[BCMA] MOA Receives $75,000 from TD Financial Group

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>       *TD Bank Financial Group provides three-year $75,000 commitment
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> For the past two years, TD Bank Financial Group has supported the UBC 
> Museum of Anthropology's (MOA) Native Youth Program (NYP), helping to 
> revitalize and expand the initiative. This year, TD Bank Financial 
> Group has made a $75,000 three-year commitment which will provide NYP 
> with unprecedented support to not only help meet the growing demand 
> for the program, but to assist in the creation of a winter curriculum 
> as well as garner a larger and more diverse group of participants.  It 
> will also provide a solid foundation for MOA to secure endowment 
> funding to support the program in perpetuity.
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> The Native Youth Program focuses on giving First Nations youth 
> opportunities to research and interpret their own cultures in a museum 
> setting. For seven weeks each summer, NYP students become familiar 
> with MOA's collections and then share this knowledge with museum 
> visitors. Under the guidance of the Program Manager, NYP students meet 
> artists, elders, researchers, museum staff and others who help them 
> learn about traditional and contemporary Northwest Coast cultures, 
> allowing the students to further develop their own communication, 
> leadership and team-building skills. Now in its 31st year, the NYP 
> 2010 program will be able to take advantage of new facilities and 
> technologies launched at MOA earlier this year.
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> "At TD, we understand that learning about one's cultural roots is 
> crucial to development, especially during formative years," said 
> Raymond Chun, SVP Pacific Region, TD Canada Trust. "This is why TD is 
> honoured to once again provide funding for such an important and 
> highly regarded youth program with the Museum of Anthropology."
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> Pam Brown, Curator Pacific Northwest, and long time Manager of the 
> Native Youth Program, is excited about TD's investment in the program 
> and opportunities that its financial support will provide.  "A 
> three-year financial commitment from TD gives the NYP a level of 
> security that it has never had before. TD's generous support will give 
> us the stability to plan more enriched programs and initiate earlier 
> advertising to attract a larger and more diverse resource of students 
> and managers." 
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> While NYP has been co-sponsored by Aboriginal organizations since its 
> inception in 1979, MOA Director Dr. Anthony Shelton acknowledges that 
> the funding will be beneficial for years to come. "TD is committed to 
> supporting education for Aboriginal students and various programs at 
> UBC. We are very honoured and appreciative to be a part of TD's 
> generous support," he said.  
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> *About the UBC Museum of Anthropology*
> The Museum of Anthropology was founded in 1949 to collect, conserve, 
> research, and display objects and expressions of human creativity from 
> British Columbia and around the world. Today, it is Canada's largest 
> teaching museum and one of its most popular public museums.  Recently, 
> the Museum completed a $55.5 million expansion and renewal project 
> known as "A Partnership of Peoples," providing UBC and the broader 
> community with a premiere cultural destination as well as the finest 
> ethnological and archaeological research facility in Canada.
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> /Image: NYP Students, Pam Brown photo./
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> *Contact*
> Jennifer Webb, MOA, 604.822.5950 or _jennifer.webb at ubc.ca 
> <mailto:jennifer.webb at ubc.ca> _
> Matthew Cram, TD, 416.983.1514 or matthew.cram at td.com 
> <mailto:gregory.harrison at td.com>   
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