<div dir="ltr"><div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><span id="gmail-m_-5675310628214242248gmail-docs-internal-guid-c8472a1d-6331-8858-acc4-586b8c9e343e"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(38,38,38);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">On January 16, 2017 the Province of British Columbia announced </span><span style="color:rgb(38,38,38);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:italic;font-variant-numeric:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">British Columbia | Canada 150: Celebrating B.C. Communities and their Contributions to Canada,</span><span style="color:rgb(38,38,38);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> a new funding program designed to invest $7.6 million in legacy, culture and heritage projects in communities throughout the province as part of the 150th</span><span style="color:rgb(38,38,38);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> anniversary of Canada’s confederation. The one-time grants of up to $100,000 were open to organizations with a culture or heritage mandate responsible for a museum, archive or historic place including not-for-profits, First Nations Band Councils, Aboriginal Friendship Centres, local governments and post-secondary institutions. </span></font></p><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(38,38,38);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Applicants could apply under the following funding themes:</font></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(38,38,38);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">∙</span><span style="color:rgb(38,38,38);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">         </span><span style="color:rgb(38,38,38);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Developing Infrastructure</span></font></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(38,38,38);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">∙</span><span style="color:rgb(38,38,38);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">         </span><span style="color:rgb(38,38,38);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Conserving historic places and heritage sites</span></font></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(38,38,38);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">∙</span><span style="color:rgb(38,38,38);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">         </span><span style="color:rgb(38,38,38);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Building lasting legacies</span></font></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(38,38,38);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">∙</span><span style="color:rgb(38,38,38);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">         </span><span style="color:rgb(38,38,38);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Sharing our history (collaborative projects with the Royal BC Museum)</span></font></p><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(38,38,38);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The BC Museums Association is honoured to administer this grant program on behalf of the Province of British Columbia, with the support of Heritage BC</span><span style="color:rgb(38,38,38);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">.</span><span style="color:rgb(38,38,38);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> The application deadline was February 10, 2017. </span></font></p><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(38,38,38);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">It was exciting and perhaps not surprising – to witness such a tremendous response to this grant opportunity for our provincial museum and heritage sector:</font></span></p><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(38,38,38);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">∙</span><span style="color:rgb(38,38,38);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">         </span><span style="color:rgb(38,38,38);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">437 applications were received from all around the province</span></font></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(38,38,38);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">∙</span><span style="color:rgb(38,38,38);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">         </span><span style="color:rgb(38,38,38);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Total value of requests:   $25,801,031</span></font></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(26,26,26);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">There are so many exciting initiatives happening throughout British Columbia! </font></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(38,38,38);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><span id="gmail-m_-5675310628214242248gmail-docs-internal-guid-c8472a1d-6333-3385-df03-29f6fbd44645"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(26,26,26);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">We thank everyone for their application to the program and for the work you are doing to honour our province’s history and culture.  We wish you all the best as we move into the next stage of adjudication.</font></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(26,26,26);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(26,26,26);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span></font></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(38,38,38);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Please continue to check our website for additional information as it relates to this grant program and for the announcement of successful applicants expected in late March 2017.</font></span></p><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></div><p style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(38,38,38);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">All the best,</font></span></p><p style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(38,38,38);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Anissa</font></span></p><div style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:&quot;helvetica neue&quot;;color:rgb(38,38,38);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></div></span><div style="font-size:12.8px"><div class="gmail-m_-5675310628214242248gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><b>Anissa J. Paulsen</b><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Program Officer</font></div></div></div></div></div></div><p style="margin:0in 0in 1pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt"><span style="color:rgb(237,125,49);font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br></span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 1pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt"><span style="color:rgb(237,125,49);font-family:arial,sans-serif">BC Museums Association || 675 Belleville Street  || Victoria, BC || V8W 9W2</span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 1pt;font-family:calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt"><span style="color:rgb(237,125,49);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:14.66px">Office: 250-356-5700</span><span style="color:rgb(237,125,49);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:14.66px">  || <a href="http://www.museumsassn.bc.ca" target="_blank">www.museumsassn.bc.ca</a></span></p><div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125);font-family:arial,sans-serif"> </span></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt"><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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