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- ↑ Women to lead top UofT schools; First female deans of law, medicine Political scientist also makes history, Toronto Star, December 9, 2005
- ↑ "Trinity College Names Mayo Moran 15th Provost". www.trinity.utoronto.ca.
- ↑ Interview with Dean Moran, Nexus, Fall/Winter 2010, vol. 20, no, 2, p. 3
