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- ↑ Robert Everett-Green, “Beaver Hall Group finally given its due”, Globe and Mail, Oct. 28, 2015
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- ↑ "Awards". canada.arlisna.hcommons.org. Melva J. Dwyer Award. Retrieved 22 October 2023.
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