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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":["CBC Radio Program: Sunday Morning Art at Diamond club in Toronto, and George Bowering reading \"The Great Grandchildren of Bill Bissette's Mice\" in Vancouver"],"item_title_source":["cassette and j-card"],"item_title_note":["Liner notes: see the photo in material description"],"item_language":["English"],"item_production_context":["Broadcast"],"item_identifiers":["[]"],"rights":["Copyright Not Evaluated (CNE)"],"creator_names":["McCormack, Eric","Browning, Norman","Bowering, George","Bowering, Angela","Wah, Fred","Weiner, Gerry","Watt, Keith","Little, Adam","O'Connell, Mary","Young, Gerry","Raven-Hill, Stuart","Kourianten, Tony","White, Donn","Healey, Jeff","[Hutchinson, Max?]","[Roloff?], Reneé","[Dutt, Charlotte?]","[Caurteron, Daniel?]","Doray, Michelle","[Castongase, Sandy?]","Henderson, Graham","Mellett, Donald Ring","Reed, James","Ritter, Erica","Cowboy Junkies","Deber, Raisa B."],"creator_names_search":["McCormack, Eric","Browning, Norman","Bowering, George","Bowering, Angela","Wah, Fred","Weiner, Gerry","Watt, Keith","Little, Adam","O'Connell, Mary","Young, Gerry","Raven-Hill, Stuart","Kourianten, Tony","White, Donn","Healey, Jeff","[Hutchinson, Max?]","[Roloff?], Reneé","[Dutt, Charlotte?]","[Caurteron, Daniel?]","Doray, Michelle","[Castongase, Sandy?]","Henderson, Graham","Mellett, Donald Ring","Reed, James","Ritter, Erica","Cowboy Junkies","Deber, Raisa B."],"contributors":["[]"],"material_description":["[{\"side\":\"\",\"image\":\"../Uploads/9689/Fred Wah Fonds_MsC 17 f_1.jpg\",\"other\":\"\",\"extent\":\"1/8 inch\",\"AV_types\":\"Audio\",\"tape_brand\":\"\",\"generations\":\"\",\"Conservation\":\"\",\"equalization\":\"\",\"playback_mode\":\"\",\"playing_speed\":\"\",\"sound_quality\":\"Excellent\",\"recording_type\":\"Analogue\",\"storage_capacity\":\"\",\"physical_condition\":\"Good\",\"track_configuration\":\"\",\"material_designation\":\"Cassette\",\"physical_composition\":\"Magnetic Tape\",\"accompanying_material\":\"J-card\",\"other_physical_description\":\"\"}]"],"material_designations":["Cassette"],"physical_compositions":["Magnetic Tape"],"recording_type":["Analogue"],"AV_type":["Audio"],"digital_description":["[{\"file_url\":\"\",\"file_path\":\"\",\"filename\":\"Wah2021-001-Side B.mp3\",\"channel_field\":\"Stereo\",\"sample_rate\":\"44.1 kHz\",\"duration\":\"T01:00:18\",\"precision\":\"\",\"size\":\"55.2 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\":\"Wah2021-001-Side A.mp3\",\"channel_field\":\"Stereo\",\"sample_rate\":\"44.1 kHz\",\"duration\":\"T00:47:09\",\"precision\":\"\",\"size\":\"43.1 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":["[]"],"Location":["[{\"url\":\"https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/1852574\",\"venue\":\"\",\"notes\":\"On the second side, it's mentioned that Donald Mellet produced the reading performance \\\" The Great Grandchildren of Bill Bissette's Mice\\\" in Vancouver, Canada\",\"address\":\"Vancouver, District of North Vancouver, Metro Vancouver Regional District, British Columbia, Canada\",\"latitude\":\"49.2597\",\"longitude\":\"-123.1155\"},{\"url\":\"https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/50259713\",\"venue\":\"CBC Studio\",\"notes\":\"It's hard to say if this tape was recorded in Vancouver or Toronto; we entered the locations for both Vancouver and Toronto CBC Radio \",\"address\":\"700 Hamilton Street Vancouver, British Columbia V6B 4A2\",\"latitude\":\"49.27915495\",\"longitude\":\"-123.11434125336939\"},{\"url\":\"https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/456341915#map=19/43.65360/-79.37320\",\"venue\":\"CBC Studio\",\"notes\":\"It's hard to say if this tape was recorded in Vancouver or Toronto; we entered the locations for both Vancouver and Toronto CBC Radio.