The 2011 accrual consists of material relating to John English's personal and professional interests and activities from the early 1960's to 2010. Includes correspondence, manuscripts and research files, records of organizations and political bodies in which he plays a role as well as University of Waterloo teaching files.

The 2012 accrual consists of material relating to John English's personal and professional interests and activities from the early 1960's to 2011. Includes correspondence, manuscripts and research files, records of organizations and political bodies in which he plays/played a role as well as University of Waterloo administrative and teaching files.

Materials related to the Kitchener-Waterloo Arab Canadian Friendship Association and the Centre on Foreign Policy and Federalism at the University of Waterloo and Wilfrid Laurier University. Includes correspondence inviting John English to events; correspondence and invoices related to events he helped organize; and photocopies of documents “Palestine Human Rights Information Center. Database project on Palestinian Human Rights" (Volume III, No. 6, Human Rights Update, May 1990) and “Middle East International." (No. 379, July 6, 1990).

Program for the International Forum on Globalization on “Globalization and the role of the United Nations” (September 5, 2000), at New York.

Correspondence related to legal matters received by John English.

Program for the event in honour of “The Right Honourable Paul Edgar Martin, P.C., C.C, Prime Minister of Canada, 2003-2006" at the House of Commons, Canada. Includes flyer for the event “Unveiling of the official portrait of the Right Honourable Paul Edgar Martin, P.C., C.C. 21st Prime Minister of Canada, Wednesday, May 11, 2016, Parliament Hill.”

Materials related to conference “From the Rwandan Genocide to R2P: A Journey of Lessons Learned.” Includes program and notes by John English. Also contains information about Scholars Network’s Senior Fellows.

Plans for the new Canada Hall Museum of Civilization, including images of floorplans and details of the exhibition.

Materials created or accumulated by John English during research activities. Includes articles and drafts of articles he authored, applications to related programs, notes on research topics, writings by other authors that were reviewed by English, and other research projects in which he participated.

Materials related to the book Canada since 1945 : power, politics, and provincialism, written by Robert Bothwell, Ian Drummond, and John English. Includes itinerary for the promotion, promotional poster, newsclips about the book, a summary and flyer of the book, biographical information about authors, and related correspondence.

Materials related to the Centre on Foreign Policy and Federalism and an application to the Donner Canadian Foundation. Includes research responsibilities of principal investigators for the project “Energy, federalism and foreign relations,” an assessment of “Federalism and Canadian foreign policy” (January 28, 1982), a “Federalism and Canadian foreign policy. Research project” (1981), and correspondence between English and Gail Sinclair from the Donner Canadian Foundation related to the rest of records.

Materials related to research on Hon. Pierre Trudeau. Includes 1 CD-ROM with note “Trudeau files" and notes on Pierre Trudeau.

CD-ROM titled “John Lamb files 07/04/11.”

Printout of article “Shadow of heaven : the life of Lester Pearson, vol. I : 1897-1948” reviewed by John English, published in The Canadian Historical Review, volume 72, number 2, June 1991.

Materials related to Arctic research and organizations. Includes articles and drafts of articles by different authors and published in different media; official reports, magazines, and publications; materials related to Arctic conferences and events; related correspondence; and materials related to organizations and committees, including the Arctic Council and Arctic 360.

Materials created by Terry Fenge in relation to Arctic research and the Arctic Council. Materials were organized by Fenge and given by Fenge to John English. Materials were organized in sections:

• Circumpolar general,
• Arctic Council - IPS,
• Arctic Council Analysis & History,
• Arctic Council - Climate change. ACIA Policy.

Publication "Working group on Arctic international relations. Impressions of the co-chairs : sustainable development and the Arctic" by Franklyn Griffiths and Oran R. Young. Second session Ilulissat and Nuuk, Greenland (April 20-24, 1989). Reports and papers, 1989-1.

