Jim Green

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Jim Green is a municipal politician and university instructor from Vancouver, British Columbia.

Born in Tennessee, Green moved to Canada to avoid being drafted for the Vietnam War. Green studied at the University of British Columbia and University of South Carolina. He later studied at the Sorbonne the Millennium Film Institute in New York and the University of Colorado.

In 2002 he was elected to Vancouver City Council as a member of COPE, and subsequently, with mayor Larry Campbell and councillor Raymond Louie, left to form a new party, Vision Vancouver. Under the Vision Vancouver mantle, he unsuccessfully ran for mayor in 2005, losing to Sam Sullivan.

It was the second time Green had run for mayor unsuccessfully, having been beaten as a member of COPE by then-NPA mayor Gordon Campbell in 1990. Six years later, Green again faced Campbell, this time in the 1996 provincial election. Green, a New Democrat, was defeated by BC Liberal leader, and future premier Campbell.

Green is an adjunct professor of Anthropology at the University of British Columbia, where he co-founded the university's Urban Field School. Green was chair of the now-defunct Four Corners Community Savings, and served on the board of the Federation of Canadian Municipalities. He has led the development of many housing projects, including the Woodward's building Redevelopment and is a well-known advocate for the city's Downtown Eastside.

[edit] Trivia

• Despite living in Canada for over 30 years, Green still speaks with a distinctive southern accent.