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Jim Green is a municipal Politician and university instructor from Vancouver, British Columbia . Born in Alabama , 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 and is a well-known advocate for the city's Downtown Eastside . TRIVIA
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