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<p class="MsoPlainText">Just a note to say I am THRILLED to welcome Anissa Paulsen to the BC Arts Council’s program officer complement!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText">Anissa will be transitioning over the next few months into the Museums and Indigenous Cultural Centres portfolio, preparatory to my departure in late March.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Courier New";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Sue Donaldson<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Courier New";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Program Officer<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Courier New";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Visual Arts, Literary Arts & Museums<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Courier New";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">BC Arts Council<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Courier New";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">778-698-3528<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Courier New";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><a href="mailto:sue.donaldson@gov.bc.ca">sue.donaldson@gov.bc.ca</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Courier New";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><a href="http://www.bcartscouncil.ca/">www.bcartscouncil.ca</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i>The BC Arts Council acknowledges that it carries out its work on the land of Indigenous nations throughout British Columbia.
<span style="color:black">We pay our respects to the Elders, past and present, descendants and custodians of these lands. We honour the knowledge keepers and the continuing relationships with Indigenous peoples in BC that develop through our work together.</span>
We acknowledge and raise our hands to the Lkwungen people, known today as the Songhees and Esquimalt Nations, on whose ancestral lands we operate our main offices. <o:p></o:p></i></p>
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