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- ↑ Darrell Varga, Shooting from the East: Filmmaking on the Canadian Atlantic. McGill-Queen's University Press, 2015. ISBN 9780773546295, p. 90.
- ↑ "Sixth annual OUTeast Queer Film Festival lineup announced". The Coast , May 19, 2017.
- ↑ "Andria Wilson named new executive director of Inside Out". Daily Xtra , October 31, 2016.
