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Janieta Eyre
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Biography


BACKGROUND
1966 Born, London, England
1988 University of Toronto, Toronto, B.A. in Philosophy
1989 Ryerson Polytechnic University, Toronto, studies in Magazine Journalism
1991-95 Ontario College of Art, Toronto, part-time studies in photography
SOLO AND TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2006 Janieta Eyre, Salamanca, Ciudad de Cultura, Fundacion Municipal, Spain
? What I haven?t told you, Christopher Cutts, Toronto
? Janieta Eyre B&D Studio Contemporanea, Milan, Italy
2004 New Work, Diane Farris Gallery, Vancouver, BC
2003 Natural History Museum, Dazibao, Montreal, PQ
2002 Staging, Contemporary Art Museum, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
? Motherhood & Natural History Museum, Cristinerose Gallery, New York, NY
? Motherhood & Natural History Museum, Christopher Cutts Gallery, Toronto, ON
2000 Lady Lazarus, Francesco Girondini Arte Contemporanea, Verona, Italy
? Lady Lazarus, Diane Farris Gallery, Vancouver, B.C.
1999 Lady Lazarus, Cristinerose Gallery, New York, NY
? Black Eye, Christopher Cutts Gallery, Toronto, Canada
? Lady Lazarus, The Justina M. Barnicke Gallery, University of Toronto, Toronto
? Absolute Los Angeles International Biennial Invitational, Frumkin/Duvall Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
1998 Whitewater Gallery, North Bay, ON (two person)
1997 3/4 Blind, Diane Farris Gallery, Vancouver, BC
? 3/4 Blind, Galleria Civica d?Arte Contemporanea di Siracusa, Siracusa, Italy, curated by D. Paparoni
? 3/4 Blind, Absolute Los Angeles International Biennial Invitational, Summer 97, Sherry Frumkin Gallery, Bergamot Art Station, Santa Monica, CA
? 3/4 Blind, Cristinerose Gallery, New York, NY
? 3/4 Blind, Garnet Press Gallery, Toronto, ON
? Gallery 101, Ottawa, ON (two person)
1995 Incarnations, Garnet Press Gallery, Toronto, ON
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2006 Darkness Ascends, Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art, Toronto, ON, curated by David Liss
2005 The Terminal Show, curated by David Liss, The Drake Hotel, Toronto
? Galleria Begona Malone, Madrid, Spain
? Diane Farris Gallery, Vancouver
? Neo-Baroque, Salamanca, Ciudad de Cultura, Fundacion Municipal, Spain
2004 The Amazing and the Immutable, Florida Contemporary Art Museum, FL.
? Art Gallery of Ontario, curated by David Moos, Toronto
? Annina Nosei Gallery, New York, New York
? Them (sound and photography installation), TAAFI, Drake Hotel, Toronto
? Fabulations, Gallerie Vox, Montreal
? Summer Show, Christopher Cutts Gallery, Toronto
? Revisiting History, Cristinerose/Josee Bienvenu Gallery, New York, New York
? The Connect the DotsTour, CBC RADIO 3, across Canada tour
2003 How Human: Life in the Post-Genome Era, International Centre for Photography, New York
? Confluence: Contemporary Canandian Photography, Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography, Ottawa, Ont.
