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- ↑ Holmes, Gillian (1999). Who's Who of Canadian Women 1999-2000. University of Toronto Press. p. 1169. ISBN 0920966551.
- ↑ Pat Lowther Award http://www.poets.ca/linktext/awards/lowther.htm Archived 2020-09-27 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ ReLit Awards, 2008 http://therelitawards.blogspot.com/2008/04/2008-relit-longlist.html
- ↑ Nadine McInnis. The League of Canadian Poets.
- ↑ The Lit Live Reading Series
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