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Wah was born in Swift Current, Saskatchewan in 1939 and grew up in the West Kootenay region. His Chinese and Scots-Irish ethnic background and identity have a significant influence on his literary work. Wah completed an undergraduate degree in Literature and Music at the University of British Columbia, where he became a founding editor of the TISH newsletter in 1961, and has taught at Selkirk College, the David Thompson University Centre, and the University of Calgary. The fonds contains a number of interviews, conversations, lectures, and public readings recorded between the years 1976 and 2006, featuring local and national literary and media figures such as Lorna Crozier, bpNichol, Daphne Marlatt, and Stuart McLean."],"collection_source_collection_id":["MsC 17"],"persistent_url":[""],"item_title":[" Dorothy Livesay reading poetry at Selkirk College on February 20, 1979"],"item_title_source":["Cassette and J-card"],"item_language":["English"],"item_production_context":["Documentary recording"],"item_identifiers":["[]"],"rights":["Copyright Not Evaluated (CNE)"],"creator_names":["Livesay, Dorothy"],"creator_names_search":["Livesay, Dorothy"],"creators":["[{\"url\":\"http://viaf.org/viaf/116854541\",\"name\":\"Livesay, Dorothy\",\"dates\":\" 1909-1996\",\"notes\":\"\",\"nation\":[],\"role\":[\"Author\",\"Speaker\",\"Reader\"]}]"],"contributors":["[]"],"Production_Date":[1979],"material_description":["[{\"side\":\"\",\"image\":\"Uploads/7828/Fred Wah Fonds_MsC 17 g_80.jpg\",\"other\":\"\",\"extent\":\"1/8 inch\",\"AV_types\":\"Audio\",\"tape_brand\":\"\",\"generations\":\"\",\"Conservation\":\"\",\"equalization\":\"\",\"playback_mode\":\"\",\"playing_speed\":\"\",\"sound_quality\":\"Poor\",\"recording_type\":\"Analogue\",\"storage_capacity\":\"\",\"physical_condition\":\"Good\",\"track_configuration\":\"\",\"material_designation\":\"Cassette\",\"physical_composition\":\"Magnetic Tape\",\"accompanying_material\":\"J-card\",\"other_physical_description\":\"Black and white clear jewel case with J-card\"}]"],"material_designations":["Cassette"],"physical_compositions":["Magnetic Tape"],"recording_type":["Analogue"],"AV_type":["Audio"],"digital_description":["[{\"file_url\":\"\",\"file_path\":\"\",\"filename\":\"MsC17g-80 Side A\",\"channel_field\":\"Stereo\",\"sample_rate\":\"44.1 kHz\",\"duration\":\"T00:47:04\",\"precision\":\"\",\"size\":\"58.3 MB\",\"bitrate\":\"32 bit\",\"encoding\":\"WAV for master files and .MP3 for online files\",\"contents\":\"\",\"notes\":\"\",\"title\":\"\",\"credit\":\"\",\"caption\":\"\",\"content_type\":\"\",\"featured\":\"\",\"public_access_url\":\"\"},{\"file_url\":\"\",\"file_path\":\"\",\"filename\":\"MsC17g-80 Side B\",\"channel_field\":\"Stereo\",\"sample_rate\":\"44.1 kHz\",\"duration\":\"T00:47:01\",\"precision\":\"\",\"size\":\"58.5 MB\",\"bitrate\":\"32 bit\",\"encoding\":\"WAV for master files and .MP3 for online files\",\"contents\":\"\",\"notes\":\"\",\"title\":\"\",\"credit\":\"\",\"caption\":\"\",\"content_type\":\"\",\"featured\":\"\",\"public_access_url\":\"\"}]"],"Dates":["[{\"date\":\"1979-02-20\",\"type\":\"Production Date\",\"notes\":\"\",\"source\":\"J-card\"}]"],"Location":["[{\"url\":\"https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/270034909\",\"venue\":\"Selkirk College\",\"notes\":\"\",\"address\":\"College Selkirk College, 10th Street Campus, 11th Street, Fairview, Nelson, Regional District of Central Kootenay, British Columbia, V1L 3C7, Canada\",\"latitude\":\"49.50554\",\"longitude\":\"-117.26734\"}]"],"Address":["College Selkirk College, 10th Street Campus, 11th Street, Fairview, Nelson, Regional District of Central Kootenay, British Columbia, V1L 3C7, Canada"],"Venue":["Selkirk College"],"Note":["[]"],"Related_works":["[]"],"_version_":1853670557238689793,"timestamp":"2026-01-07T15:00:01.509Z","score":3.944487}]