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- 1 2 "Brenda Clark named to the Order of Canada". Alumni News. Sheridan College.
- 1 2 Holmes, Gillian (1999). Who's Who of Canadian Women, 1999-2000. pp. 184–85. ISBN 0-920966-55-1.
- ↑ "Franklin the turtle turns 25 - and gets a new TV series". Globe and Mail. March 3, 2011.
- ↑ General, The Office of the Secretary to the Governor. "The Governor General of Canada" . Retrieved 2018-01-01.
