Kevin Edmonds

Kevin Edmonds is an Assistant Professor of Community Engaged Learning and Caribbean Studies (Teaching Stream) at the University of Toronto. He received his PhD in political science from the University of Toronto, specializing in Caribbean political economy, community histories of alternative/illicit development, foreign intervention and the region’s radical political tradition. His publications include “Beyond Racial Capitalism: Cooperatives in the African Diaspora” (co-authored with Caroline Shenaz Hosein and Sharon Austin), “Guns, Gangs and Garrison Communities in the Politics of Jamaica at the Turn of the Century”, and “Beyond Good Intentions: The Structural Limitations of NGOs in Haiti“. He also has extensive experience organizing with several grassroots organizations within the Caribbean as well as with Toronto’s Caribbean community.