Background
Tefs was born in Saint Boniface, Manitoba, the middle of three children, to Armin and Stella Tefs, and grew up in Northwestern Ontario.
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Wayne Tefs
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In 1971 he graduated from the University of Manitoba and received the gold medal for Arts Honours. He was awarded a Woodrow Wilson Fellowship and took his Master of Arts at the University of Toronto. He was a lecturer at the University of Saskatchewan (Regina Campus) from 1972-1974 before completing a Doctor of Philosophy at the University of Manitoba in 1978.
He received a certificate of education from McGill University in 1981.
Achievements
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In 1999, Red Rock was featured in its entirety on Canadian Broadcasting Company radio"s Between the Covers. In 2010 Red Rock was cited in T. F. Rigelhof"s Hooked on Canadian Books as "one of my first five choices" to be placed on a Canada Reads list. In 2010 Red Wing Films released a documentary on Tefs.
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September 15, 2014 (aged 67) -
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Canada