Editing Margaret Avison (section)

==Early life and education==

Avison, the daughter of a Methodist minister, was born in [[Cambridge, Ontario|Galt]], [[Ontario]], in 1918.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://umlarchives.lib.umanitoba.ca/margaret-avison-fonds|title=Margaret Avison fonds - University of Manitoba Archives|website=umlarchives.lib.umanitoba.ca|language=en|access-date=2018-03-03}}</ref> She moved to [[Regina, Saskatchewan]], in 1920, and [[Calgary]], [[Alberta]], a few years later.<ref name=":0" /> Her family moved again, in 1930, to [[Toronto]], Ontario.<ref name=":0" /> She attended [[Alma College (St. Thomas, Ontario)|Alma College]], located in [[St. Thomas, Ontario|St. Thomas]], [[Ontario]], ca. 1935.<ref>"[http://inmagic.elgin-county.on.ca/ask/permalink/26770/ Alma College Composite Class Photograph, 1935 - Margaret Avison]," Elgin County Archives, Web, Oct. 21, 2014.</ref> As a teenager she was hospitalized for [[Anorexia nervosa|anorexia]].<ref name=quill/>

She attended [[Victoria University, Toronto|Victoria College at the University of Toronto]], entering in 1936 and getting her [[Bachelor of Arts|B.A.]] in 1940<ref name=":0" /> (and returning to pick up her [[Master of Arts|M.A.]] in 1965).<ref name="cpo">"[http://www.library.utoronto.ca/canpoetry/avison/index.htm Margaret Avison: Biography]," Canadian Poetry Online, UToronto.ca, Web, Apr. 2, 2011.</ref> Before she finished her B.A. she was a published poet; the poem "Gatineau" appeared in the Canadian Poetry Magazine in 1939.<ref name=":0" /> Additionally, she began publishing poetry in the college magazine, [[Acta Victoriana]].<ref name=argot>"[http://www.r-go.ca/Margaret_Avison.htm Margaret Avison, Canadian Poet] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110723132231/http://www.r-go.ca/Margaret_Avison.htm |date=2011-07-23 }}," Argot Language Centre, Web, Apr. 3, 2011.</ref>