▁Life ), ▁an ▁Est onian ▁week ly ▁newspaper ▁for ▁the ▁Est onian ▁di as por a ▁in ▁Canada . ▁ ▁After ▁working ▁as ▁a ▁theatre ▁critic ▁for ▁the ▁Toronto ▁Star ▁in ▁the ▁early ▁ 1 9 7 0 s , ▁K are da ▁was ▁Liter ary ▁Manager ▁at ▁the ▁Str at ford ▁Festival ▁during ▁the ▁ten ure ▁of ▁Art istic ▁Director ▁Robin ▁Phill ips . ▁He ▁and ▁a ▁team ▁of ▁three ▁other ▁direct ors ▁( Mar tha ▁Henry , ▁Pam ▁Bright on , ▁and ▁Peter ▁M oss ) ▁were ▁h ired ▁to ▁lead ▁Str at ford ' s ▁ 1 9 8 1 ▁season ▁after ▁Phill ips ' ▁res ignation , ▁but ▁the ▁subsequent ▁dismiss al ▁of ▁the ▁team ▁a ▁few ▁months ▁later ▁caused ▁several ▁Str at ford ▁veter ans ▁to ▁decide ▁to ▁work ▁away ▁from ▁the ▁Festival ▁for ▁some ▁years . ▁ ▁He ▁was ▁art istic ▁director ▁of ▁the ▁Tar rag on ▁Theatre ▁of ▁Toronto ▁from ▁ 1 9 8 2 ▁until ▁his ▁death ▁on ▁December ▁ 2 6 , ▁ 2 0 0 1 , ▁of ▁cancer . ▁K are da ▁also ▁wrote ▁for ▁several ▁publications ▁and ▁was ▁an ▁arts ▁comment ator ▁for ▁the ▁C BC . ▁ ▁He ▁served ▁for ▁many ▁years ▁as ▁the ▁Toronto ▁correspond ent ▁for ▁Opera ▁News ▁magazine . ▁ ▁Hon ours ▁His ▁hon ours ▁included ▁the ▁Order ▁of ▁Canada ▁( 1 9 9 5 ); ▁the ▁City ▁of ▁Toronto ▁Award ▁for ▁the ▁Perform ing ▁Arts ▁( 1 9 9 9 ); ▁and ▁the ▁Chal mers ▁National