? In Faccio al Mondo, Museo di Villa Croce, Italy, (curated by Matteo Fochessati) Photography, Christopher Cutts Gallery, Toronto, ON
? Portrayal, Diane Farris Gallery, Vancouver, BC
? FIFA: International Festival of Film on Art, Montreal, PQ
? Not My Self, New Langton Arts, San Francisco, CA (screening curated by James Bewley)
? Three Twins, Arts Guild of Rahway, Rahway, New Jersey, NY
? Blackwood Art Gallery, University of Toronto, Mississauga, ON
? Motherlode, WARC, Toronto, ON
? Under 18, Diane Farris Gallery, Vancouver, BC
2002 Mask and Matamorphosis, Art Gallery of Hamilton, Hamilton, ON
? Staging: Janieta Eyre, Julie Moos and Awelethu Mthethwa. Contemporary Art Museum, St. Louis, Missouri
? John Michael Kohler Arts Centre, Sheboygan, WI
? Twins, Soo Visual Arts Centre, Minneapolis
? Tits, Deleon and White Gallery, Toronto, ON (curated by Roz Griffiths)
2001 Generazionale, Basilica Palladiana, Vicenza, Italy
? James Cohen Gallery, New York, New York
? Metamorphosis and Cloning, Musee d'Art Contemporain de Montreal, Montreal, curated by Sandra Grant Marchand
? Pool, York Quay Gallery, Harbourfront, Toronto, curated by Carla Garnet
? Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography, Ottawa, ON. Touring international show curated by Martha Hanna
? Uncommon Threads, Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
? Is Seeing Believing? The Real, The Surreal, The Unreal in Contemporary Photography, North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, NC
? Is Seeing Believing? The Real, The Surreal, The Unreal in Contemporary Photography, The Cummer Museum of Art and Gardens, Jacksonville, Florida curated by Dennis Weller and Janis Goodman
2000 Shifting Sites, The Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography, Ottawa, ON
? Corpus in Fabula (Vanessa Beecroft, Giuliana Cuneaz, Janieta Eyre, Raffaella Nappo, Inez Van Lamsweerde), Fondazione Bandera per l'Arte, Busto Arsizio (Verese), Italy, curated by Alberto Fiz and Emanuela Gandini
? Wear Your Hybridization, Sbaiz Spazio Arte, Lignano Sabbiadoro, Italy, (curated by Francesca Alfano Miglietti)
? Man + Space: Kwanju Biennale 2000, Kwanju, Korea
1999 Group Show (Janieta Eyre, Myriam Laplante, Shirin Neshat, Luigi Ontani, Marta Maria Perez Bravo, Liliana Porter), Annina Nosei Gallery, New York, NY
? Wrapped Up!, Frumkin / Duvall Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
? Rosso Vivo (Deep Red), Padiglione D'Arte Contemporanea (PAC), Milan, Italy, curated by Francesca Alfano Miglietti
? In Your Face, New Langton Arts, San Francisco, CA
? Fondazione di Studi di Storia dell'Arte Roberto Longhi, Florence, Italy
1998 Libera Mente - La figurazione del sentimento, Palazzo del Capitano, Cesena, Italy
? Welcome, Associazione Culturale IDRIA, Citta? Sant?Angelo, Pescara, Italy, curated by Renato Bianchini
? Disidentico: Maschile, Femminile e Oltre, Palazzo Branciforte, Palermo, Italy, curated by Achille B. Oliva
? Rumors, curated by Francesca Alfano Miglietti, Milan, Italy
? Light on the New Millennium, Pusan Metropolitan Art Museum, Pusan, Korea
Photology Gallery, Milan, Italy
? Mendel Gallery, Saskatoon, New Acquisitions
? Voges + Deisen Gallery, Frankfurt, Germany
? Singular Mysterieso (Three person show), Robischon Gallery, Denver, CO
1996-98 Young Contemporaries, London Regional Art Gallery, London, ON
(nationally touring museum exhibition)
1997 Here?s Looking at me Kid; Artists look at Themselves, Art Gallery of North York, Ontario, Canada
? Figuratively Speaking, Diane Farris Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
? Swoon, Garnet Press Gallery, Toronto, Canada
? Le Mois de la Photo, Montreal, Canada
? Galerie Samuel Lallouz, Montreal, Canada
? Altered Egos, Hallwalls, Buffalo, NY, curated by Reine Hauser
? New Acquisitions, MacDonald Stewart Art Centre, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
