James H. Chreechan is a retired sociologist from the University of Alberta in Edmonton. He has held visiting and adjunct professorships at the University of Toronto, McMaster University, Queen’s University, and the University of Guelph. Between 1998 and 2012, Creechan was a member in the Faculty of International Studies and Public Policy at the Autonomous University of Sinaloa in Culiacán, Mexico, where he also served as founding professor of an MA program in U.S. and Canadian studies.