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- ↑ "Suzette Mayr, Iain Reid among finalists for $25K Governor General's Literary Awards". CBC Books, October 25, 2023.
- ↑ Suvendrini Lena with Isabel B. Slone, "Over the last six months, I’ve tested more than 1,000 people for Covid in hospitals, shelters and homeless encampments". Toronto Life , September 30, 2020.
- ↑ Karen Fricker, "A tangled treatment of Tamil history". Toronto Star , November 13, 2016.
- ↑ Aisling Murphy, "REVIEW: Rubble at Theatre Passe Muraille/Aluna Theatre". Intermission Magazine, March 7, 2023.
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