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Materials relating to the group Academic Alternatives at the University of Waterloo. The group was run by graduate students and offered a place for students, faculty and community members to discuss contemporary events, bridging the gap between theory and practice, and other interdisciplinary subjects.

Freedom of information requests from Luke Stewart to CSIS for materials relating to hisself, as well as to RCMP activities on the University of Waterloo campus.

Ephemera from events on anarchist activism.

Ephemera from events on anti-torture activism.

Media and research relating to anti-war protests, organizations and war resisters.

Results of an Access to Information request to Canada Border Services Agency regarding "In each grouping I am inquiring about information made public such as: internal memorandums, legal briefings by legal advisors, reports and briefing papers. Within each specific individual case, I am aware of certain privacy restrictions: however, I am concerned with what role, decision-making process, etc. CBSA employees and member of parliament had in each case.

1. Antiwar grouping
   (a) Iraq Veterans Against the War 2004-present
   (b) American antiwar activists Ann Wright and Medea Benjamin denied entry into Canada on 22 October 2007
   (c) George Galloway controversy January to present 2009
   (d) Reza Aijani and Shadi Sadr denied entry into Canada in May 2009
2. Bill Ayers was denied visa and access into Canada on 18 January 2009 because of felony charge of over 40 years ago. Ayers denied the felony charge and claimed "McCarthyite Nightmare" as the reasons for his denied visa.
3. Mikhail Lnnikov January 2009 to present
4. Suaad Hagi Mohamud controversy".

Fulfilled ATIP request to CSIS for information on security investigations on university campuses.

Results of an Access to Information request to Citizenship and Immigration Canada regarding "I am requesting any and all electronic and physical materials relating to Operational Bulletin 202 (issued July 2010) including, but not limited to, departmental and interdepartmental emails, meeting minutes, memoranda, briefing reports, talking points, cabinet memoranda, etc. This includes information on the formulation of the Operational Bulletin before July 2010 and information concerning the bulletin after July 2010".

Results of two Access to Information requests with Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada regarding

1. "From November 4, 2015 to January 6, 2016 a copy of all electronic and physical materials related to United States military personnel who deserted and came to Canada before deploying to the war in Iraq (aka "Iraq was resistors" "United States was resistors" "Iraq was deserters"). This may include, but is not limited to, departmental and interdepartmental emails, meeting minutes, memoranda, briefing reports, talking points, cabinet reports, and cabinet memoranda. Also to be included is the transition file, briefing notes/materials to Minister John McCallum. I fully understand that CIC cannot disclose information on private individuals, and I understand and mention in the documents will be redacted."
2. "From July 1, 2010 to October 30, 2013, copy of all electronic and physical materials related to United States military personnel who deserted and came to Canada before deploying to the war in Iraq. This may include, but is not limited to, departmental and inter-departmental emails, meeting minutes, memoranda, briefing reports, talking points, cabinet reports, cabinet memoranda. Also to be included is the transition file, briefing notes/materials between former Minister Jason Kenney to minister Chris Alexander."

Results of an Access to Information request to National Defence Canada seeking "correspondence to and/or from the Minister and/or the CDS with regards to non-combatant deaths in Afghanistan from 2002 to October 2009".

Correspondence regarding Access to Information requests submitted to the RCMP on the organization "Anti-War at Laurier" and on Luke himself. Both requests were denied as falling under an exemption to the Privacy Act.

Poster protesting Quebec Bill 78, An Act to enable students to receive instruction from the postsecondary institutions they attend.

One essay by Luke Stewart titled "Blowing smoke with hot air: On Helpless, McHale and the 'Truth and Reconciliation' rally." Also includes research materials used to support the essay, including articles on the Truth and Reconciliation rally, and about Christie Blatchford, her book "Helpless, Caledonia's nightmare of fear and anarchy, and how the law failed all of us", and Blatchford's talk given at the University of Waterloo.

Two buttons, one from the Ontario Coalition Against Poverty, and one homemade felt button showing the Two Row Wampum.

Materials relating to the Laurier campus environmental coalition. Includes a Green Laurier Report, information on sustainability at Laurier, and the organization of a sustainability forum.

Research and media related to Canada's role in the war in Afghanistan.

Research and data on the Canadian defence industry.

Materials relating to the concept of open society in Canada. There is a particular emphasis on open society and security.

Materials relating to the operation of Canadian universities. Includes information on funding, government relationship, and tuition increases, particularly the mid-term tuition increase at the University of Waterloo in 2013.

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.

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 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 related to drone use by the American government.

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.

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

Ephemera from events on environmental activism.

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.

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

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.

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

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 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 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.

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

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.

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

Ticket and badge from the 2008 Global Citizenship Conference.

Final report for the 2007 Global Citizenship Conference.

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

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.

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

Poster advertising the 2008 Global Citizenship Conference.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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 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.

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.

Ephemera from events on Indigenous activism.

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

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

Media, research and writing on Iraq war resisters.

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.

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).

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

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

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

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

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

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

Media related to the Libyan civil war.

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".

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 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.

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 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.

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

Ephemera from events on Palestinian activism.

Ephemera from events on political 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 poverty 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 prison reform activism.

Publications from Project Ploughshares.

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".

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 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.

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

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