Gerald Caplan is a lifelong social and political activist with a passionate commitment to African development. A former professor at the University of Toronto/OISE, he is the author of two scholarly history books, a collection of newspaper articles, public policy studies, UNICEF reports, and numerous articles and book reviews. He is the author of Rwanda: The Preventable Genocide, written for the International Panel of Eminent Personalities established by the Organization of African Unity to investigate the genocide. Gerald Caplan speaks widely about African development issues and genocide prevention on television and radio, and in newspaper opinion pieces. He lives near Toronto.