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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">April 28, 2020
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;background:white"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Royal BC Museum’s book about orcas
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;background:white"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">breaches the surface on May 15, 2020<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">VICTORIA, BC</span></b><span style="font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">—The Royal BC
Museum’s publishing department is gearing up to release a much-anticipated book about orcas, the emblematic mammal of BC’s wild coastline and apex predator of all oceans.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><i><span style="font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Sprits of the Coast: Orcas in Science, Art and History</span></i><span style="font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">,
brings together the work of marine biologists, Indigenous knowledge keepers, poets, artists and storytellers. The book is edited by Royal BC Museum curators Dr. Martha Black (retired), Dr. Lorne Hammond and Dr. Gavin Hanke, with Nikki Sanchez.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">“Orcas are complex social beings with a culture and language of their own,” said Royal BC Museum CEO Prof. Jack Lohman. “This
book reflects many of the similarities between orcas and humans, and challenges us to think of our responsibilities as a part of nature, so inextricably linked to these enigmatic animals.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">With contributors ranging from Briony Penn to David Suzuki, Gary Geddes and Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas, the collection features
diverse voices that explore the magic, myths, and ecology of orcas. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><i><span style="font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Sprits of the Coast: Orcas in Science, Art and History</span></i><span style="font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">
was conceived as a literary companion piece to the Royal BC Museum’s 2020 feature exhibition,
<i>Orcas: Our Shared Future</i>, now postponed because of the COVID-19 pandemic. <o:p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">The book’s emphasis on three different, but interconnected ways of viewing the orca—through Indigenous cultural traditions, science
and popular culture—reflects the tripartite perspective of the upcoming exhibition.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif"">The 216-page book is replete with both colour photographs and illustrations,</span>
<span style="font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif"">including (on the inside of the dust jacket) a complete, frameable reproduction of the mural
<i>Orcinus orca SKAAnaa</i> by Haida mixed media artist Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas, which was commissioned for the
<i>Orcas</i> exhibition.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><i><span style="font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif"">Sprits of the Coast: Orcas in Science, Art and History</span></i><span style="font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif"">
</span>will <span style="font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif"">retail for $29.95 as a hardcover book and $14.99 as an ebook. It will be available through local bookshops, the Royal Museum Shop and online at
</span><a href="https://publications.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/"><span style="font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif";color:blue">rbcm.ca</span></a><u><span style="font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif";color:blue">/books</span></u><span style="font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif"">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt"><b><span style="font-family:"Univers LT Pro 45 Light","sans-serif"">About the Royal BC Museum:
</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Univers LT Pro 45 Light","sans-serif"">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. Located in Victoria on the traditional territory of the Lekwungen (Songhees and Xwsepsum Nations), we
are a hub of community connections in BC–onsite, offsite and online–taking pride in our collective histories.
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