James Dubro is an award-winning crime writer of many books, articles and investigative television shows.

Dubro earned an undergraduate degree (Phi Beta Kappa) from Boston University

Boston University

Boston University is a private research university located in Boston, Massachusetts. With more than 4,000 faculty members and more than 31,000 students, Boston University is one of the largest private universities in the United States and one of Boston's largest employers...

, received his master's degree from Columbia University

Columbia University

Columbia University in the City of New York is a private, Ivy League university in Manhattan, New York City. Columbia is the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of New York, the fifth oldest in the United States, and one of the country's nine Colonial Colleges founded before the...

, and did graduate work at Harvard University

Harvard University

Harvard University is a private Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation chartered in the country...

. He moved to Toronto from his native Boston to teach English literature at Victoria College at the University of Toronto

University of Toronto

The University of Toronto is a public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, situated on the grounds that surround Queen's Park. It was founded by royal charter in 1827 as King's College, the first institution of higher learning in Upper Canada...

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In 1974 he researched a news-breaking hour-long documentary on espionage in Canada for CBC

CBC Television

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 TV called "The Fifth Estate: The Espionage Establishment." He then became one of the producers of the famed Connections

Connections (Canadian documentary)

Connections: An Investigation into Organized Crime in Canada was a two-part television documentary program, created and broadcast by CBC Television in 1977 and 1979. It covered the growth of organized crime in Montreal, Toronto and Vancouver. Each part ran for 90 minutes...

television series on organized crime broadcast on the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, commonly known as CBC and officially as CBC/Radio-Canada, is a Canadian crown corporation that serves as the national public radio and television broadcaster...

 in 1977 and 1979. It won the Anik and ACTRA awards for best documentary and the Michener Award

Michener Award

The Michener Award is one of the highest distinctions in Canadian journalism. The award was founded in 1970 by Roland Michener, who was Governor General of Canada at the time, and his wife Norah...

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Dubro then became a researcher and associate producer for the CBC's The Fifth Estate

The fifth estate

the fifth estate is a Canadian television newsmagazine, which airs on the English language CBC Television network. The name is a play on the fact that the media are sometimes referred to as the Fourth Estate, and was chosen to highlight the program's determination to go beyond everyday news into...

. After leaving the CBC to work freelancer, Dubro wrote five books on organized crime in Canada and its international connections. He has also researched, written, or produced documentaries on organized crime, Cuba, the KGB and the CIA that have appeared on CBC, PBS, A&E, CITY-TV (Toronto), and CTV . He co-authored the definition of "organized crime" for all editions of the Canadian Encyclopedia

The Canadian Encyclopedia

The Canadian Encyclopedia is a source of information on Canada. It is available online, at no cost. The Canadian Encyclopedia is available in both English and French and includes some 14,000 articles in each language on a wide variety of subjects including history, popular culture, events, people,...

. He was president of the Crime Writers of Canada

Crime Writers of Canada

Crime Writers of Canada is a national organization for Canadian crime writers, founded by Howard Engel.-Arthur Ellis Awards:Its annual awards are the Arthur Ellis Awards. The award statue itself is wooden model of a hanging man. The arms and legs move when the statue's string is pulled.The award is...

 (CWC) for two years and has been awarded its 2002 "Derrick Murdoch" award for his non-fiction crime writing and his many years of CWC work. In more recent years, Dubro, a longtime activist on policing issues in the LGBT community, has written on crime and policing matters for Xtra!

Xtra!

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Published works

• Mob Rule: Inside the Canadian Mafia (Macmillan, 1985)
• King of the Mob: Rocco Perri
  Rocco Perri
  Rocco Perri was an organized crime figure in Ontario, Canada in the early 20th century...
  
   and the Women Who Ran His Rackets, co-authored with Robin Rowland
  Robin Rowland (author)
  Robin Rowland, a Canadian author, journalist and photographer, grew up in Kitimat, British Columbia. His family then moved to Toronto, where he attended York University and later Carleton University. He began as a reporter for the Sudbury Star and later worked for CBC News...
  
   (Penguin, 1987)
• Mob Mistress (Macmillan, 1988)
• Undercover: The Cases of the RCMP's Most Secret Operative, co-authored Robin Rowland
  Robin Rowland (author)
  Robin Rowland, a Canadian author, journalist and photographer, grew up in Kitimat, British Columbia. His family then moved to Toronto, where he attended York University and later Carleton University. He began as a reporter for the Sudbury Star and later worked for CBC News...
  
   (Octopus, 1991)
• Dragons of Crime: Inside Asian Mobs in Canada (Octopus and M & S 1992, 1993), national Film Board and A & E, CBC documentary
• "Introduction" to Morley Callaghan's Strange Fugitive (Exile Editions, Toronto 2004), originally published 1928

Radio Play

Morningside

Morningside (radio program)

Morningside was a nationally broadcast Canadian radio program, which aired on CBC Radio from September 20, 1976 to May 30, 1997. It was broadcast from 9AM to 12 Noon, Monday to Friday...

, King of the Bootleggers, starring Bruno Gerussi

Bruno Gerussi

Bruno Gerussi was a Canadian television actor born in Medicine Hat, Alberta, best known for the lead role in the CBC Television series The Beachcombers...

 and Barbara Budd

Barbara Budd

Barbara Budd is a Canadian actress, narrator and radio announcer. Between 1993 and April 30, 2010, she was the co-host of CBC Radio One's As It Happens....

, the story of Rocco Perri

Rocco Perri

Rocco Perri was an organized crime figure in Ontario, Canada in the early 20th century...

, co-authored with Robin Rowland

Robin Rowland (author)

Robin Rowland, a Canadian author, journalist and photographer, grew up in Kitimat, British Columbia. His family then moved to Toronto, where he attended York University and later Carleton University. He began as a reporter for the Sudbury Star and later worked for CBC News...