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<b><span style="font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55",sans-serif">Royal BC Museum Board of Directors Announces CEO Prof. Jack Lohman Stepping Down<u></u><u></u></span></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><b><span style="font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55",sans-serif">VICTORIA, BC
</span></b><span style="font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55",sans-serif">—The Board of Directors of the Royal BC Museum announced today that Prof. Jack Lohman is stepping down as Chief Executive Officer, effective 12 February 2021.
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<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55",sans-serif">Prof. Lohman and the Board of Directors considered how best to move the organization forward as it addresses current internal issues while
carrying on its usual work and the modernization initiatives in progress. It was mutually agreed that his departure would be in the best interests of the organization.
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<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55",sans-serif">The Board has asked Dr. Daniel Muzyka, Chair of the Board of Directors, to serve as the Acting Chief Executive Officer during the process of
recruiting a new CEO. <u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55",sans-serif">Professor Jack Lohman C.B.E., an internationally recognized expert in museums, joined the RBCM in 2012, and the Board of Directors acknowledges,
with appreciation, his nine years of vision and service. <u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55",sans-serif">About the Royal BC Museum 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. Looking to the future, the Royal BC Museum will be
a refreshed, modern museum, extending its reach far beyond Victoria as a world-class cultural venue and repository of digital treasures.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Univers LT Pro 45 Light",sans-serif">About the Royal BC Museum:
</span></b><span style="font-family:"Univers LT Pro 45 Light",sans-serif" lang="EN-GB">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.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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