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- ↑ "The Boyden effect: Defending my ‘tenuous Indian background’". The Globe and Mail , 13 February 2017.
- ↑ Blair Ingenthron, "CBC to Air THE PRETENDIANS This Week". Broadway World , September 25, 2022.
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- ↑ Bobby Therrien, "Un roman de Sébastien Bérubé candidat au Combat national des livres". L'Acadie Nouvelle , April 25, 2023.
