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- ↑ "Le réseau APTN porteur de dialogue et de débat avec sa programmation d'automne". Ici Radio-Canada, August 21, 2018.
- ↑ Radheyan Simonpillai, "TV review: APTN's Future History is about reclaiming Indigenous culture". Now , May 7, 2019.
- ↑ Greg David, "Jennifer Podemski tells stories of Indigenous communities in APTN’s Future History". TV, eh?, June 6, 2019.
- ↑ Johanna Schneller, "Jennifer Podemski on the challenges Indigenous actors face in the film industry". The Globe and Mail , February 22, 2018.
- ↑ Brent Furdyk, "Canadian Screen Awards 2020: Non-Fiction Winners Revealed". ET Canada , May 25, 2020.
