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Draft copies and research for the chapter "Rewriting history: Iraq war resisters' struggle for asylum in Canada and the mythology of Vietnam" published in "Worth fighting for: Canada's tradition of war resistance from 1812 to the war on terror".

Articles relating to the 2011 Wikileaks cable dump, particularly in relation to Canadian government secrets relating to the 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq.

Materials relating to the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation, formerly called the School of the Americas. Also includes materials on conscientious tax refusal.

Materials relating to a food summit held in 2011 in Waterloo Region. The summit discussed food insecurity, building a healthy food system for the region, organic food and farming, and sources of emergency food.

Press releases from the War Resisters Support Campaign.

Digital photographs from War Resisters Support Campaign events including public meetings, demonstrations, and rallies. Includes demonstrations at the Federal Court, the US Embassy, Port Dover, and in support of Jeremy Hinzman.

Transcriptions of oral history interviews and statements from war resisters. Includes interviews with Kim Rivera, Chuck Wiley, and Dean Walcott.

Media articles and research relating to United States war resisters, and to their treatment in Canada.

Book proposal and draft materials for the book "Let them stay: U.S. war resisters in Canada 2004-2016".

Biographies of United States war resisters.

Articles and research on war resisters.

Materials created and compiled by Luke Stewart relating to anti-war activism efforts, as well as to the experiences of U.S. war resisters in Canada. Much of the information relates to Iraq War resisters and was used to write the book "Let them stay: U.S. war resisters in Canada: 2004-2016".

Court documents, and legal materials relating to US war resisters in Canada.

Draft submissions and planning for the book "Let them stay: U.S. war resisters in Canada 2004-2016". Also includes research and articles on war resisters.

Ephemera from events on activism around the War in Afghanistan.

Reference materials, research, and writings by Luke Stewart on Vietnam draft dodgers and deserters who came to Canada.

Articles and reference materials on Vietnam and Iraq war resisters, with an emphasis on those who came to Canada. Also includes a draft book introduction by Luke Stewart and Michelle Robidoux on Iraq war resisters.

Correspondence regarding Access to Information requests that were not fulfilled, either because of exemptions or because nothing was found upon conclusion of a search. Includes requests to Canadian Security Intelligence Services (on Anti-War at Laurier, CSIS investigative activities at the University of Waterloo), Immigration and Refugee Board (Iraq veterans against the war), National Defence (war resistors, civilian casualties in the War in Afghanistan, Iraq veterans against the war), Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada (Abousfian Abdelrazik, Iraq Veterans Against the War, non-combatant deaths in Afghanistan, antiwar, Afghanistan war, war resisters, war crimes, crimes against humanity, crimes against peace, refugee status, international law, Charter of Rights and Freedoms, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, peace activists, Mikhail Lennikov, Suaad Hagi Mohamud, and Omar Khadr.

Two tshirts from activism events. One reads "I am s.o.b.e.r." and the other " Freedom" with a list of words behind it.

Research on Canadian defence spending and Vietnam draft resisters under the Pierre Trudeau government.

Two notebooks kept by Luke Stewart in the lead up to, and during, his Court of Appeal for Ontario case against the Toronto Police Services Board.

Research and media relating to torture in Afghanistan, and Canadian involvement.

Materials relating to torture in Afghanistan, and Canadian involvement, as well as to the case of Abdullah Almalki who was tortured in Syria after being falsely labelled a terrorist threat by the Canadian government.

File of "to do lists" kept by Luke Stewart that document his educational and activists efforts during 2009-2010.

File of "to do lists" kept by Luke Stewart that document his educational and activists efforts during 2010-2011.

Materials from a conference on Enbridge pipeline number 9. Includes the conference schedule, as well as background materials and maps relating to Enbridge, the pipeline, and tar sands.

Materials relating to the documenting of social justice and activism movements at Laurier between 1999-2009. Includes notes and write-ups on the history of social justice. The materials indicate that there was an intention to create a website, but it is unclear if this happened.

Writings on various topics by Luke Stewart over summer 2011. Topics include torture, the failure of economic determinism, war crimes, the Nuremberg principles, policing, war resisters, G8 and G20 in Canada, super-patriorism, and Lybia.

One notebook kept by Luke Stewart during the spring and summer of 2010. Includes notes and ephemera on school, activism efforts, and the G20 protests and Luke's subsequent arrest.

Materials related to the Speak Up! Speak Out! conference that was sponsored by the Faculty of Social Work, Faculty of Arts, Department of Global Studies, and the Department of Communication Studies at Wilfred Laurier University as well as by the Council for the Intellectual and Cultural Development of the Arts. The conference was described as being about the 'criminalization of dissent around G20 activism'. File includes promotional items, as well as correspondence between the organizers.

Materials relating to the Six Nations Solidarity Network. Includes materials from the group itself such as meeting minutes, as well as background reading, news articles and more.

