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Seeking Sanctuary: Draft Dodgers
No one expected the Vietnam War to play out as it did. With thousands of young men fighting to the death overseas, another group of American sons fled their homeland and journeyed north to Canada. As the battle raged on and the antiwar movement divided the United States, draft dodgers and deserters struggled to forge new lives for themselves. Seeking sanctuary and the opportunity to make a difference, they changed their adopted country unquestionably. (Note: Some clips contain explicit language.)

	We refused to go: The antiwar movement in Canada and the US		Safe haven in Toronto – Yorkville Village		Back to America!
	Draft cards are burning and antiwar protestors are marching. The war in Vietnam has polarized citizens in both Canada and the United States. (TV; runs 3:32)		Spot the beatniks, oddballs, bohemia and draft dodgers in this area of Toronto. (TV; runs 2:49)		A CBC columnist suggests that cowardly American draft dodgers should be extradited back to the United States. (Radio; runs 4:14)

	Talking about home: Sammy Davis Jr. talks to draft dodgers		Trudeau opens the door to draft dodgers		Living in Fear: draft dodgers in hiding
	Performer Sammy Davis Jr. interviews draft dodgers about their experiences in Canada. (TV; runs 10:03)		Canadians are sympathetic to the plight of the draft evader, Trudeau tells the American press. (TV; runs 3:29)		From panic to paranoia, one draft dodger discusses how his life has changed since coming to Canada. (TV; runs 5:54)

	Defending George Kaputo		How to desert the US Army in three steps		Destination Vancouver: Draft dodgers head north
	Radical university students try to protect and make a martyr out of a young army deserter. (TV; runs 13:10)		Bill Spira describes how draft dodgers and deserters can successfully cross the border into Canada. (Radio; runs 8:31)		Sympathy, marriage and freedom – draft dodgers are finding BC to be the ideal crossing point. (Radio; runs 26:29)

	Amnesty – but not for all		All-American son: One family in two countries		The life of Jack Todd – A resister remembers
	Under President Carter's unconditional pardon, draft dodgers are welcome to come home again. Military deserters, however, have been excluded from this pardon. (Radio; runs 4:57)		The emotional scars of leaving a family behind continue to haunt one American draft dodger. (TV; runs 10:25)		One draft dodger pens his memoirs about his experience twenty-five years after the Vietnam War. (TV; runs 3:09)

LINKS Topic from Les Archives de Radio-Canada on the same subject Draft-dodgers : insoumis, déserteurs et réfractaires Related Topics from CBC's Archives Hippie Society: The Youth Rebellion CBC.ca CBC Radio: As It Happens: The Vietnam War External sites Radical Middle: Toronto Anti-Draft Programme Canadian Immigration and Citizenship Canada: Forging our Legacy Vietnam War Resisters in Canada The CBC assumes no responsibility for the content of external links.

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