1996-98 Young Contemporaries, London Regional Art Gallery, Ontario, Canada
1996 Snow, Garnet Press Gallery, Toronto, ON
? Private Investigations, Cristinerose Gallery, New York, NY
? Without Shame, 393 Augusta, Toronto (erotic art fair)
? Fictions, Guido Carbone, Turin, Italy
1995 Beauty 2, Power Plant, Toronto, ON
? Gallery Artists - Invitational, Garnet Press Gallery, Toronto, ON
? Proof 2, Gallery 44, Toronto, ON
? Art for Heart, Casey House Auction, Linda Genereux Gallery, Toronto, ON
1994 Open House, Ontario College of Art
? Head by Wiggy, Toronto, On
? Gallery 76, Toronto, ON
1992 V is for Video, Ontario College of Art, Screening Room, Toronto, Canada, curated by O.C.A.?s Women?s Video Collective
GRANTS
2004 Canada Council Visual Arts
2003 Canada Council Visual Arts
2002 Canada Council Media Arts
2001 Ontario Arts Council
2000 Canada Council Media Arts
1999 Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, Ireland Residency
? Canada Council - Photography
? Ontario Arts Council
? Duke and Duchess of York Award for Photography
1997 Canada Council - B Grant
1996 Canada Council - C Grant
1995 Toronto Arts Council - Visual Arts Grant
? Ontario Arts Council - Photography Grant
? Ontario Arts Council - Exhibitions Assistance
1994 Canada Council - Explorations Grant
1993 Ontario Arts Council - Writers Reserve Grant


COLLECTIONS
Musee D?Art Contemporain, Montreal
Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto
The National Gallery of Art, Reykjavik, Iceland
Salamanca, Ciudad de Cultura, Fundacion Municipal
Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography, Ottawa
Bailey & Company, Inc., Toronto
Shadow Play, Toronto
Microsoft, Seattle, Washington
The Seymour Collection, Vancouver, British Columbia
Macdonald Stewart Art Centre, Guelph, Ontario
Margulies Collection, Miami, Fl.
Hart House, University of Toronto
Canada Council Art Bank, Ottawa
and various private collections in United States, Canada and Italy
SELECTED REVIEWS & BOOK CHAPTERS
Allen, Jan. Janieta Eyre, Poliester, Fall, 1997.
Arning, Bill. Private Investigations, Time Out, New York, September 18, pg. 38, 1996.
Aquin, Stephane. Jeunesse daujourdhui, Voir, Oct. 1.
Balfour Bowen, Lisa. Body Double, Toronto Sun, pg. Comment 11, July 2, 1995.
Balfour Bowen, Lisa. Young and Restless, Toronto Sun, Comment 11, July 9, 1995.
Bentley-Mays, John. The World of Snide, Jokey Artwork, The Globe and Mail, July 15, 1995.
Brackett, Donald. Canadas Rising Art Stars, The Globe and Mail, October 5th, 1996.
Chandler, Mary Voelz. LoDo Galleries Change with Times, Rocky Mountain News, Jan. 3, 1998.
Couelle, Jennifer. Point de vue, CV Photo, #40.
Couelle, Jennifer. le mois de la photo, Art Press, November.
Donahue, Marlena. Improving Self-Image, Rave!, August 1, 1997.
Green, Natalie. Altered Egos Inner Selves, Art Voice, March 19-March 25, 1997.
Griffin, Andrew. Ottawas Protean Artscape, Ottawa Extra
Hanna, Deirdre. Eyres Humour Haunts Surreal Self-portraits, NOW Magazine, April 24-30, 1997.
Hanna, Deirdre. Hot Summer Guide, NOW Magazine, June 1995, pg. 71.
Hanna, Deirdre. Highlights, NOW Magazine, June 1995, pg. 86.
Hanna, Deirdre. Janieta Eyres Personal Demons Hover in Photos, NOW Magazine, July 6-12th,1995, pg. 63.
Hitzeroth, Connie. Hot New Pop Art, The Financial Post, July 1, 1995, pg. 20.
Hoolboom, Mike. Janieta Eyre in Conversation with Mike Hoolboom, Tema Celeste, Oct. 1997.
Howard, Virginia. Victorian-age Art, with a Twist, The Ottawa Citizen, June 23, 1997.
Hume, Christopher. Finding Meaning in the Muck of Modernism, Toronto Star, July 13, 1995, pg. G7.
Hume, Christopher. Portrait of the Artist as Double Exposure, Toronto Star, August 20, 1995, Pg. C3.
Huntington, Richard. Something Theyre Not, The Buffalo News, April 11, 1997.
Johnson, Mia. Janieta Eyre, Diane Farris Gallery, Preview; The Gallery Guide, Sept./Oct. 1997.
