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- 1 2 3 CBC News staff 2016.
- ↑ CBC Radio staff 2018.
- 1 2 Martin 2016.
- ↑ "Exchange|Search: Tim Pitsiulak". exchange.umma.umich.edu. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
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- ↑ "Tim Pitsiulak | Profile | Rockbund Art Museum". www.rockbundartmuseum.org. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
Works cited
- The Canadian Press staff (23 December 2016). "Acclaimed Inuk artist Tim Pitsiulak dead at 49". Toronto Star . Retrieved 24 December 2016.
- CBC News staff (23 December 2016). "Inuk artist Tim Pitsiulak dead at 49". CBC News . Archived from the original on 24 December 2016. Retrieved 24 December 2016.
- CBC Radio staff (2 August 2018). "Inuk artist Tim Pitsiulak dead at 49". CBC Radio . Archived from the original on 2 August 2018. Retrieved 7 September 2018.
- Martin, Sandra (30 December 2016). "Tim Pitsiulak created a fresh vision of contemporary Inuit art". The Globe and Mail . Archived from the original on 1 January 2017. Retrieved 8 February 2017.
