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- 1 2 "AFA Origins". Alberta Foundation for the Arts. 2021-09-14. Retrieved 2022-07-05.
- ↑ Melnyk, George (1998). The Literary History of Alberta Volume Two: From the End of the War to the End of the Century. University of Alberta. pp. 182–4. ISBN 978-0-88864-324-7.
