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<div><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font size="2"><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:common-ligatures;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;display:inline;float:none">It’s a new month which means a new Watercooler Wednesday! <br></span></font></span></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font size="2"><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:common-ligatures;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;display:inline;float:none"><br></span></font></span></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font size="2"><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:common-ligatures;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;display:inline;float:none">Join BCMA Engagement Coordinator, Leia Patterson, for this month’s Watercooler Wednesday today (November 3) at 3:30PM. Log on to chat about land acknowledgements, learn about how ours came to be, and some steps you can take when thinking about crafting your own. This informal gathering of peers encourages open dialogue and opportunities for you to talk. Feel free to bring your own acknowledgements or one you like, and let’s chat about it!</span></font></span></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font size="2"><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:common-ligatures;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;display:inline;float:none"><br></span></font></span></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font size="2"><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:common-ligatures;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;display:inline;float:none"><a href="https://museum.bc.ca/conferences-and-events/watercooler-wednesdays/?cm=11&cy=2021">You can join from the website here!</a><br></span></font></span></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font size="2"><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:common-ligatures;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;display:inline;float:none"><br></span></font></span></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font size="2"><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:common-ligatures;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;display:inline;float:none">See you at 3:30!</span></font></span></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font size="2"><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:common-ligatures;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;display:inline;float:none"><br></span></font></span></span></span></div><div>--</div><div><br></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(102,102,102)">Leia Patterson</span></font></div><div dir="ltr"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><font color="#666666">Engagement Coordinator<br></font></font><div><div><span style="color:rgb(102,102,102)"><font size="1" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="https://equity.ubc.ca/resources/gender-diversity/pronouns/" target="_blank">Pronouns</a>: She/Her</font></span><br><br><font color="#888888"><div><span style="color:rgb(102,102,102);font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font color="#888888">The BC Museums Association office is located on the traditional, unceded lands of the <a href="https://vimeo.com/275788251" target="_blank">Lekwungen</a>
 peoples (Songhees and Xwsepsum Nations). We respect past, present, and 
future Indigenous stewards and recognize that we are uninvited guests on
 this territory.</font></span><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><p style="margin:0in 0in 1pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt"><span style="color:rgb(237,125,49);font-family:Arial,sans-serif">BC Museums Association || 675 Belleville Street  || Victoria, BC || V8W 9W2</span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 1pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt"><span style="color:rgb(237,125,49);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14.66px"><a href="http://www.museum.bc.ca/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">www.museum.bc.ca</a></span><font color="#888888"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></font></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 1pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt"><font color="#888888"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></font></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 1pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt"><font color="#888888"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><i>Roundup submissions are now open online! We now offer compensation to contributors and are looking for articles about how you and your institution are maintaining momentum! Find more details on our <a href="https://museum.bc.ca/roundup-magazine-submissions/" target="_blank">website</a>. </i><br></font></font></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 1pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt"><font color="#888888"></font></p><p></p></div></font></div><div style="color:rgb(136,136,136)"><p style="margin:0in 0in 1pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><br><span style="color:rgb(237,125,49);font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>