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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif"">March 27, 2017<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><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" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif"">Royal BC Museum to co-host symposium on First Nations repatriation<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif"">VICTORIA, BC –</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif""> 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.
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<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 is the first time in Canada a provincial museum has convened a symposium on this topic.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif"">Media are invited to attend throughout the symposium</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif"">
(“Indigenous Perspectives on Repatriation: Moving Forward Together”)</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif"">, as First Nations repatriation experts, community members and international museum professionals
discuss issues and learn from one another. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif"">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. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif"">For more information about symposium topics and speakers, visit
</span><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="http://repatriationsymposium.ca/agenda/"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif"">repatriationsymposium.ca/agenda/</span></a></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif"">.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif"">Date:</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif"">
<b>Thursday March 30-Friday March 31</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-1.0in"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif"">Time:</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif"">
9:15 am-4:00 pm</span><span lang="EN-GB"> </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif"">(Thurs March 30); 9:15 am-3:00 pm (Fri March 31)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-1.0in"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif"">Location:</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif"">
<b>Delta Hotels Grand Okanagan Resort, 1310 Water Street, Kelowna, BC. <o:p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><u><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif"">Check in at the
<b>media desk</b>, conference centre foyer.</span></u><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif"">Available for interviews:</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>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif"">Prof. Jack Lohman, CEO,
<a name="OLE_LINK2"></a><a name="OLE_LINK3">Royal BC Museum</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif"">Lucy Bell, Head, First Nations and Repatriation, Royal BC Museum<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif"">Dr. Martha Black, Curator, Ethnology, Royal BC Museum<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif"">Grant Keddie, Curator, Archaeology, Royal BC Museum<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif"">Dr. Genevieve Hill, Collections Manager + Researcher, Anthropology, Royal BC Museum<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif"">Genevieve Weber, Archivist, BC Archives (Royal BC Museum)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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