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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">February 29, 2016<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Museum of Vancouver welcomes Amanda Burrows as new Director of Development<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">VANCOUVER, BC –
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">The Museum of Vancouver (MOV) is pleased to announce that Amanda Burrows has joined its team of passionate advocates for the city. As the Director of Development, Burrows will head up the
Museum’s fundraising efforts, fostering relationships with donors, sponsors, and the Museum’s membership.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">She comes to MOV with more than eight years of experience raising funds for arts organizations. In addition to her experience at the Art Gallery of Ontario and the Guggenheim
NYC, Burrows recently served as the Associate Director of Annual Giving for the Vancouver Opera, where she created the Young Patrons Circle that engaged the next generation of arts patrons.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Burrows was the ideal candidate for this position after studying Fundraising Management at Ryerson University, and having earned a Master’s Degree in Museum Studies at the
University of Toronto.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">As a connector, Burrows has developed programs that stimulate philanthropic behaviour. She sits on the Boards for
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Contemporary Art Gallery, and Passion Foundation,
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">that encourage using arts for community involvement, civic engagement and social change.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">“I am thrilled to join the MOV team as it moves forward,” Burrows announced. “Several years ago, the Museum’s provocative programming helped to put them on my radar, and I
am extremely excited to apply my experience as a fundraiser, museum practitioner, and Vancouverite to such an innovative and inclusive institution.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">“Amanda has wholeheartedly embraced MOV’s new vision to inspire a social connected, civically engaged city,” explained MOV CEO Nancy Noble.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Burrows is excited to explore new linkages in the local community, and get more Vancouverites involved with their Museum.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">You can reach Amanda Burrows at:<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">• 604-730-5304<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">• aburrows@museumofvancouver.ca<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">• 1100 Chestnut Street, Vancouver BC V6J 3J9<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><u><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">About Museum of Vancouver (museumofvancouver.ca)<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">The Museum of Vancouver connects Vancouverites to each other and connects Vancouver to the world. The museum’s programs, exhibitions,
and collections bring people together and inspire conversation about the future. The museum, an enthusiastic civic advocate, is an independent non-profit organization dedicated to inspiring a socially connected, civically engaged city.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">For further media information, contact<i><o:p></o:p></i></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Myles Constable, Museum of Vancouver<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">mconstable@museumofvancouver.ca<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">604-730-5309<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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