\\n\\nWe do not know how old this tape is, and if this program was recorded before 1993. CBC Toronto studio address was changed in 1993 (after this recording took place) to 205 Wellington Street West, Toronto, Ontario, M5V 3G7 from a smaller facility on Jarvis Street, near the former television transmitter. (Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_Broadcasting_Centre)\",\"address\":\"Jarvis Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada\",\"latitude\":\"43.6562555\",\"longitude\":\"-79.374232\"},{\"url\":\"https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/388179961\",\"venue\":\"\",\"notes\":\"At the beginning of side one, Keith Watt says that he is on East Hastings Street in Vancouver\",\"address\":\"East Hastings Street, Hastings-Sunrise, Vancouver, District of North Vancouver, Metro Vancouver Regional District, British Columbia, V5K, Canada\",\"latitude\":\"49.28111\",\"longitude\":\"-123.02882\"},{\"url\":\"https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/380036501#map=19/43.664606/-79.373938\",\"venue\":\" Diamond Club (Phoenix Concert Theatre)\",\"notes\":\"The host of the program on side one states that she is at the Diamond Club in Toronto. The Diamond Club at 410 Sherbourne Street in 1991 changed to the Phoenix Concert Theatre\",\"address\":\"410 Sherbourne St, Toronto, ON M5X 1K2\",\"latitude\":\"43.664606\",\"longitude\":\"-79.373938\"}]"],"Address":["Vancouver, District of North Vancouver, Metro Vancouver Regional District, British Columbia, Canada","700 Hamilton Street Vancouver, British Columbia V6B 4A2","Jarvis Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada","East Hastings Street, Hastings-Sunrise, Vancouver, District of North Vancouver, Metro Vancouver Regional District, British Columbia, V5K, Canada","410 Sherbourne St, Toronto, ON M5X 1K2"],"Venue":["CBC Studio","CBC Studio"," Diamond Club (Phoenix Concert Theatre)"],"City":["Vancouver, British Columbia","Hamilton, British Columbia","Toronto, Ontario","Vancouver, British Columbia","Toronto, Ontario"],"Note":["[{\"note\":\"The first two minutes of the second side is Reneé [Roloff?] reading her report and at 8:45 [Erica Reader?] introduces George Bowering's reading performance called \\\"The Great Grandchildren of Bill Bissette's Mice.\\\"\",\"type\":\"General\"},{\"note\":\"This radio program is all about art and the challenges that confronted Canadian local artists. \\nIt begins with the topic of ethnic community and multiculturalism, focusing on their expectations that the government would support their integration into the mainstream by providing increased funding and helping them gain recognition as professional artists, rather than being seen only as preservers of folk music.\\n\\nA part of this program is also about Canadian record labels and how Canadian musicians would fail to make a name for themselves here in Canada; it's all about how American record companies and the American music market provided them with amazing opportunities to be far more successful. \",\"type\":\"General\"}]"],"Related_works":["[]"],"_version_":1853670556055896064,"timestamp":"2026-01-07T15:00:00.367Z","creators":["[{\"url\":\"http://viaf.org/viaf/267707248\",\"name\":\"McCormack, Eric\",\"dates\":\"1963-\",\"notes\":\"The author's choice of the program is Eric McCormack speaking at 17:00 on the first side. \",\"nation\":[],\"role\":[\"Speaker\"]},{\"url\":\"\",\"name\":\"Browning, Norman\",\"dates\":\"\",\"notes\":\"\",\"nation\":[],\"role\":[\"Performer\",\"Reader\"]},{\"url\":\" http://viaf.org/viaf/34469976\",\"name\":\"Bowering, George\",\"dates\":\"1935-\",\"notes\":\"\",\"nation\":[],\"role\":[\"Performer\",\"Reader\"]},{\"url\":\"http://viaf.org/viaf/93542147\",\"name\":\"Bowering, Angela\",\"dates\":\"\",\"notes\":\"\",\"nation\":[],\"role\":[\"Performer\",\"Reader\"]},{\"url\":\"http://viaf.org/viaf/1330211\",\"name\":\"Wah, Fred\",\"dates\":\"1939-\",\"notes\":\"\",\"nation\":[],\"role\":[\"Donor\"]},{\"url\":\"http://viaf.org/viaf/67157581575233780187\",\"name\":\"Weiner, Gerry\",\"dates\":\"\",\"notes\":\"Minister