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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt">Please share with your staff, board members, partners, friends, and volunteers:
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt">The British Columbia Historical Federation is holding its annual conference virtually on June 2-5, 2022, co-hosted by the Victoria Historical Society.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt">The theme is “Memory”, which references the BC Historical Federation’s 100th year anniversary as well as ways that people remember and reflect on past events, commemorating and preserving memories,
and telling stories.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt">The keynote speaker at this year’s gala is Dr. Keith Thor Carlson, Director of the Peace and Reconciliation Centre at the University of the Fraser Valley. Keith’s presentation is entitled: “History
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt">Speakers, schedule, and conference information is found on our website:
<a href="http://www.bchistory.ca/conference/">http://www.bchistory.ca/conference/</a> . The conference is sponsored by the University of Victoria History Department and Johnson Insurance.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt">Please consider joining us for the conference presentations and the awards gala. Registration gets you access to all sessions, as well as the awards evening and keynote presentation. To register,
visit our <a href="https://britishcolumbiahistoricalfederation.wildapricot.org/event-4770007/Registration">
registration website</a>. Students attend <u>free</u> using the complimentary code:
<b>BCHF100<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt">Sincerely, <o:p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt">BCHF 2022 Conference Committee<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt">Shannon Bettles<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt">Paul Ferguson<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt">Anna Irwin<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt">Emma Quan<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt">John Lutz<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt">Ron Greene<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt">Frances Aknai<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt">Doug Brigham<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt">Maurice Guibord<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">The BCHF Secretariat is located on the traditional unceded territory of the Coast-Salish speaking peoples.
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