorial boards of several disciplinary journals including PS Political Science (APSA), Pacific Affairs, Canadian Journal of Law and Society, Politics and Governance.
Reeta Tremblay holds an MA and PhD in political science from the University of Chicago. Her major areas of research are secessionist movements (Kashmir) in South Asia, the politics of subaltern resistance, democracy and governance and comparative federalism. She has authored or co-authored several books, articles, and reviews. Her work is widely reviewed and cited. Some of her recent publications include: “Unpacking the Equity Myth: Diversity and Leadership Deficit” (2024); “Religion and Politics in Jammu and Kashmir” (2020) “India: Federalism, Nationalism, and the Marginalized – Covid India” (2020); Kashmir Elections: A Precursor to ‘No More Two Flags, Two Constitutions” (2019); “Contested Governance, Competing Nationalisms, and Disenchanted Publics: Kashmir beyond Intractability?” (2018); Modi’s Foreign Policy”(2017).
She has been recognized for excellence in undergraduate and graduate teaching by Concordia Alumni association. In 2015, she was recognized as one of the top 40 prominent Indo-Canadians and was profiled in The Indian Diaspora’ A-List. Moreover, she is widely sought out by both Canadian and global media for her expertise on India, India-Pakistan and India-Canada relations.