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Mathew Watts </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;margin:0cm;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%">BC museums and
heritage to be showcased at the G20 YEA Summit in Germany</span></b></p>
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Education’s new platform is showcasing BC’s heritage sector on an international
stage</span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%">[July 22, 2022] </span></b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%">- Over the past 18 months,
the BC Museums Association (BCMA) has partnered with Forager Education on the development
of an online educational platform, The VR Voyage Classroom. The platform
connects the province’s natural and cultural heritage with BC classrooms. The
BCMA is using this partnership to help its 200+ institutional members across
the province to share their stories with a larger audience of teachers,
classrooms, and schools across British Columbia and the world. The VR Voyage
Classroom will have the spotlight on an international stage in October. It was
named one of the official delegates for the 2022 G20 Young Entrepreneurs’
Alliance (YEA) Summit in Germany. We are excited to forge a new path forward
through the pandemic for the heritage sector in BC. Learning from the
adaptations that other organizations made, we can collaborate as a sector.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%">With
the platform fully launching on September 6, 2022, Forager Education and its
production partners are developing new in-person programs and educational
experiences that utilize the latest in distance education and virtual reality
trends. Creating programs to be enjoyed on-site or from any corner of BC
and the globe allows us to share our story beyond the limits of our community.
COVID caused us to rethink how we operate and further our mandate. With fewer
physical visitors, we had to explore new technologies to support our operations
and ensure our story continued to be told.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%">“I
am proud to work with the BCMA on this platform and bring together the full
spectrum of BC institutions. The road to recovery for the heritage sector needs
collaboration and showcasing this community-driven approach on an international
stage during the G20 YEA Summit in Germany will be great.” </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="right" style="text-align:right;margin:0cm;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%">- Bryce Mathew Watts, Founder &
Program Director at Forager Education</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%">“Museums,
galleries, and heritage organizations have shown remarkable creativity and
innovation in developing online content over the past two years. Through this
partnership with Forager Education, I hope we can allow museums to share their
digital content with even wider audiences.”</span></p>
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Museums Association</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%">The
G20 YEA Summit coincides with the annual G20 Summit where young entrepreneurs
from G20 nations present novel business models to create a stronger
entrepreneurial ecosystem. Forager Education, as an official Canadian Delegate,
provides a platform to showcase what BC’s heritage sector is doing to build a
stronger future together.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:10pt">Forager
Education is innovating the way curriculum-connected programming is developed
by institutions and experienced by students. Working with a network of
Indigenous, cultural, scientific, and artistic partners, we are creating a new
era of experiential learning for in-class and distance learning. Whether our
partners are rural organizations or large provincial institutions, each has an
important story to tell.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;margin:0cm;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%">###</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:10pt">If
you would like more information about the platform, please contact Bryce at
250-569-4401 or <a href="mailto:director@foragereducation.com">director@foragereducation.com</a>.</span> </span><span lang="EN"></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>