Editing Stephen Lewis (section)

==Early life and education==
Lewis was born in [[Ottawa, Ontario]], on November 11, 1937, to Sophie Lewis (née Carson) and [[David Lewis (Canadian politician)|David Lewis]].<ref name ="Smith, p. 258">Smith, p.258</ref> His parents gave him the Hebrew name "Sholem", a [[Yiddish]] derivation of the Hebrew word ''shalom'', which means peace, because he was born on [[Armistice Day]].<ref name ="Smith, p. 330">Smith, p.330</ref> From the time he was born, and through his early childhood, his father was the national secretary of the [[Co-operative Commonwealth Federation]] (CCF), the predecessor party to the NDP.<ref name ="Age question">{{Cite news | last = Frayne | first = Trent | title =David Lewis has it all to win NDP leadership except for his age: 61 | newspaper = [[The Toronto Star]] | location = Toronto | page = 11  | date = 1971-04-17}}</ref> When his family moved to [[Toronto]] in 1950, he attended  secondary school first at Toronto's [[Oakwood Collegiate Institute]], and then his final three years of high school at [[Harbord Collegiate Institute]].<ref name ="Smith, p.338">Smith, p.338</ref>  In 1956, he entered the [[University of Toronto]] (UofT) where he became a member of the [[Hart House (University of Toronto)|Hart House]] debating committee, and on 14 November 1957, debated the senator and future American president, [[John F. Kennedy]], on the question, "Has the United States failed in its responsibilities as a world leader?"<ref name ="Smith, pp. 382-383">Smith, p.382-383</ref><ref name="The Varsity">{{Cite news | newspaper = The Varsity | location = Toronto | publisher = University of Toronto | title=Responsibility to Lead | date = 1957-11-15}}</ref> The Senator narrowly beat the Hart House team 204–194.<ref name ="Kennedy">{{Cite news | title = U.S. Senator Sees Mideast Strife | newspaper = [[The Globe and Mail]]  |location = Toronto | page = 4 | date = 1957-11-15}}</ref> Lewis's performance was considered the highlight of the event, while Kennedy's was flat according to many members in the audience like [[John Brewin]].<ref name ="Smith, pp. 382-383"/> He spent his third year of university at the [[University of British Columbia]] (UBC) before spending his final undergraduate year back at UofT, where he failed to write his final examinations.<ref name ="Smith, p. 365-366">Smith, pp.365-366</ref>  He went to law school twice in the early 1960s, dropping out of both UofT and UBC's programs.<ref name ="Smith, p. 365-366"/>