Jordan, Betty Ann. Fast Forward, Canadian Art, Summer 1995, pg. 21.
Jordan, Betty Ann. Fast Forward, Canadian Art, Fall 1996.
Kandal, Susan. Portraits With a Wicked Sense of Self, Los Angeles Times, Friday, August 8, 1997.
Kino, Carol. Janieta Eyre, 3/4 Blind, Time Out New York, November 13-20, 1997.
La Repubblica. La Mostra, June 1996.
La Stampa. Fra Ironia, Horror e Linee Post Punk di Giovani Artisti, June 4th, 1996.
La Stampa. Fictions, Torinosette, June 20th, 1996.
La Stampa. Inquietanti Collages e Ironische Fictions, June 27th, 1996.
Lemons, Stephen. Canadian Artist Janieta Eyres Bizarre Double Images Transform Bergamot Stations Frumkin Gallery in a Photographic Tour de Force, Entertainment Today, August 9, 1997.
Lypchuk, Donna. Souls Kitchen, Toronto Life, November 1997.
MacKay, Gillian. Images Explode Femininity, The Globe and Mail, May 3, 1997.
MacKay, Gillian. Swoon at Garnet Press, The Globe and Mail, January 25, 1997, pg. C12.
Macnell, Virginia. Janieta Eyre at Garnet Press, Artfocus, Fall, 1997.
Mcmillan, Simone. Art, Toronto Life Magazine, April, 1997, p. 36.
Metcalfe, Robin. London Life Young Contemporaries, Canadian Art, Spring, 1997.
Mulatero, Ivana. Storie Delicatamente Incoerenti, Corriere dellArte, June 22, 1996.
Paparoni, Demetrio. Photographic Intimism, Tema Celeste, March/April, 1997, p. 56.
Paparoni, Demetrio. Il sacro fucoco dellidentitia, Tema Celeste, October/November, 1997, p. 33.
Paparoni, Demetrio. Lio e il suo cerimonial, Il Corpo vedente dellarte.
Parravicini, Cristina. Janieta Eyre intervista di Cristina Parravicini, Virus Mutations, October, 1997.
Perra, Daniele. Dolce e macabra poetica del doppio intervista a Janieta Eyre, La Stanza Rossa, Gen/Marzo 1998.
Scott, Michael. Artist Plays with Images of the Past as it Was and as it Wasnt, The Vancouver Sun, Sept. 25, 1997.
Smith, Andrea. Questioning Femininity: Domestic Angels and Visions of Excess, Vis Arts, June 18, 1997.
Spada, Sabina. Nuova Galleria Civica DArte Contemporanea a Siracusa, Segno, February, 1998, p. 101.


PUBLICATIONS
2005 Janieta Eyre, by Francesca Alfano Miglieti, published by B&D Contemporanea
2003 Confluence: Contemporary Canadian Photography, Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography, Ottawa, ON
2002 Queen Street Quarterly, Spring/Summer, Cover and back cover
2001 Fronti?res, Volume 13, #2, Spring 2001
? Metamorphosis and Cloning, Musee d'Art Contemporain de Montreal, Montreal, PQ
? Canadian Fiction, Fall, Cover
? Uncommon Threads. Catalogue. Herbert F. Johnson Museum, Ithaca, NY
? Generazionale. Catalogue. Edisai Edizioni, Vicenza, Italy
? Is Seeing Believing?, Catalogue. North Carolina Museum of Art
2000 Prefix Photo, cover and portfolio
? Papel Alpha. Spain. Cover and Portfolio
1998 Libera Mente (Liberations). Catalogue. Edited by Alice Rubbini, and Peter Weiermair. Edizioni, CHARTA, Milan, Italy
1997 Il Corpo Vedente dell'Arte. Written by Demetrio Paparoni. Castelvecchi Editoria, Rome, Italy
? Janieta Eyre, Catalogue, Cristinerose Gallery Ed.