of State for Multiculturalism talking on side one\",\"nation\":[],\"role\":[\"Speaker\"]},{\"url\":\"\",\"name\":\"Watt, Keith \",\"dates\":\"\",\"notes\":\"Side A first speaker\",\"nation\":[],\"role\":[\"Speaker\"]},{\"url\":\"\",\"name\":\"Little, Adam\",\"dates\":\"\",\"notes\":\"He speaks at 12:06 on the first side. \",\"nation\":[],\"role\":[\"Speaker\"]},{\"url\":\"\",\"name\":\"O'Connell, Mary\",\"dates\":\"\",\"notes\":\"\",\"nation\":[],\"role\":[\"Speaker\"]},{\"url\":\"\",\"name\":\"Young, Gerry\",\"dates\":\"\",\"notes\":\"https://www.tomcattt.com/gerry-young\",\"nation\":[],\"role\":[\"Speaker\"]},{\"url\":\"\",\"name\":\"Raven-Hill, Stuart\",\"dates\":\"\",\"notes\":\"https://www.discogs.com/artist/2255802-Stuart-Raven-Hill?srsltid=AfmBOoqxONBX4kRAFunNyRp76B2ihZaWU-U6We9iYiLck0MxXKf4VhU9\\n\",\"nation\":[],\"role\":[\"Speaker\"]},{\"url\":\"\",\"name\":\"Kourianten, Tony\",\"dates\":\"\",\"notes\":\"He speaks in the week and review part of the program at 32:57 on side one\",\"nation\":[],\"role\":[\"Speaker\"]},{\"url\":\"\",\"name\":\"White, Donn\",\"dates\":\"\",\"notes\":\"\",\"nation\":[],\"role\":[\"Performer\",\"Reader\"]},{\"url\":\"http://viaf.org/viaf/60736172\",\"name\":\"Healey, Jeff\",\"dates\":\"1966-2008\",\"notes\":\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Healey\",\"nation\":[],\"role\":[\"Performer\"]},{\"url\":\"\",\"name\":\"[Hutchinson, Max?]\",\"dates\":\"\",\"notes\":\"Canadian agent that turned down Jeff Healey. Could not find him.\",\"nation\":[],\"role\":[\"Speaker\",\"Reader\"]},{\"url\":\"\",\"name\":\"[Roloff?], Reneé\",\"dates\":\"\",\"notes\":\"She reads her report at the first two minutes of the second side \",\"nation\":[],\"role\":[\"Reader\"]},{\"url\":\"\",\"name\":\"[Dutt, Charlotte?]\",\"dates\":\"\",\"notes\":\"A writer and lobbyist in Ottawa. She speaks at 5:56 on side one. No further information found.\",\"nation\":[],\"role\":[\"Speaker\"]},{\"url\":\"\",\"name\":\"[Caurteron, Daniel?]\",\"dates\":\"\",\"notes\":\"Music promoter speaking at 8:16 on side one. No further information about him.\",\"nation\":[],\"role\":[\"Speaker\"]},{\"url\":\"\",\"name\":\"Doray, Michelle\",\"dates\":\"\",\"notes\":\"She had the Canadian conference of the Arts\\nspeaking at 7:10 and 10:00 on side one\",\"nation\":[],\"role\":[\"Speaker\"]},{\"url\":\"\",\"name\":\"[Castongase, Sandy?]\",\"dates\":\"\",\"notes\":\"Sandy is introduced as the president of New York's pop music management company, The Big Jump. He is speaking at 25:04 on side one. The information about this person and the company could not be found online.\",\"nation\":[],\"role\":[\"Speaker\"]},{\"url\":\"\",\"name\":\"Henderson, Graham\",\"dates\":\"\",\"notes\":\"He speaks at 30:00 on side one.\\nHe is married to Margo Timmins of Cowboy Junkies and was an attorney of the band.\",\"nation\":[],\"role\":[\"Speaker\"]},{\"url\":\"http://viaf.org/viaf/78841690\",\"name\":\"Mellett, Donald Ring\",\"dates\":\"1891-1926\",\"notes\":\"George Bowring's reading performance \\\"The Great Grandchildren of Bill Bissette's Mice\\\" is produced by him.\",\"nation\":[],\"role\":[\"Producer\"]},{\"url\":\"\",\"name\":\"Reed, James\",\"dates\":\"\",\"notes\":\"He is the engineer of George Bowring's reading performance \\\"The Great Grandchildren of Bill Bissette's Mice.\\\"\",\"nation\":[],\"role\":[]},{\"url\":\"\",\"name\":\"Ritter, Erica\",\"dates\":\"\",\"notes\":\"She is the CBC reader program's host on the second side; she introduces herself at 30:20 on the second side.\\n\\nIn addition to her work as a playwright, Ritter has written and hosted programming for CBC Radio. 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