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<b>Thursday, September 30th at 6:30 p.m</b>. please join the Vancouver Maritime Museum for a free virtual event,
</span><em style="font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; background: transparent;"><b>Paddles Up :: An Honour Guard for the Children – Celebrating the Rich Waterborne
Culture of the Coast Salish Peoples. </b></em><br>
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September 30 is Orange Shirt Day. It’s also World Maritime Day and National Day for Truth and Reconciliation.<span> </span><em style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;outline:0px;text-size-adjust:100%;background:transparent">Paddles Up</em><span> </span>is
in honour of these three days of recognition.</p>
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This event will be a panel discussion about the maritime time aspect of Indigenous history. Indigenous panelists <span style="font-family: Lato, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 500; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">will speak</span><span style="font-family: Lato, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 500; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> about
Indigenous maritime culture and discuss how bodies of water like the Burrard Inlet are still used today by the Coast Salish people. </span><span style="font-family: Lato, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 500; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The
panelists will also discuss colonialism and its effects, particularly residential schools.</span></p>
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To learn more about the event, panelists, or to register please visit <span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 10pt;"><a href="https://vanmaritime.com/paddles-up-an-honour-guard-for-the-children/">https://vanmaritime.com/paddles-up-an-honour-guard-for-the-children/</a> </span></p>
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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 10pt;">Thanks and we look forward to seeing you there. </span></p>
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