<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 14px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><p style="padding: 0px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Do you know a historic place associated with the history of the Chinese community in British Columbia that is important to you or your community? Which of these places should be formally recognized as historic places, significant to the Chinese Canadian community and the history of British Columbia?</p><p style="padding: 0px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">The Chinese Historic Places Recognition Project is an outcome of the<a href="http://www.embracebc.ca/embracebc/community/apology_for_historical_wrongs.page?WT.svl=Centre" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(219, 161, 17); font-size: 11px; text-decoration: none;">Chinese Historical Wrongs Consultation</a>, where many participants expressed the hope that Chinese Canadian cultural history could be preserved in perpetuity. Recognition of sites with historical significance to Chinese Canadians will serve as an opportunity to celebrate British Columbia's diversity, and recognize and acknowledge the contribution of Chinese Canadians in British Columbia - both past and present - to the prosperity and diversity of the province. A selection of nominated historic places will be officially recognized by the Government of British Columbia and placed on the BC Register of Historic Places and the <a href="http://www.historicplaces.ca/en/pages/register-repertoire.aspx" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(219, 161, 17); font-size: 11px; text-decoration: none;">Canadian Register of Historic Places</a>.</p><p style="padding: 0px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">The deadline for submitting a nomination is <strong>February 20, 2015</strong>.</p><p style="padding: 0px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px;">More information and the Nomination Form can be found on Heritage BC's website: </p><p style="padding: 0px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px;"><a href="http://heritagebc.ca/chinese-historic-places-recognition-project" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">http://heritagebc.ca/chinese-historic-places-recognition-project</a></p></body></html>