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- ↑ Dierdre Kelly, "Av Paul finds there is life after dance", The Globe and Mail, May 11, 1985
- ↑ Jamie Portman, "A dancer's short life: many can't cope after careers end", The Ottawa Citizen, February 1, 1986
- ↑ Susan Walker, The Toronto Star, Entertainment, January 31, 2008, https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/article/298929
- ↑ Governor General's Performing Arts Awards website entry for Joysanne Sidimus,http://www.ggpaa.ca/en/recipient.html?p_sidimus_j Archived 2011-07-06 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Natasha Gauthier, "Sidimus improved life for dancers stepping into career change", The Ottawa Citizen, November 4, 2006
- ↑ Martin Knelman, "Toronto artists' night to shine/Gala honours our nation's best", The Toronto Star, November 6, 2006
- ↑ The Canadian Encyclopedia, "Kain, Karen". Archived from the original on 2007-05-26. Retrieved 2008-01-13.
- ↑ IOTPD website at "International Organization for the Transition of the Professional Dancer - Links". Archived from the original on 2011-07-26. Retrieved 2011-08-06..
- ↑ Career Transition for Dancers website at http://www.careertransition.org/ Archived 2017-11-04 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Dancers' Career Development website at http://www.thedcd.org.uk/
- ↑ French-speaking part of Switzerland Transition centre website at http://www.dance-transition.ch