Notes created by John English on different papers by other authors. Papers included are:

• Monica Tennberg. "Arctic Environmental Cooperation: a study in governmentality." Ashgate: Aldershot, 2000.
• Timo Koivurova, "Environmental impact assessment in the Arctic: a study of international legal norms." Ashgate, 2002.
• "Arcitc (sic) Monitoring and assessment programme (AMAP)." Scott Library, 1993.
  Also includes a draft of David Scrivener's “Gorbachev’e Murmansk Speech: the Soviet initiative and Western response. The Norwegian Atlantic Committee." Oslo, 1989.

Published copy of the Arctic environmental protection strategy : declaration on the protection of the Arctic environment, published in Rovaniemi, Finland (June 1991).

Print-out copy of article “Wings for peace : open skies and transpolar civil aviation” by Alan K. Henrikson, part of Research Report No. 47 Vulnerable Arctic: need for an alternative orientation? (1992).

Photocopy of article “Interview with Ambassador Oddmund Graham : defining sustainable development and utilisation” published by WWF Arctic Bulletin, No. 1.97.

Materials created by Terry Fenge in relation to Arctic research and the Arctic Council. Materials were organized by Fenge and given by Fenge to John English. Materials were organized in sections:

• Arctic Council Analysis & History,
• Arctic Council - Climate change. ACIA Policy,
• Arctic Council - IPS,
• ACIA Follow-up.

Materials created by Terry Fenge in relation to Arctic research and the Arctic Council. Materials were organized by Fenge and given by Fenge to John English. Materials were organized in sections:

• Arctic Council Analysis & History,
• Circumpolar General.

Publiched edition of "Report of the Canadian Arctic expedition 1913-18. Canadian Arctic expedition (1913-1918)," published by BiblioLife (July 11, 2009).

Printout of article “Early History of the Arctic Council” prepared by John Lamb (October 20, 2010).

Magazines with content related to Arctic matters. Includes:

• "U.S. Naval Insititute" (2010),
• "Foreign policy : global politics, economic, and ideas" (September/October, 2010),
• "Shared voices : the University of the Arctic Magazine" (2010),
• "Journal of Nordregio" (June 2011),
• "Canadian Art magazine" (Fall 2011),
• "Up here : life in Canada's far North" (July/August 2012).

Materials related to the Seventh International Congress of Arctic Social Science organized by the International Arctic Social Sciences Association (IASSA) and with title "Circumpolar Perspectives in Global Dialogue : Social Sciences beyond the International Polar Year" (June 22-26, 2011), Akureyri, Iceland. Includes program, abstracts, and possibly related invoices.

Materials related with the event "Rethinking the Top of the World : Arctic Security. Public opinion survey.” Includes final report, discussion panels, and rules of engagement for moderated discussions. English participated as rapporteur on group three “The Arctic Council : Steps for the Way Forward.” The event was organized by the Walter and Duncan Gordon Foundation and the Canada Centre for Global Security Studies at the Munk School of Global Affairs, by Ekos Research Associates Inc. in January 2011.

Notes on the meeting of the Canadian International Council and Foreign Policy Institute Arctic Seminar with Fisheries and Oceans Canada (July 8, 2011), taken by France Pégeot and Michael Pearson.

Drafts of articles to be presented at the conference “The Arctic Council : its place in the future of Arctic Governance” University of Toronto (17-18 January 2012). Drafts included are:

• “Knowledge structures of the Arctic Council for sustainable development” by Paula Kankaanpää, Arctic Centre. Draft of December 19, 2011.
• “Current and prospective roles of the Arctic Council multilateral system within the context of the Law of the Sea” by E. J. Molenaar. Draft of 22 December.
• “Looking within and outside of the Arctic to increase the governance capacity of the Arctic Council” by J. Rhemann.
• “The Arctic Council with non-Arctic perspective : seeking a new balance” by Piotr Graczyk.
• “Geopolitical transformations, ‘rising’ Asia and future of the Arctic Council” by Sanjay Chaturvedi.
• “International organization or member state cue ball? The establishment of the permanent Arctic Council Secretariat” draft, January 3, 2012. By Nikolas Sellheim.

Printout of report “The effectiveness of the Arctic Council” by Paula Kankaanpaa and Oran R. Young (January 9, 2012).

