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- ↑ Madeline Lines, "A Walk in the Woods with Borealis’s Kevin McMahon". Point of View , December 15, 2020.
- ↑ Norman Wilner, "Hot Docs announces 2020 lineup, but you still can’t see much of it". Now , April 14, 2020.
- ↑ Jamie Samhan, "2022 Canadian Screen Award Winners: Broadcast News And Documentary & Factual". ET Canada , April 4, 2022.
