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- ↑ "Mykytiuk, Lubomir". Canadian Theatre Encyclopedia, April 24, 2009.
- ↑ "And the Gemini winners are ...". Ottawa Citizen , March 3, 1997.
- ↑ Gaetan Charlebois, "Paper Wheat". Canadian Theatre Encyclopedia, June 15, 2021.
