TEDxCalgary speaker James is the Director of Corporate Responsibility for PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), and has a dual role leading the PricewaterhouseCoopers Canada Foundation.

With a focus on helping to build and empower community leadership, James is a committed volunteer and shares his expertise on a variety of not-for-profit boards and committees: he is Co-Chair of the Association of Corporate Grantmakers; a member of the Board of Advisors for the Institute at Havergal College; and serves on Advisory Councils for the YMCA, Sheena's Place, Dress for Success, and the Ontario Association of Food Banks.

A featured international speaker, James has most recently presented at the World Volunteer Forum, International Corporate Citizenship Conference, the Philanthropic Foundations of Canada Conference and was a judge for Strategy Magazine's 2011 Cause and Action Awards. A millennial at heart, @CSRjames was also named one of Twitter's Top 45 CSR contributors by Social Earth Blog.

James holds a degree in Geographic Analysis from Ryerson University, a Certificate in Advertising and Media from the Canadian Marketing Association and is a monthly columnist for Canadian Fundraising and Philanthropy.

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