1995 Borderlines, Toronto, Excerpts from: Incarnations
1992-5 Regular contributor to Paragraph, Stratford, ON
1995 Borderlines, Toronto. Excerpts from: Incarnations
1994 Paragraph, Spring Issue: excerpts from Rehearsals
? Paragraph, Fall Issue: interview with Marie-Clair Blais
1990 Notes on an Unfinished Affair, Streetcar Editions
1986-7 Art reviews for The Varsity
1983-6 Poems published in The University of Toronto Review, Acta Victoriana, U.C. Review, Ethos
SElECTED REVIEWS/Book chapters
2006 Poggianti, A. Flash Art, Janieta Eyre B&D, Feb-Mar
Bria, Ginevra. EXTRART. Feb
Vergine Lea. Alias, Eyre, una sorellina siamese alla galleria BnD di Milano, 14 gennaio
Farronato, Milovan. Tema Celeste 114, Janieta Eyre
Casati, Maria. EspoArte39, Janieta Eyre
Cobolli, Nicoletta. Arte Eventi, Eyre, l'immagine e il suo doppio, Gennaio
Moratto, Rosella. Arte e Critica 45, Janieta Eyre
Taddei, Stefano. Il Giornale di Reggio. Il sensso del terrible nelle creasioni di Janieta Eyre
Casati, Marta. EspoArte39, Janieta Eyre
2004 La Maquina Contemporanea, Primavera 2004, cover, portfolio, editorial
Greer McNally, Digital Photography, May. Interview, portfolio
Greer McNally, Digital User, Fall, Interview, portfolio
Russel Joslin, Shots, May. Interview, portfolio
2003 Cousineau-Levine, Penny, Faking Death, Canadian Art Photography, Cover etc.
Fabiola Naldi, I?ll be your mirror, chapter ?Le maschere di Janieta Eyre, Cooper & Castelvecchi
Grazia De Palma, Collezione Edge, interview english and italian
Lamarche, Bernard, Le Devoir, Mises en scene, April 5th
HIVE, cover and feature article, August
Deirdre Kelly, Elle Canada, Radar, April 2003
Crevier, Lyne, ICI, Truite au Bleu, 27 Mars
2002 Goddard, Peter, Toronto Star, Images born to big colour, November 14th
Jeffrey Hughes, Art Papers, St. Louis, July/August
2001 Art Actuel, North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh. Mais voir, est-ce croire, N.13, March-April, p. 77
Perra, Daniele, Tema Celeste, Janieta Eyre, January?February, pg. 103
Siggillino, I., Juliet, n.100, December-January, pg. 61
Meneghelli, L., Janieta Eyre, Flash Art, n.225, January, pg. 119
2000 Kult, n.11, November, pg. 87
Boschetto, M., Arte e Critica, anno IV n.24, October-December, pg. 54
L?Arena, October 19, pg. 9
Coronelli, C., Il Sole-24 Ore, n.271, October 8, pg. 41
Arte Aste e Investimenti, September 9, pg. 23
Verona Live, October-November, II n.5, pg. 11
Torri, Maria Grazia, Cult, November, pg. 86 and pg. 108
Torinelli, Chiara, Photo, Gli Incantesimi Dark di una Straga di Nome Janieta Eyre, November, pg. 28
(Italian Edition)
Finkelpearl, Tom, Flash Art, Kwangju Biennial, Janieta Eyre, Summer 2000
1999 Rehor, Petr, Taide Art Magazine, Issue #6, 1999, Janieta Eyre - Lady Lazarus, pg. 41-44
Frankel, David, Artforum, December
Ellegood, Anne, NY Arts, Vol. 4, N.10
Lemons, Stephen, Art Connoisseur, Eyre of Prophecy, pg. 60-69
Lemons, Stephen, New Times Los Angeles, Eyre Apparent, July 15-21, pg. 20
Vaughan, R.M., EYE, Tormented Identities Drive Hypnotic Self-Portraits, Friday, April 29
Incardona, Laura, Glamour, Questo Nostro Corpo, January, pg. 58
Fiz, Alberto, Carnet, Sangue e Scena, January, pg. 34-37
Setari, Giuliana e De Angelis Testa, Gemma, Il Giornale Dell?Arte, La Beauty Farm Ingenera Mutanti,
January, No. 173
Photo, Rosso Vivo: Contaminazione Come Unico Possibile Orizzone Sul Futuro, March, pg. 60-65
