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- ↑ "When nihilists threatened the world". The Globe and Mail , May 3, 2008.
- 1 2 "Professor nominated for Charles Taylor Prize". The Queen's Journal , February 5, 2009.
- ↑ Ana Siljak. Literary Review of Canada .
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