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- ↑ "UBC graduate plans his third movie". Brandon Sun , August 6, 1965.
- ↑ "Caressed: gutsy view of teen lust". The Globe and Mail , June 24, 1967.
- ↑ "Centre Changing Image". Ottawa Journal , January 18, 1968.
- ↑ Matthew Hays, "Catch up on your Kent". The Globe and Mail , February 1, 2003.
