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- ↑ "Documenting Saskatchewan". University of Saskatchewan. Archived from the original on 2 January 2007. Retrieved 10 April 2010.
- ↑ Kaye, Francis W. (March 2003). Hiding the Audience. University of Alberta Press. p. 233. ISBN 0-88864-376-4.
- 1 2 Gaetan Charlebois, "Paper Wheat". Canadian Theatre Encyclopedia, June 15, 2021.
- ↑ Thomas Waugh; Ezra Winton; Michael Baker. "Point of view". NFB.ca. National Film Board of Canada. Retrieved 10 April 2010.
