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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><strong><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif"">June 29, 2016<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
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<strong><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif"">On the road again – Royal BC Museum travelling exhibition
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is back for a second summer<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><strong><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif"">VICTORIA, BC
</span></strong><strong><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif";font-weight:normal">– The time to act is now. Vancouver Island Marmots, already one of the most endangered mammals in Canada, suffered significant
losses this winter. </span></strong><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif";background:white">Our unique marmot is found on mountain slopes and alpine meadows around central Vancouver Island, but are at risk
because of habitat loss.</span><strong><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif";font-weight:normal"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><strong><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif";font-weight:normal">The Royal BC Museum’s travelling exhibition,
<i>Species at Risk</i>, highlights the plight of BC's most vulnerable flora and fauna, like the Vancouver Island Marmot, emphasizing positive ways we can help our non-human neighbours.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><strong><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif";font-weight:normal">Species at Risk</span></i></strong><strong><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif";font-weight:normal">
is making stops throughout BC this summer at</span></strong><strong><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif"">
</span></strong><strong><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif";font-weight:normal">schools, museums and events on Vancouver Island, the Lower Mainland, Okanagan and, for the first time, the Kootenays. The public
are invited to visit, explore and learn for free. <o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><strong><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif";font-weight:normal">Species at Risk</span></i></strong><strong><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif";font-weight:normal">
will be at Victoria’s Legislature Grounds on Canada Day for its send-off from Vancouver Island to the mainland on Friday, July 1<sup>st</sup>.<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><strong><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif";font-weight:normal">“We created
<i>Species at Risk </i>to tell a story that is of critical importance to this province,” explains Prof. Jack Lohman, CEO of the Royal BC Museum. “We are extending our research and expertise to communities around the province to explain better what we do.”<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><strong><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif";font-weight:normal">Two friendly and knowledgeable interpreters are working with regional partners to bring the
exhibition to life and engage with local communities. <o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><strong><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif";font-weight:normal">Beautifully designed Mini-Museum kits featuring real specimens and hands-on activities travel
with the exhibition. The eight kits, four of which are new this year, are distributed to schools around the province and used throughout the school year.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><a name="OLE_LINK12"></a><a name="OLE_LINK5"><strong><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif";font-weight:normal"><o:p> </o:p></span></strong></a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif"">This project is funded in part by the Government of Canada<strong><span style="font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif";font-weight:normal">,
TELUS, Quality Foods, The Robert Bateman Centre, and the John and Joan Walton Innovation Fund.</span></strong><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif"">About the Royal BC Museum
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif"">The Royal BC Museum explores the province's natural and human history, advances new knowledge and understanding of BC, and
provides a dynamic forum for discussion and a place for reflection. </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif"">The museum and archives celebrate nature, culture and history, telling the stories of BC in ways that enlighten,
stimulate and inspire. Looking to the future, the Royal BC Museum will be a refreshed, modern museum, extending its reach far beyond Victoria as a world-class cultural venue and repository of digital treasures.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif"">Media are invited to visit the exhibition when it arrives in a nearby location. Please use the contact information below to
arrange a time.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif"">High resolution images of the travelling exhibition are available upon request.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif"">Media contact:</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif"">Royal BC Museum Media Inquiries
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif"">250-387-3207<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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