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Meeka Walsh is a Canadian writer, art critic, and curator. She is the editor of ''
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''. An author of short stories and essays, Walsh was included in the ''Oxford Anthology of Canadian Women Writers''. She was from 2002 to 2005 a trustee of the
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. Walsh was awarded a gold medal by the
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in 2007. She was appointed to the
Order of Canada The Order of Canada () is a Canadian state order, national order and the second-highest Award, honour for merit in the system of orders, decorations, and medals of Canada, after the Order of Merit. To coincide with the Canadian Centennial, ce ...
in 2017.


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