<div dir="ltr"><p style="box-sizing:border-box;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14px;line-height:16px;font-family:&quot;Open Sans&quot;;margin:0px;color:rgb(85,85,85)"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;line-height:inherit;font-weight:700"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;line-height:21px;font-size:18px">The 2019 Survey of Heritage Institutions is coming!!!</span></span></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14px;line-height:16px;font-family:&quot;Open Sans&quot;;margin:0px;color:rgb(85,85,85)"> </p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14px;line-height:16px;font-family:&quot;Open Sans&quot;;margin:0px;color:rgb(85,85,85)"> </p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:12px;line-height:15px;font-family:&quot;Open Sans&quot;;margin:0px;color:rgb(85,85,85)"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;line-height:inherit;font-size:13px"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;line-height:inherit;font-weight:700">Make your experience count!</span> Your Institution will be invited to report on activities for the 2017 fiscal or </span><span style="box-sizing:border-box;line-height:15px;font-size:13px">calendar year (whichever cycle your institution/site operates by). 2017 marked Canada’s 150th</span><br style="box-sizing:border-box;line-height:inherit"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;line-height:15px;font-size:13px">anniversary of confederation, and this year’s survey will capture the heightened level of investment and</span><br style="box-sizing:border-box;line-height:inherit"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;line-height:15px;font-size:13px">activities that took place in Canada’s heritage community that year.</span></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:12px;line-height:15px;font-family:&quot;Open Sans&quot;;margin:0px;color:rgb(85,85,85)"><br style="box-sizing:border-box;line-height:inherit"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;line-height:inherit;font-size:13px"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;line-height:inherit;font-weight:700">The Department will be sending you an email on March 6</span> with a link to the online survey. It has been </span><span style="box-sizing:border-box;line-height:15px;font-size:13px">streamlined to ensure user-friendliness and quick responses. We ask that you please take time to</span><br style="box-sizing:border-box;line-height:inherit"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;line-height:15px;font-size:13px">answer the survey, as each response increases the accuracy of the results.</span></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:12px;line-height:15px;font-family:&quot;Open Sans&quot;;margin:0px;color:rgb(85,85,85)"><br style="box-sizing:border-box;line-height:inherit"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;line-height:inherit;font-size:13px"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;line-height:15px;text-decoration-line:underline"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;line-height:inherit;font-weight:700">The BCMA can&#39;t stress enough how important your contribution is!</span> </span>This is the most reliable and frequently used source of data for our sector and the more people that participate, the better the information is. Your input will help demonstrate the sector’s importance to Canada, and the survey results will be </span><span style="box-sizing:border-box;line-height:15px;font-size:13px">published online to enable all stakeholders to benefit from these data.</span></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:12px;line-height:15px;font-family:&quot;Open Sans&quot;;margin:0px;color:rgb(85,85,85)"><br style="box-sizing:border-box;line-height:inherit"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;line-height:inherit;font-size:13px">We thank you in advance for your anticipated participation and look forward to sharing the survey</span><br style="box-sizing:border-box;line-height:inherit"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;line-height:15px;font-size:13px">report with you later this year.</span></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:12px;line-height:15px;font-family:&quot;Open Sans&quot;;margin:0px;color:rgb(85,85,85)"><br style="box-sizing:border-box;line-height:inherit"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;line-height:inherit;font-size:13px">You can click <a href="https://www.canada.ca/en/canadian-heritage/corporate/publications/general-publications/about-survey-heritage-institutions/2017-report.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener" style="box-sizing:border-box;line-height:inherit;background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,104,165)">here</a> to view the results of the previous Government of Canada Survey of Heritage</span><br style="box-sizing:border-box;line-height:inherit"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;line-height:15px;font-size:13px">Institutions.</span></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:12px;line-height:15px;font-family:&quot;Open Sans&quot;;margin:0px;color:rgb(85,85,85)"><br style="box-sizing:border-box;line-height:inherit"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;line-height:inherit;font-size:13px">If you would like more information about the survey please email the Department of Canadian Heritage</span><br style="box-sizing:border-box;line-height:inherit"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;line-height:15px;font-size:13px">at <a href="mailto:PCH.infoegcep-gcshiinfo.PCH@canada.ca">PCH.infoegcep-gcshiinfo.PCH@canada.ca</a> or telephone 819-997-0991.</span></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:12px;line-height:15px;font-family:&quot;Open Sans&quot;;margin:0px;color:rgb(85,85,85)"><br></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:12px;line-height:15px;font-family:&quot;Open Sans&quot;;margin:0px;color:rgb(85,85,85)"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;line-height:15px;font-size:13px"><br></span></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:12px;line-height:15px;font-family:&quot;Open Sans&quot;;margin:0px;color:rgb(85,85,85)"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;line-height:15px;font-size:13px"><br></span></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:12px;line-height:15px;font-family:&quot;Open Sans&quot;;margin:0px;color:rgb(85,85,85)"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;line-height:15px;font-size:13px">Adrian </span></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:12px;line-height:15px;font-family:&quot;Open Sans&quot;;margin:0px;color:rgb(85,85,85)"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;line-height:15px;font-size:13px">BCMA - Communications Assistant </span></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:12px;line-height:15px;font-family:&quot;Open Sans&quot;;margin:0px;color:rgb(85,85,85)"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;line-height:15px;font-size:13px"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><a href="mailto:communications@museumsassn.bc.ca">communications@museumsassn.bc.ca</a></span><br></span></p></div>