<div dir="ltr"><span id="gmail-docs-internal-guid-c8472a1d-6331-8858-acc4-586b8c9e343e"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:'helvetica neue';color:rgb(38,38,38);background-color:transparent;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Update: BC | Canada 150: Celebrating BC Communities and their Contributions to Canada grant program</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:'helvetica neue';color:rgb(38,38,38);background-color:transparent;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">On January 16, 2017 the Province of British Columbia announced </span><span style="font-family:'helvetica neue';color:rgb(38,38,38);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:italic;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">British Columbia | Canada 150: Celebrating B.C. Communities and their Contributions to Canada,</span><span style="font-family:'helvetica neue';color:rgb(38,38,38);background-color:transparent;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> a new funding program designed to invest $7.6 million in legacy, culture and heritage projects in communities throughout the province as part of the 150th</span><span style="font-family:'helvetica neue';color:rgb(38,38,38);background-color:transparent;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> anniversary of Canada’s confederation. The one-time grants of up to $100,000 were open to organizations with a culture or heritage mandate responsible for a museum, archive or historic place including not-for-profits, First Nations Band Councils, Aboriginal Friendship Centres, local governments and post-secondary institutions. </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:'helvetica neue';color:rgb(38,38,38);background-color:transparent;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Applicants could apply under the following funding themes:</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:'noto sans symbols';color:rgb(38,38,38);background-color:transparent;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">∙</span><span style="font-family:'times new roman';color:rgb(38,38,38);background-color:transparent;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><span style="font-family:'helvetica neue';color:rgb(38,38,38);background-color:transparent;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Developing Infrastructure</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:'noto sans symbols';color:rgb(38,38,38);background-color:transparent;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">∙</span><span style="font-family:'times new roman';color:rgb(38,38,38);background-color:transparent;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><span style="font-family:'helvetica neue';color:rgb(38,38,38);background-color:transparent;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Conserving historic places and heritage sites</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:'noto sans symbols';color:rgb(38,38,38);background-color:transparent;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">∙</span><span style="font-family:'times new roman';color:rgb(38,38,38);background-color:transparent;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><span style="font-family:'helvetica neue';color:rgb(38,38,38);background-color:transparent;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Building lasting legacies</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:'noto sans symbols';color:rgb(38,38,38);background-color:transparent;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">∙</span><span style="font-family:'times new roman';color:rgb(38,38,38);background-color:transparent;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><span style="font-family:'helvetica neue';color:rgb(38,38,38);background-color:transparent;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Sharing our history (collaborative projects with the Royal BC Museum)</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:'helvetica neue';color:rgb(38,38,38);background-color:transparent;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The BC Museums Association is honoured to administer this grant program on behalf of the Province of British Columbia, with the support of Heritage BC</span><span style="font-family:'helvetica neue';color:rgb(38,38,38);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">.</span><span style="font-family:'helvetica neue';color:rgb(38,38,38);background-color:transparent;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> The application deadline was February 10, 2017. </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:'helvetica neue';color:rgb(38,38,38);background-color:transparent;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">It was exciting and perhaps not surprising – to witness such a tremendous response to this grant opportunity for our provincial museum and heritage sector:</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:'noto sans symbols';color:rgb(38,38,38);background-color:transparent;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">∙</span><span style="font-family:'times new roman';color:rgb(38,38,38);background-color:transparent;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><span style="font-family:'helvetica neue';color:rgb(38,38,38);background-color:transparent;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">437 applications were received from all around the province</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:'noto sans symbols';color:rgb(38,38,38);background-color:transparent;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">∙</span><span style="font-family:'times new roman';color:rgb(38,38,38);background-color:transparent;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><span style="font-family:'helvetica neue';color:rgb(38,38,38);background-color:transparent;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Total value of requests: $25,801,031</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:arial;color:rgb(26,26,26);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">There are so many exciting initiatives happening throughout British Columbia! </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:'helvetica neue';color:rgb(38,38,38);background-color:transparent;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><span id="gmail-docs-internal-guid-c8472a1d-6333-3385-df03-29f6fbd44645"><br></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:arial;color:rgb(26,26,26);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">We thank everyone for their application to the program and for the work you are doing to honour our province’s history and culture. We wish you all the best as we move into the next stage of adjudication.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:arial;color:rgb(26,26,26);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:arial;color:rgb(26,26,26);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:'helvetica neue';color:rgb(38,38,38);background-color:transparent;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Please continue to check our website for additional information as it relates to this grant program and for the announcement of successful applicants expected in late March 2017.</span></p><div><br></div><p style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:'helvetica neue';color:rgb(38,38,38);background-color:transparent;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">All the best,</span></p><p style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:'helvetica neue';color:rgb(38,38,38);background-color:transparent;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Anissa</span></p><div><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:'helvetica neue';color:rgb(38,38,38);background-color:transparent;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></div></span><div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><b>Anissa J. Paulsen</b><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Program Officer</font></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><p style="margin:0in 0in 1pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt"><span style="color:rgb(237,125,49);font-family:arial,sans-serif">BC Museums Association || 675 Belleville Street || Victoria, BC || V8W 9W2</span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 1pt;font-family:calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt"><span style="color:rgb(237,125,49);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:14.66px">Office: <a href="tel:(250)%20356-5700" value="+12503565700" target="_blank"><font color="#1155cc">250-356-5700</font></a></span><span style="color:rgb(237,125,49);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:14.66px"> || <a href="http://www.museumsassn.bc.ca/" target="_blank"><font color="#1155cc">www.museumsassn.bc.ca</font></a></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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