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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":["Robin Blaser poetry reading event at Special Collections and Rare Books at SFU on November 20, 2008"],"item_title_source":["Cassette and J-card"],"item_language":["English"],"item_production_context":["Documentary recording"],"item_identifiers":["[]"],"rights":["Copyright Not Evaluated (CNE)"],"creator_names":["Blaser, Robin","Collis, Stephen","Nichols, Miriam","Grieve, Tom","Copeland, Lynn","Power, Tony"],"creator_names_search":["Blaser, Robin","Collis, Stephen","Nichols, Miriam","Grieve, Tom","Copeland, Lynn","Power, Tony"],"creators":["[{\"url\":\"http://viaf.org/viaf/17240199\",\"name\":\"Blaser, Robin\",\"dates\":\"1925-2009\",\"notes\":\"\",\"nation\":[],\"role\":[\"Author\",\"Reader\",\"Speaker\"]},{\"url\":\"http://viaf.org/viaf/61873157\",\"name\":\"Collis, Stephen\",\"dates\":\"1965-\",\"notes\":\"\",\"nation\":[],\"role\":[\"Speaker\",\"Reader\"]},{\"url\":\"http://viaf.org/viaf/104945553\",\"name\":\"Nichols, Miriam\",\"dates\":\"\",\"notes\":\"She introduces Robin Blaser\",\"nation\":[],\"role\":[\"Speaker\"]},{\"url\":\"\",\"name\":\"Grieve, Tom \",\"dates\":\"\",\"notes\":\"He is a contributor to this event\",\"nation\":[],\"role\":[]},{\"url\":\"\",\"name\":\"Copeland, Lynn\",\"dates\":\"\",\"notes\":\"Lynn is a contributor to this event\",\"nation\":[],\"role\":[]},{\"url\":\"\",\"name\":\"Power, Tony\",\"dates\":\"\",\"notes\":\"He is a contributor to this event\",\"nation\":[],\"role\":[]}]"],"contributors":["[]"],"Production_Date":[2008],"material_description":["[{\"side\":\"\",\"image\":\"Uploads/7530/Fred Wah Fonds_MsC 17 g_44.jpg\",\"other\":\"\",\"extent\":\"1/8 inch\",\"AV_types\":\"Audio\",\"tape_brand\":\"\",\"generations\":\"\",\"Conservation\":\"\",\"equalization\":\"\",\"playback_mode\":\"\",\"playing_speed\":\"\",\"sound_quality\":\"Good\",\"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-44 Side A\",\"channel_field\":\"Stereo\",\"sample_rate\":\"44.1 kHz\",\"duration\":\"T00:47:24\",\"precision\":\"\",\"size\":\"61.9 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-44 Side B\",\"channel_field\":\"Stereo\",\"sample_rate\":\"44.1 kHz\",\"duration\":\"T00:47:23\",\"precision\":\"\",\"size\":\"61 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\":\"2008-11-20\",\"type\":\"Production Date\",\"notes\":\"\",\"source\":\"J-card\"}]"],"Location":["[{\"url\":\"https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/102254132\",\"venue\":\"SFU (Special Collections and Rare Books)\",\"notes\":\"\",\"address\":\" 8888 University Dr, Burnaby, BC V5A 1S6\",\"latitude\":\"49.2770\",\"longitude\":\"-122.9178\"}]"],"Address":[" 8888 University Dr, Burnaby, BC V5A 1S6"],"Venue":["SFU (Special Collections and Rare Books)"],"City":["Burnaby, British Columbia"],"Note":["[]"],"Related_works":["[]"],"_version_":1853670557232398336,"timestamp":"2026-01-07T15:00:01.509Z","score":4.615878}]