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Carl E. James

Carl E. James

Carl E. James is a professor in the Faculty of Education and in the Graduate Programs in Sociology and Social Work at York University in Toronto, Canada. The founding Director of the York Centre for Education and Community (YCEC), his interests include the examination of the educational, social, athletic and occupational experiences and attainment of students, as well as Black youth’s experiences, performance and negotiation of masculinities. With Andrea Davis, James has engaged in research that explores Jamaican and Toronto youth experiences with violence. This research has helped to inform their professional development work with high school teachers in Jamaica focusing on the teaching of boys. His most recent publications include Jamaica in the Canadian Experience (2012, co-edited with Davis).