Published edition of "Chair's conclusions from the Arctic environment ministers meeting : Arctic change - global effects." Jukkasjärvi, Sweeden (February 5-6, 2013).

Materials related to Arctic research. Materials included are:

• “2014 National Opinion Poll : Canadian Views on Asia” by Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada.
• “India and the Arctic : revisionist aspirations, Arctic realities” by P. Whitney Lackenbauer.
• “A multilateral code to govern Arctic offshore resource development” by Elizabeth Riddell-Dixon.

Materials related to the "Regional Government in International Affairs Conference," organized by Munk-Gordon Arctic Security Program, at the University of Toronto in Ontario, Canada. Includes partial speaker tracking and program of the event.

Printout of presentation titled “Can the Arctic Council Survive?” presented at the Toronto Public Library on May 5, 2015.

Materials created by Terry Fenge in relation to Arctic research and the Arctic Council. Materials were organized by Fenge and given by Fenge to John English. Materials were organized in sections:

• Arctic Council Analysis & History,
• Arctic Council - IPS,
• ACIA Follow-up,
• Arctic Council - Climate change. ACIA Policy,
• Circumpolar general.

Floppy disk with note “Pictures. Landmine Conf Speech.”

Materials related to the Canadian Forces College Office of the Commandant (CSSP). Includes:

• “CSSP 13. Canadian Forces. Canada’s national security policies lecture-discussion. The strategic dimensions of Canada’s North”
• “The strategic dimensions of Canada’s North “Towards a Canadian Arctic Strategy” by Franklyn Griffiths.

Materials related to the Canadian Forces College Canadian Security Studies. Includes correspondence inviting English to address the Canadian Security Studies Programme, contract between Minister National Defence and English for a lecture to CSSP 16, and programme Visiting Speaker’s Guide.

Printout of speech to nominate Bardish Chagger to be the next member of Parliament for Waterloo, 2015.

Materials related to John English participation in "Canada : the story of US." Includes fine cut, script, flyer for the program, episodes summaries, related correspondence, and schedules for dictation and scripts for the first episode.

Materials related to the “RBC Taylor Prize. Recognizing Excellence. Awards ceremony & luncheon. A celebration of 16 awardings.” Includes speeches, travel information, program for the event, related correspondence, guidelines for the jury, flight information for English, and notes on books.

Keynote address to the Canadian Historical Association during the 2017 Annual Meeting and related correspondence. Title of the address is “The present is a foreign country : Lester Pearson in 1967” (missing one page).

Speeches and lectures given by John English at different events. Speeches included are:

• Speech for Chris Snyder's book launch at the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy. Snyder's book is titled “Creating Opportunities: A Volunteer’s Memoir” (May 1, 2018).
• Speech and information for an event the University Club of the University of Toronto. Speech is titled "Trudeaumania" and information about the event is on the publication From the outside in (April 2019) from the University of Toronto.
• Speech given by English at Hurt House, as part of the Bill Graham Honorary Degree (June 2018).

Proposal for the M.A. in Contemporary International History (MA-CIH) to start in 2017 at the University of Toronto. Includes proposed dates and program rationale.

Materials related to John English's political life, including his political campaigns and his association with the Liberal Party of Canada and the Kitchener Liberals. Includes ephemera and campaign materials and information about the Kitchener Liberals and the Canadian Liberal party.

Materials related to John English's political campaigns of 1993 and 1998. Includes president’s report for the Kitchener Federal Liberal Association for 1992 and 1993; calendars for 1994 and 1996 from John English MP; federal programs and services guides from 1994, 1995 and for 1996; event programs; flyers and invitations for events for 1988 campaign; annual report for 1994, 1995; and a scarf with stickers for English.

This accrual consists predominately of textual materials relating to John English's activities in federally-appointed positions after 1997. It also includes materials pertaining to his academic research and publication activities. The accrual contains research documentation and drafts of various articles, books and conference papers produced by Dr. English ca. 1979 to 1998.

In particular, it includes background research and publication information regarding his two-volume biography of Lester B. Pearson, which was published between 1989 and 1991 as The Life of Lester B. Pearson. In addition, a small volume of material relates to his activities as Member of Parliament including records of his Constituency and Parliamentary Offices.

