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Type of entity
Person
Authorized form of name
Boon, J.M.
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Boon, Mike
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Description area
Dates of existence
Died December 2014
History
John Michael Boon was the founder of The Wheel Trust, a Calgary think tank specializing in peace and justice issues that included Canadian foreign policy, war in Iraq and Afghanistan. He lived for a period in Chiapas, Mexico, advocating for human rights.
Boon was also an avid caver, a past editor of the Caving International Magazine, and is the author of "Down to a Sunless Sea."