[BCMA] MEDIA ADVISORY: Royal BC Museum repatriation symposium: Kelowna, March 29-31

[Moderated BCMA subscriber listserv.]

March 27, 2017

Royal BC Museum to co-host symposium on First Nations repatriation

VICTORIA, BC - From March 29-31, 2017, the Royal BC Museum and the First Peoples' Cultural Council will be hosting a symposium in Kelowna dedicated to the topic of cultural repatriation.

This is the first time in Canada a provincial museum has convened a symposium on this topic.

Media are invited to attend throughout the symposium ("Indigenous Perspectives on Repatriation: Moving Forward Together"), as First Nations repatriation experts, community members and international museum professionals discuss issues and learn from one another.

There will be ample opportunities for photos / video and for one-on-one interviews with key attendees.  A media feed in the main room (North Ballroom) will be set up for your convenience.

For more information about symposium topics and speakers, visit repatriationsymposium.ca/agenda/<http://repatriationsymposium.ca/agenda/>.

Date:             Thursday March 30-Friday March 31
Time:             9:15 am-4:00 pm (Thurs March 30); 9:15 am-3:00 pm (Fri March 31)

Location:      Delta Hotels Grand Okanagan Resort, 1310 Water Street, Kelowna, BC.
Check in at the media desk, conference centre foyer.

Available for interviews:
*         Prof. Jack Lohman,  CEO, Royal BC Museum
*         Lucy Bell, Head, First Nations and Repatriation, Royal BC Museum
*         Dr. Martha Black, Curator, Ethnology, Royal BC Museum
*         Grant Keddie, Curator, Archaeology, Royal BC Museum
*         Dr. Genevieve Hill, Collections Manager + Researcher, Anthropology, Royal BC Museum
*         Genevieve Weber, Archivist, BC Archives (Royal BC Museum)




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