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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":["Toronto CBC Radio Programs: Cabaret, Politics and Performance Series and the world poetry festival at Harbourfront in Toronto on State of the Art\n"],"item_title_source":["J-card and Recording"],"item_language":["English"],"item_production_context":["Podcast"],"item_identifiers":["[]"],"rights":["Copyright Not Evaluated (CNE)"],"creator_names":["Wah, Fred","Anderson, Laurie","Erenberg, Lewis A.","Ashenburg, Katherine","Crabb, Michael","Garland, Judy","Lewis, Jane","Waddell, Dave","Tashrow, Jaggy","Deak, Mary","Quinine, Dave","Sherman, Geraldine","White, Linda","Lomax, Carolyn","Black, Anthony","Freygood, Steven","Field, Dave","Wallace, Robert","Martin, Sandra","McNiell, Lucie","Doctor, Doug","Warren, David","Ondaatje, Michael","Webb, Phyllis"],"creator_names_search":["Wah, Fred","Anderson, Laurie","Erenberg, Lewis A.","Ashenburg, Katherine","Crabb, Michael","Garland, Judy","Lewis, Jane","Waddell, Dave","Tashrow, Jaggy","Deak, Mary","Quinine, Dave","Sherman, Geraldine","White, Linda","Lomax, Carolyn","Black, Anthony","Freygood, Steven","Field, Dave","Wallace, Robert","Martin, Sandra","McNiell, Lucie","Doctor, Doug","Warren, David","Ondaatje, Michael","Webb, Phyllis"],"contributors":["[]"],"Production_Date":[1984],"material_description":["[{\"side\":\"\",\"image\":\"../Uploads/12118/Fred Wah Fonds_MsC 17e_79.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\":\"\",\"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\":\"079 Side A.mp3\",\"channel_field\":\"Stereo\",\"sample_rate\":\"44.1 kHz\",\"duration\":\"T00:45:20\",\"precision\":\"\",\"size\":\"46.6 MB\",\"bitrate\":\"32 bit\",\"encoding\":\"WAV for master files and .MP3 for online files\",\"contents\":\"\",\"notes\":\"\",\"title\":\"\",\"credit\":\"\",\"caption\":\"\",\"content_type\":\"Sound Recording\",\"featured\":\"\",\"public_access_url\":\"\"},{\"file_url\":\"\",\"file_path\":\"\",\"filename\":\"079 SideB.mp3\",\"channel_field\":\"Stereo\",\"sample_rate\":\"44.1 kHz\",\"duration\":\"T00:45:23\",\"precision\":\"\",\"size\":\"46.6 MB\",\"bitrate\":\"32 bit\",\"encoding\":\"WAV for master files and .MP3 for online files\",\"contents\":\"\",\"notes\":\"\",\"title\":\"\",\"credit\":\"\",\"caption\":\"\",\"content_type\":\"Sound Recording\",\"featured\":\"\",\"public_access_url\":\"\"}]"],"Dates":["[{\"date\":\"1984-06-15\",\"type\":\"Production Date\",\"notes\":\"[1984?]-06-15\\n\\nCBC radio host on the second side mentions that  Michael Ondaatje reads one of his recent book; since the book was published in 1984, we thought it could be the year when this program was broadcasted. \",\"source\":\"Recording\"}]"],"Location":["[{\"url\":\"https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/7969162\",\"venue\":\"CBC Toronto\",\"notes\":\"\",\"address\":\"Office Building Canadian Broadcasting Centre, John Street, Entertainment District, Spadina—Fort York, Old Toronto, Toronto, Golden Horseshoe, Ontario, M5V 3C7, Canada\",\"latitude\":\"43.64484\",\"longitude\":\"-79.38814\"},{\"url\":\"https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/179154092\",\"venue\":\"Harbourfront [Centre?]\",\"notes\":\"The world poetry festival at Harbourfront in Toronto; we are not sure if this is the exact location where the festival was held\",\"address\":\"Harbourfront Centre, Boardwalk, Harbourfront, Spadina—Fort York, Old Toronto, Toronto, Golden Horseshoe, Ontario, M5V 1A2, Canada\",\"latitude\":\"43.63858\",\"longitude\":\"-79.38205\"}]"],"Address":["Office Building Canadian Broadcasting Centre, John Street, Entertainment District, Spadina—Fort York, Old Toronto, Toronto, Golden Horseshoe, Ontario, M5V 3C7, Canada","Harbourfront Centre, Boardwalk, Harbourfront, Spadina—Fort York, Old Toronto, Toronto, Golden Horseshoe, Ontario, M5V 1A2, Canada"],"Venue":["CBC Toronto","Harbourfront [Centre?]"],"City":["Toronto, Ontario","Toronto, Ontario"],"Note":["[{\"note\":\"The quality of tape improves from 20:46 on the first side to 18:09 on the second side. 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She introduces Phyllis Webb and Michael Ondaatje for the \\\"State of the Art\\\" program.\\n\\nShe is a Canadian journalist and award-winning author born in Montreal, but lived in Toronto for most of her life. 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