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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"">July 4, 2017<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55"">150 stories for 150 years: Canada’s national, provincial and territorial archives launch a new online exhibition</span></b><strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55"">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55"">VICTORIA, BC–</span></strong><span lang="EN-GB">
</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55"">To celebrate the 150th anniversary of Canada’s Confederation, national, provincial and territorial archives–an historic collaboration of 14 institutions across Canada–have selected
150 images and stories that illustrate how people have traversed our nation over years, decades and centuries, with a major focus on the role of the railway.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55"">This online exhibition, called
<i>The Ties that Bind Canada</i> (</span><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="http://rbcm.ca/tiesthatbind"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55"">http://rbcm.ca/tiesthatbind</span></a></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55"">),
gives life to the stories of those who came before us to form and bind communities through the development of transportation links over land, sea and ice.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55"">The completion of Canada’s railway system and its impact on building our nation is the starting point for this online gallery, but it’s not the only story. Even
today, the movement of people and goods in remote areas of Canada relies on ingenuity and alternate forms of transportation, sometimes in very harsh conditions.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55"">“The Royal BC Museum and Archives is a treasure trove of images, video and audio–reflecting life in British Columbia and how people travelled across this great province,” said
Royal BC Museum Deputy CEO Angela Williams. “This cross-Canada collaboration with our colleague institutions highlights the myriad ways the country was connected through its transportation routes and how it remains connected to this day. I encourage you
to explore this online exhibition, as well as our online collections; you just might be surprised by what you discover.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55"">Canada’s Indigenous Peoples are the original continental travelers and traders, inventing ways to move across remote areas like the interior and coastal edges of
Nunavut where massive networks of trails were developed by Inuit. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55"">This online exhibition was built for all Canadians to enjoy, but it’s also a valuable resource for students of Canadian history, educators, train enthusiasts and
transportation fans. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55"">Poring over photos of the great transportation networks of Canada is itself an act of exploration. Visitors to
<i>The Ties that Bind Canada</i> may be surprised by the vastness of the northern Inuit transportation network or by the various ways people travelled from the prairies to coastal communities.
<i>The Ties that Bind Canada</i> features 150 examples of the innovation, perseverance and ingenuity required in getting from place to place.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55"">Text is written in both of Canada’s official languages, to encourage Canadians across the country to learn more about their communities, provinces and nation.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55"">All aboard this commemorative #Canada150 project were Library and Archives Canada / Bibliothèque et Archives Canada, Yukon Archives, NWT Archives, Nunavut Archives
Program, Royal British Columbia Museum and Archives, Provincial Archives of Alberta, Provincial Archives of Saskatchewan, Archives of Manitoba, Archives of Ontario, Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec, Provincial Archives of New Brunswick, Nova Scotia
Archives, Public Archives and Records Office of Prince Edward Island and The Rooms Provincial Archives Division, Newfoundland and Labrador.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55"">To learn more about the people and places where you live, please visit your local archives.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55"">About the Royal BC Museum<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="xbodytext" style="margin-top:.1pt;background:white"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55"">The Royal BC Museum explores the province’s human history and natural history, advances new knowledge and understanding of BC, and provides
a dynamic forum for discussion and a place for reflection. The museum and archives celebrate culture and history, telling the stories of BC in ways that enlighten, stimulate and inspire. We are a hub of community connections in BC–onsite, offsite and online–taking
pride in our collective histories. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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