<div dir="ltr"><span id="gmail-docs-internal-guid-cb7a62ff-7fff-288b-f058-e534f6927c35"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">For Immediate Release</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;text-align:center;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt"><span style="font-size:16pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Sidney Museum Welcomes a New Contingent of Staff</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Sidney, British Columbia, June 24, 2022</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> - The Sidney Museum is excited to announce the arrival of three new staff members over the last two months. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="text-align:left;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><b style="font-weight:normal" id="gmail-docs-internal-guid-6a6f6f61-7fff-329c-8de2-ba64ddc943d0"><br></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">It was a season of change at the Museum this spring, as all three permanent employees left to pursue new career opportunities. While the Museum was sad to see Alyssa, Adrian, and Sydney go, we are thrilled to introduce our new staff members and we look forward to the unique and diverse talents that they bring. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="text-align:left;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><b style="font-weight:normal"><br></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Michael Goodchild has joined the Museum team as Executive Director, and the Museum is looking forward to all of the experience and energy that he brings to the position. Michael holds a Master’s in Museum Studies from the University of Toronto and has worked in a variety of museums since completion of his degree. Most recently, he was the Museum Coordinator for The Fraser River Discovery Center in New Westminster. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="text-align:left;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><b style="font-weight:normal"><br></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Also joining the Sidney Museum staff is Megan Houghton, the new Assistant Director. Megan has recently graduated from the University of Victoria with a Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology and Indigenous Studies. The Museum is looking forward to how Megan’s background can help us continue to build meaningful relationships with the local Indigenous communities and further our repatriation policy.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="text-align:left;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><b style="font-weight:normal"><br></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Jessie Johnston has also come on board at the Museum as the new Education and Outreach Coordinator. Jessie has worked in education at various museums and historic sites in Canada and we are hopeful that she can bring her experience to the interpretive programming at the Sidney Museum.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="text-align:left;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><b style="font-weight:normal"><br></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The Museum is looking forward to this new chapter and we are eager to see what this dynamic and passionate staff team can do. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.32;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The Sidney Museum is currently open, by donation, 7 days a week from 10am-4pm.  Please see the Museum’s website for more details on the current and upcoming exhibitions.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-left:18pt;text-align:center;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">–­  –­</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">For more information or interviews, contact:</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Michael Goodchild </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Executive Director, Sidney Museum</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">(250)655-6355</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><a href="mailto:director@sidneymuseum.ca">director@sidneymuseum.ca</a></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="text-align:left;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br class="gmail-Apple-interchange-newline"></p></span>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:10.5pt"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);line-height:10.5pt"><img src="https://ci3.googleusercontent.com/mail-sig/AIorK4zDPoI02wKjdnj5csaiDGgl0pcfyeHoBtLm8oCgz8w7IPMI0-LsRwiYUJy68ZkRnpGFDnK0tBs" width="200" height="50"><span style="color:rgb(0,41,88)"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);line-height:10.5pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,41,88)">Address: 2423 Beacon Avenue L3<u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);line-height:10.5pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,41,88)">Sidney, BC V8L 1X5</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><span style="color:rgb(0,41,88)">Tel: 250.655.6355<span style="font-size:9pt"><u></u></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><span style="font-size:9pt;color:rgb(0,41,88)">Web <a href="http://sidneymuseum.ca/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">sidneymuseum.ca</a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><i><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">We respectfully acknowledge the Sidney Museum & Archives has been shaped by the colonial history of Canada, and</span><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> is located in Sidney/SET,TINES on the unceded territory of the W̱SÁNEĆ People. We understand that territory acknowledgment is just one part of Reconciliation, and the museum continues to work towards other ways that we can participate in Reconciliation alongside Indigenous communities.</span></i><br></p></div></div></div>