Materials created or accumulated by John English as part of different functions in his professional life. Includes materials related to committees, organizations, and associations with which he was involved; conferences and events he attended or organized; different research projects, with the preeminence of Arctic matters; speeches, lectures, and courses he thought or organized; and political activities and events as part of the Canadian Liberal Party.

Materials created or accumulated by John English in relation to administrative matters. Includes records related to conferences, presentations, and events he either attended, participated in, or organized. Also contains records related to organizations, committees and associations with which he was involved, and related correspondence.

Materials related to a grant application to the "Aid to occasional Scholarly Conferences Program." Includes application instructions, form, proposal, and receipt of submission. Also contains a registration form for the resulting event “Canadian Foreign Policy : has Canada made a difference?” (December 10-11, 1991, Toronto).

Materials related to the Canadian Landmine Foundation. Includes agendas for meetings, related correspondence, adoption forms, flyers, related newspaper clippings, and information about different programs. Also contains published materials:

• “An Agenda for Mine Action : A Global Ban on Landmines” (Ottawa, Canada, December 2-4, 1997, in English and French);
• DVD “The war that never ends : Canada’s contribution to de-mining and international development” (1997, in English and French)
• “Programme and Mine Action Forum : Roundtable agenda” from “A global ban on landmines : treaty signing and mine action forum” 1997
• Magazine “AP Mine Ban : progress report” (No. 5, 1997 and No. 6, 1998).
• Catalogue of “Adopt a Minefield” and information about the program
• "The ICRC special fund for the disabled" and "ICRC and the war disabled : physical rehabilitation programmes 1979-1995
• “Prosthetics Outreach Foundation : Helping the developing world walk again” Spring/Summer 1998.

Materials related to the "XXIV German-Canadian Conference" (October 23 to 25, 2009, Freiberg/Sachsen, Germany). Includes the delegation list, program, and “Speech by H.E. Ambassador Dr. Georg Witschel German Ambassador in Canada ‘Political and Economic Factor that Shape Canadian and German Approaches to Globalization.’”

Materials related to Canadian charitable foundations. Includes information about "Social finance" from Social Innovation Generation; memoranda, agendas and minutes, and presentations for the Lyle Shantz Hallman Charitable Foundation; and the document "Philanthropic foundations Canada : values and ethical principles."

Correspondence received from Preston Manning (President and CEO of Manning Centre for Building Democracy) and information on the Centre for Innovation and Prosperity.

Market Analysis for Lester Magazine.

Personal correspondence received by John English from different people.

Materials related to the Stratford Institute for digital media. Includes the Institute's planning and the agenda for the board of directors meeting (September 28, 2011).

Program for “Social Justice in the 21st Century: a new inter-generational contract” in Alberta, November 14, 2013.

Materials related to the event “1914-1918: the making of the Modern World” (2014). Includes preliminary anticipated costs (July 31, 2014), meeting minutes (October 29, 2013), draft of program, business cards for John English from the Bill Graham Centre of Contemporary International History and for Janice Gross Stein from the Munk School of Global Affairs' and poster and information about the event.

Correspondence received by John English about the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request to access Ronald Reagan's records at the National Archives and Record Administration (NARA), received from the Ronald Reagan Library.

Correspondence related to several University of Toronto colleges and schools. Includes the Munk School, Massey College, and Trinity College.

Keynote address given by the Rt. Hon. Paul Martin at the event “Wâhkôhtowin 2014" with the title "Indigenizing practice in post-secondary education : linking kindred spirits,” University of Saskatchewan, September 19, 2014.

Materials related to the Canadian Landmine Foundation. Includes the report for the annual general meeting (May 31-June1, 2015) and interim report (August 6, 2015).

Materials related to the Afghan-Turks cultural association of Canada. Includes “A proposal for better relations between Canada and Afghanistan: request for the visit of Afghanistan’s Vice-President Abdul Rashid Dostum” prepared by S. Rahmaty and the proposal for the visit of the Afghan Vice-President to Canada (January 21, 2016).