Issues of First Nations papers including Tekawennake (August 18, 2010; October 6, 2010; October 13, 2010; October 20, 2010; May 25, 2011; March 14, 2012; April 4, 2012; April 18, 2012; May 2, 2012; August 8, 2012; October 24, 2012) and Turtle Island News (May 2, 2012; January 2, 2013). Topics include land rights in Caledonia, Idle No More protests, and suicide awareness among others.

Newspaper clippings from various Southern Ontario papers on topics relating to Six Nations of the Grand River, including school funding, farmland encroachment, history and events, the justice system, land claims, the Indian Act, Mohawk Workers/Kanata Village and housing.

Materials relating to Six Nations land claims and protests. Includes materials on environmental justice, treaty rights, and international relations.

Materials relating to the relationship between Six Nations and McGill University, particularly to a loan owed to Six Nations that was calculated at approximately 1.7 billion dollars in 1989.

Includes general background information on the history of Six Nations of the Grand River. Also includes an essay by Luke Stewart titled "The last survivors of the old order: the Six Nations status case, 1919-1925".

Materials relating to Indigenous activism, particularly by Six Nations of the Grand River. Includes information on the Nation, and materials documenting protest movements such as Idle No More, as well as against pipeline nine and in relation to Six Nations land claims.

Publications by and about Six Nations of the Grand River. Includes "War of 1812 bicentennial map", "Six Nations of the Grand River 2012 events calendar", "Grand River Pow Wow", "St. Paul's Her Majesty's Royal Chapel of the Mohawks", "Cheifswood National Historic Site", "Map and tour guide Six Nations of the Grand River", "Land rights: a global solution for the Six Nations of the Grand River", "United declaration on the rights of Indigenous Peoples", "Six miles deep: land rights of the Six Nations of the Grand River".

Publications from Project Ploughshares.

Ephemera from events on prison reform activism.

Materials relating to the grassroots activism group "poverty makes us sick". The group was ant-poverty, anti-affluence and anti-capitalist and focused on economic justice, particularly for those living on social assistance (Ontario Works and ODSP). The group was launched as a response to the Ontario government's cut of the Special Diet Allowance.

Ephemera from events on poverty activism.

Six posters, including five for Indigenous related events (Six Nations hip-hop showcase, Grassy narrows blockade: 10 years in resistance, reclaiming Kanonhstaton documentary film screening, K-W poetry slam Tru Rez Crew and local poets of the Grand River territory), and one poster of Indigenous territories and history in British Columbia.

Two posters related to the G20. One is for G20 reading week that adversities books for sale to help the legal defence fund, and the other is advertising an info session on the "G20 legal circus".

Ephemera from events on political activism.

Ephemera from events on Palestinian activism.

Materials relating to other activist activities and protest movements that Luke Stewart was involved in.

Ephemera from events on worker's rights, the death penalty in Iran, Canadian immigration, US intervention in Cuba, Omar Khadr, queerbashing, cuts by the Doug Ford government, Bolivian solidarity, cyclist rights, peace, deportation, Ontario Power Generation, socialist action, police brutality, food security, civil rights, victims of church violence, and conscientious objection in military taxation.

Materials related to Luke Stewart's arrest by the Toronto Police Services, and his subsequent lawsuits against them. Originally the lawsuit was to be heard in the Toronto Small Claims court, but it was transferred to the Ontario Superior Court of Justice. Luke won the case upon appeal. Includes legal documents, correspondence, notes, media related to the G20 and more.

Research and media related to Omar Khadr, as well as generally around Canadian government use and acceptance of torture.

Materials related to Luke Stewart's complaint against members of the Toronto Police Services and the York Regional Police Services, both at a protest and at the prisoner processing centre with the Office of the Independent Police Review Director (OIPRD). It was found that there was evidence of misconduct by members of the police as defined by the Police Services Act, namely Discreditable Conduct and Unlawful Exercise of Authority. However, the OIPRD directed the chiefs of police not to take any disciplinary actions against the officers. Includes reports and correspondence from OIPRD as well as materials from Luke's lawyer and cases used for precedence.

Article from the Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology on the prevalence of heavy metals in populations that live in places that are being bombed.

Materials created and collected by Luke Stewart during his time as a student at both Wilfred Laurier University and the University of Waterloo. The materials primarily relate to Luke's interest and involvement in activist movements both locally and with national or international impact. Topics include Indigenous rights, protesting the G20 and police oversight of the protests, global citizenship, and the experiences of U.S. war resisters in Canada. Some of the materials were created or compiled to support Luke's doctoral thesis from the University of Waterloo, "A New Kind of War: The Vietnam War and the Nuremberg Principles, 1964-1968".

Media related to the Libyan civil war.

Final manuscript of the book "Let them stay: U.S. war resisters in Canada 2004-2016".

Planning and research for the book "Let them stay: U.S. war resisters in Canada 2004-2016."

Articles on Canada's role in the war in Afghanistan, torture in war, and Lawyers Against War (LAW).

Materials documenting Luke's time on the Laurier Graduate Students' Association Board of Directors, particularly his work on the sustainability committee.

Materials relating to the activities of the Kitchener-Waterloo anti-torture coalition.

