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- ↑ "Joyce thinks Canada, is last hope for rats and people". The Globe and Mail , March 8, 1969.
- ↑ Holmes-Moss, Kristy A. 2006. "Negotiating the Nation: "Expanding" the Work of Joyce Wieland. Canadian Journal of Film Studies XV (2): 20.
- ↑ "Canada world's last hope 'for a Utopia'". Ottawa Citizen , March 10, 1969.
- ↑ Manny Farber, "Films at Canadian Artists 68"]. Artscanada, Vol. 26, No. 1 (February 1969). pp. 28-29.
- ↑ "Rat Life Featured On Canadian Film". Calgary Herald , May 23, 1969.
- ↑ John Bentley Mays, "AGO retrospective enshrines the myth Surrounding Wieland"]. The Globe and Mail , April 18, 1987.
- ↑ "What Is Canadian Film?" The Globe and Mail , February 10, 1996.