Materials related to the Canadian International Council (CIC). Includes meetings and minutes for the board of directors (March 29, 2019), a draft on the financial statements (June 30, 2018), list of fundraising prospects (March 29, 2019), annual report for 2017-2018, a memorandum of understanding between CIC and Trinity College, the International Journal Publisher’s report (2019), and agendas for the International Journal Advisory Board Meeting (March 28, 2019 and July 16, 2018).

Society publishing agreement between the Canadian International Council and Trinity College and SAGE Publications Ltd. for a journal titled “International Journal”. Not signed.

Excerpts from “Living the Dream” written by Doesmon on board Jubilacion.

Published copy of the documentary John Turner : in his own words, produced by Stornoway Productions Inc., in 2006, and with the participation of John English among others.

Published copies of Literary Review of Canada with articles by John English. Includes:

• Volume 19, Number 10 (December 2011) with article "An unsentimental portrait. A review of Richard Gwyn's 'Nation Maker : Sir John A. Macdonald : His life, our times' Volume two: 1867-1891" and draft of article.
• Volume 23, Number 8 (October 2015) with article "Public lives. A review of 'Stephen Harper,' by John Ibbitson, and 'Strength of conviction' by Tom Mulcair,"
• 25 Anniversary Edition with article "Citizen of the World and Just watch me : the life of Pierre Elliott Trudeau."

Draft of “The tragedy of Canadian diplomatic history : a historiographical survey : a comment” with comments and corrections by Robert Bothwell.

Printout of “Foreword to Mike’s World : Lester Pearson and Canadian external relations.”

Handwritten notes taken by John English in 1996 about the Arctic Council.

Correspondence related to the Arctic monitoring and assessment programme. Includes fax received by English with title “Environmental services and research, natural resources and environment, Northern Affairs program, Diand," and other related correspondence.

Reports and other publications by the Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AMAP). Publications include:

• "Arctic oil and gas 2007" (2007),
• "Climate change and the cryosphere : snow, water, ice and permafrost in the Arctic (SWIPA)" (2009),
• "AMAP report 2010:8. AMAP strategic framework 2010 +" (2011),
• "AMAP assessment 2007. Oil and gas activities in the Arctic - effects and potential effects" (2010),
• "Arctic pollution 2011" (2011).

Published edition of "Why monitor the Arctic Ocean? Services to society from a sustained ocean observing system," published by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission.

Bibliography and articles written by Oran R. Young (Dartmouth College). Articles included are:

• “Forward. Arctic Futures : the politics of transformation,”
• “Arctic Futures : the power of ideas” (2010),
• “In an Arctic Ocean treaty is not the solution, what is the alternative?” (2010),
• “The age of the Arctic” (2011),
• Presentation on the Arctic.

Materials published by Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna (CAFF) and Arctic Council. Publications included are:

• "Arctic species trend index 2010 : tracking trends in Arctic wildlife," report No. 20. (2010),
• "Arctic biodiversity trends 2010 : selected indicators of change" (2010),
• "Terrestrial expert monitoring group : background paper of the Circumpolar biodiversity monitoring programme's terrestrial expert monitoring group," CAFF Monitoring series Report No. 6 (2011),
• "The Arctic species trend index 2011 : key findings from an in-depth look at marine species and development of spatial analysis techniques," CAFF Monitoring series Report No. 9 (2012).

Published edition of "Arctic Council : coming of age?" In The Circle : A resilient future. Is Europe in the Arctic? Enter the Arctic Dragon?, published by the WWF Global Arctic programme.

Ephemera related to the Arctic Council. Includes flyers "PAME (Protection of the Arctic Marine Environment) Working Group of the Arctic Council, 2011-2013,” “Indigenous Peoples in the Arctic Council,” and “Arctic council Fact Sheet, Arctic council Swedish Chairmanship, 2011-2013."

Materials related to events in Norway. Includes list of participants and agenda for the 2015 Transatlantic Science Forum and a call for papers for “Industry and environment” Norway, January 2016.

Published edition of program "Day of dialogue : innovative ideas for social change." Walter & Duncan Gordon Foundation, 50th anniversary celebrations.