Materials relating to Kim Rivera's fight to stay in Canada after seeking asylum as an Iraq war resister.

Materials relating to the activist group the Mohawk Workers, whose mission is to protect the lands under the Haldimand proclamation. Includes newspaper issues of Tekawennake (August 15, 2012; September 12, 2012) and Turtle Island News (August 15, 2012).

Joint document brief from Ontario Superior Court of Justice case between Luke Stewart and the Toronto Police Services Board. Includes discovery examinations, police notes, photographs and other evidence.

Media, research and writing on Iraq war resisters.

Articles on the situation in Iraq published on the tenth anniversary of the U.S. invasion.

Media related to Iran and rising tensions between Iran and the United States.

Ephemera from events on Indigenous activism.

Materials from an Access to Information Act request submitted by Luke Stewart to the Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada relating to refugee claims for U.S. war resisters in Canada.

Materials relating to the Indigenous Idle No More movement. Includes articles and background information on the movement itself, as well as supplementary materials on Indigenous political protest, climate and more.

Copy of report, original written in 1972. The report was sent to Luke in 2012 by the Justice and Peace Office of the Sisters of Providence in Kingston.

Materials related to the planning of the 2013 Historians Against the War conference themed "the new faces of war", held in Baltimore, MD, as well as to general Historians Against the War events and organization.

Materials from the 2013 Historians Against the War conference themed "the new faces of war", held in Baltimore, MD.

Materials related to the 2011 Historians Against the War teach-in on Afghanistan and "the war on terror".

Materials related to the planning of an oral history project to interview veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars who deserted the US Forces and were at the time living in Canada.

Materials related to the planning of the 2011 Historians Against the War conference, themed "looking back, moving forward: war resisters in North America".

Materials relating to the relationship between the Grand River Conservation Authority (GRCA) and Six Nations, as well as to the approach that the GRCA had taken to conservation and whether or not they had consulted or incorporated knowledge from Six Nations.

Poster advertising the 2008 Global Citizenship Conference.

Notebook kept by Luke Stewart while planning the 2007 Global Citizenship Conference held at Laurier.

Materials relating to the planning of the 2007 Global Citizenship Conference at Laurier.

Materials relating to the planning of the 2008 Global Citizenship Conference at Laurier.

Media coverage of the 2007 and 2008 Global Citizenship Conferences. Includes articles from the Record, the Imprint, the Cord, and the Sputnik.

Final report for the 2007 Global Citizenship Conference.

Ticket and badge from the 2008 Global Citizenship Conference.

Delegate handbooks for the Global Citizenship Conferences from 2007, 2008, 2009, and 2010, all held at Laurier.

Materials relating to the planning of the 2007 and 2008 Global Citizenship Conferences held at Laurier University, as well as materials given to attendees at the 2009 and 2010 iterations.

Research and writing on the topic of global citizenship and globalization in general, and specifically at Laurier University.

Materials relating to the G8 and G20 held in Canada, one year later. Primarily includes articles on the lasting impact of the event, as well as status of protestors who were arrested, and generally on political policing in Canada.

Media articles relating to the G8 and G20 summits in Canada, including preparations for protests, media, and followup materials relating to supporting protestors who were arrested at the G20.

Media articles relating to the G8 and G20 summits in Canada, particularly relating to arrests and police oversight.

Materials relating to a lecture given by Luke Stewart on the G8 and G20 held in Canada, as well as to his arrest by the Toronto Police Services while protesting.

Media articles relating to the G20 summit in Toronto, as well as to the corresponding protests, arrest of protestors, and aftermath.

Materials primarily relating to protests at the G20 summit held in Toronto in 2010. Also includes information related to police oversight during the protests, and specifically to Luke's arrest by the Toronto Police Services, his subsequent lawsuit against them in the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, and his appeal of the initial ruling. Also present are materials on the G8 summit held in Hunstville in 2010.

Arrest bracelet from Luke Stewart's arrest while protesting the G20 in Toronto.

Posters, postcards, handbills, buttons, stickers and information leaflets relating to events about and information on U.S. war resisters. Includes a poster advertising a celebration in Central Park to mark the end of the Vietnam War.

Ephemera from events on environmental activism.

One drawing of Luke Stewart interacting with the Toronto Police Services Board at the G20 protests at Allan Garden Park in Toronto.

Media and information relating to the Canadian Security Intelligence Service. Includes materials on CSIS's involvement in torture, the Omar Khadr case, and CSIS recruitment on Canadian campuses.

Media related to drone use by the American government.

Materials related to Luke Stewart's appeal regarding his Ontario Superior Court case against the Toronto Police Services. Includes legal documents from the Court of Appeal for Ontario, notes by Luke, media relating to G20 arrests and more.

Media relating to the April 28, 2012 "community walk and celebration for peace, respect and friendship" held by the Six Nation of the Grand River and allies.

Materials relating to the April 28, 2012 "community walk and celebration for peace, respect and friendship" held by the Six Nations of the Grand River and allies. Includes press releases and media kit information, advertisements, and information about the organization of the day and those who would be speaking.