Orlandi, Gaia, Business, Appuntamento in Rosso, March, pg. 126
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Alfano Miglietti, Francesca, Rosso Vivo. Mutazione, Trasfigurazione e Sangue nell?Arte
Contemporanea, Electa Edizioni (catalogue)
1998 Spada, Sabina, Segno, January/February, pg. 101
Ridolfi, Roberta, Segno, Liberamente, Summer 1998, pg. 36
Light on the New Millennium, Pusan Metropolitan Art Museum Ed., Catalogue, pg.118
Daniele Perra, La Stanza Rossa, Dolce e Macabra Poetica del Doppio, January- March, pg.22-23
Allen, Al, Poliester, Janieta Eyre, pg. 24-29
1997 Kino, Carol, TimeOut, 3/4 Blind, November 13-20
Johnson, Ken, The New York Times (listing), Janieta Eyre, October 31
Parravicini, Mariacristina, Virus, Janieta Eyre, October, pg. 53-55
Kandal, Susan, Los Angeles Times, Portraits with a Wicked Sense of Self, Friday, August 8
Artfocus, Janieta Eyre at Garnet Press, Fall, 13-14
Paparoni, Demetrio, Il Corpo Vedente dell?Arte, Castelvecchi Ed, pg. 116 (book)
Lemons, Stephen, Entertainment Today, Canadian Artist Janieta Eyre?s Bizarre Double Images
Transform Bergamot Station?s Frumkin Gallery in a Photographic Tour de Force, August 9
Smith, Andrea, Vis Arts, Questioning Femininity: Domestic Angels and
Vision of Excess, June 18
Mcmillan, Simone. Toronto Life Magazine, Art, April, pg.36
Paparoni, Demetrio, Tema Celeste, Photographic Intimism, March/April, pg. 56
Hanna, Dierdre, NOW Magazine, Eyre?s Humour Haunts Surreal Self-portraits, April 24-30
MacKay, Gillian, The Globe & Mail, Images Explode Femininity, May 3,p. 14
Donahue, Marlena, Rave!, Improving Self Image, August 1
Green, Natalie, Art Voice, Altered Egos Inner Selves, March 19-25
Hungtington, Richard, The Buffalo News, Something They?re Not..., April 11
MacKay, Gillian, The Globe & Mail, Swoon at Garnet Press, January 25, pg. C12
1996 Arning, Bill, TimeOut, Private Investigations, September 18-25
La Repubblica, La Mostra, June
La Stampa, Inquietanti Collages e Ironische Fictions, June 27
1996 La Stampa, Fictions, Torinosette, June 20
La Stampa, Fra Ironia, Horror e Linee Post Punk di Giovani Artisti, June 4
Mulatero, Ivana, Corriere dell?Arte, Storie Delicatamente Incoerenti,
1995 Balfour Bowen, Lisa, Toronto Sun, Body Double, July 2, Comment 11
Balfour Bowen, Lisa, Toronto Sun, Young and Restless, July 9, Comment 11
Bentley-Mays, John, Globe & Mail, The World of snide, jokey artwork, July 15
Jordan, Betty Ann. Canadian Art Magazine, Summer, Fast Forward, pg. 21
Hanna, Deidre, NOW Magazine, Janieta Eyre?s Personal Demons Hover in Photos, July 6-12, p. 63
Hanna, Deidre. NOW Magazine, Hot Summer Guide, June, pg. 71
Hanna, Deidre. NOW Magazine, Highlights, June, pg. 86
Hitzeroth, Connie, The Financial Post, Hot New Pop Art, July 1, pg. 20
Hume, Christopher, Toronto Star, Portrait of the Artist as Double Exposure, August 20, pg. C3
Hume, Christopher, Toronto Star, Finding Meaning in the Muck of Modernism,?July 13, pg. G7
PERFORMANCES IN FILM
1995 Scum, part of House of Pain, directed by Mike Hoolboom, premiered in the Toronto 1995 International Film Festival.
1996 Letters from Home, directed by Mike Hoolboom, premiered in the Toronto 1996
? International Film Festival.
LECTURES
2004 Kodak Lecture Series, Ryerson University, Toronto
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