Materials related to the "Conferences focused on Canada’s North" organized by the Northern Institute. Includes a “Special Tribute to Terry Fence (1950-2015),” program, list of participants, and slides for John English's presentation. Organized by the Northern Institute.

Printout with information about the workshop “Understanding Sovereignty and Security in the Circumpolar Arctic,” at the Campbell Conference Facility, University of Toronto (January, 25-26 2016).

Draft of “Canada as an Arctic power : recommendations for the Canadian Chairmanship of the Arctic Council.”

Materials related to Arctic 360. Includes printout of “Harnessing Investment in the North American Arctic : Challenges and opportunities;” agenda; sponsorship package; poster; mission, message from director and the partners, and general and contact information about the organization; and printout of a presentation on “Arctic 360."

Materials related to different speeches given by John English. Includes:

• Speech of acceptance of the Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany and related correspondence,
• Remarks introducing Justin Trudeau at Jim Coutts Memorial,
• Eulogy for Joan Euler,
• Program for the Walter and Duncan Gordon Foundation Board of Directors’ Retreat.

Materials related to the event “The UN at 70: a Canadian perspective” (June 12, 2015), at McMaster University. Includes agenda and speech by John English with title "The Canadian commitment to the UN and its term on the Security Council, 1999-2000."

Materials related to a speech given by English at the National Liberal Club in London, on June 6, 2016. Speech and event were related to the Brexit Referendum in the United Kingdom. Includes program of the event and speech.

Eulogies for Professor Michael Craton written by James Walvin, Ken McLaughlin, and John English.

Handwritten notes for the meeting with Peter Lang from 1979.

Correspondence received by English “re: the 60th Congress of Liberal International, Mexico City, October 28-31, 2015” and information about the event.

Materials related to conferences John English attended. Includes:

• Notes from the "Canadian-Soviet Conference" (August 27-29, 1987);
• Report and program from the conference “Canada, the United States and the Atlantic Alliance” (May 20-23, 1987);
• Report on the "International Political Science Association (IPSA) Congress" (1988);
• Notes on the Centre of foreign policy and federalism;
• Program and notes for the conference "Indigenous Minorities in Multi-National Democracies in the year 2000: problems and prospects" (May 9-10, 1986).

Also contains the curriculum vitae for Toivo Miljan from 1987.

Materials related to the C.D. Howe Memorial Foundation. Includes programme committee agenda, minutes, and summary of outstanding funding requests.

Correspondence related to the Canadian International Council received by John English in 2009.

Materials related to the Canadian Landmine Foundation. Includes the list of Board members and staff (May 2011), correspondence related to the Cambodian Self Help Demining and the Foundation, agenda for the annual meeting of the Board of Directors, statement of financial position, balance sheet, financial statement, and a project proposal for "Mine Action Programme – Mozambique."

Programs and invitations for several events. Events included are:

• "A special convocation to confer an Honorary Degree on his Highness Prince Karin Aga Khan," at the University of Trinity College (University of Toronto), November 25, 2013.
• "The global progress evening with Madeleine Albright in conversation with Lloyd Axworthy," organized by the Canadian Centre for Progressive Policy, April 1, 2014.
• "A celebration of the life of the Honourable Donald Stovel Macdonald," October 19, 2018.
• "A presentation of the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medals,” June 2012.

Materials related to the Atlantik-Brücke association. Includes related correspondence, cost breakdown, draft agenda, program for the "Future of Energy, XXIX German Canadian Conference hosted by Atlantik-Bruecke Canada and Atlantik-Brücke" (September 17-20, 2014), and a template for email introducing Atlantik-Bruecke Canada organization.

Information package for “Celebrate Ontario 2014” and correspondence sent to Honourable Michael Chan by John English and Jack Cunningham regarding the Celebrate Ontario 2014 program and the event “1914-1918: the making of the Modern World.”

Materials related to the event “Remembering Jim Coutts : an evening to honour Jim Coutts, his political life and his contribution to the Liberal legacy” (May 21, 2014). Includes poster and invitation list for the event.