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- ↑ "Celebrating the Take Our Kids to Work™ Generation". The Learning Partnership.
- ↑ "Take Our Kids to Work Celebrates 20 years!". The Learning Partnership.
- ↑ "Take Our Kids to Work Day | Public Education. Canada's Future". www.thelearningpartnership.ca. Retrieved 2018-07-13.
- ↑ Criger, Erin. "Wednesday is Take Our Kids to Work day". CityNews Toronto. Rogers Media. Retrieved 9 October 2014.
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