<html><head><style>@media only screen and (max-width: 480px) { .oEQ55c { width: 100% !important;} .zhwgeb { width: auto !important;} .MHCHNe { max-width: 100% !important;} } </style></head><body><div dir="ltr"><table style="background-color:#f8f9fa;padding:0 20px!important" role="presentation" width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr height="0"><td colspan="3"><span style="padding-top:0;font-size:0;line-height:0;color:#f8f9fa;background-color:#f8f9fa;display:none;overflow:hidden;max-height:0">Heritage Week 2023 is just around the corner! How will you be celebrating? </span></td></tr><tr><td></td><td align="center" valign="top" width="600"><table width="600" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="width:100%;max-width:600px;background-color:#f8f9fa" bgcolor="#f8f9fa" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td></td></tr></tbody></table><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="border-collapse:collapse;background-color:white;width:100%" bgcolor="white" width="100%" class=""><tbody><tr><td style="border-collapse:collapse;direction:ltr;font-size:0;padding-bottom:30px;text-align:center" align="center"><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table" width="100%" class=""><tbody><tr><td style="border-collapse:collapse;direction:ltr;font-size:0;padding:0;text-align:center" align="center"><div style="font-size:0;text-align:left;direction:ltr;display:inline-block;vertical-align:middle;width:100%"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="border-collapse:collapse;vertical-align:middle" width="100%" valign="middle"><tbody><tr><td align="center" style="border-collapse:collapse;font-size:0;word-break:break-word"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:0" class="oEQ55c"><tbody><tr><td align="center" style="border-collapse:collapse;width:600px" class="zhwgeb" width="600"><img src="cid:ii_lblc8h5t3" alt="Heritage-Week_Twitter.jpg" style=" -ms-interpolation-mode: bicubic; border: 0; line-height: 100%; outline: none; text-decoration: none; display: block; font-size: 13px; height: auto; width: 100%; max-width: 600px; " width="600" height="329" class=""></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table" width="90%" class=""><tbody><tr><td style="border-collapse:collapse;direction:ltr;font-size:0;padding:0;text-align:center" align="center"><div style="font-size:0;text-align:left;direction:ltr;display:inline-block;vertical-align:middle;width:100%"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" width="100%" style="border-collapse:collapse"><tbody><tr><td style="border-collapse:collapse;vertical-align:middle" valign="middle"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="border-collapse:collapse" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td align="center" style="border-collapse:collapse;font-size:0;padding:0 10px;padding-top:20px;word-break:break-word"><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-weight:400;font-size:32px;letter-spacing:0;line-height:normal;text-align:center;color:#202124" class=""><span id="gmail-docs-internal-guid-8c02925f-7fff-4130-a89b-cf6c4e79fce8"><span style="font-family:"Work Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font size="4">Heritage Week 2023 is just around the corner!
</font></span></span><span style="font-size:large;background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Work Sans",sans-serif;white-space:pre-wrap;letter-spacing:0px">How will you be celebrating?</span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table" width="90%" class=""><tbody><tr><td style="border-collapse:collapse;direction:ltr;font-size:0;padding:0;text-align:center" align="center"><div style="font-size:0;text-align:left;direction:ltr;display:inline-block;vertical-align:middle;width:100%"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" width="100%" style="border-collapse:collapse"><tbody><tr><td style="border-collapse:collapse;vertical-align:middle" valign="middle"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="border-collapse:collapse" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td align="center" style="border-collapse:collapse;font-size:0;padding:0 10px;padding-top:18px;word-break:break-word"><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:15px;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:0;line-height:1.4;text-align:center;color:#5f6368" class=""><span id="gmail-docs-internal-guid-9c9f5c8e-7fff-a1be-08c6-ca19637a235b"><p dir="ltr" style="text-align:left;line-height:1.38;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Work Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Heritage BC invites you to participate in </span><a href="https://heritagebc.ca/events-activities/heritage-week/all-ways/" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Work Sans",sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><b>BC Heritage Week</b></span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Work Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><b> from February 20 - 26, 2023 </b>by planning events and sharing stories about the culture and heritage of the communities that make up the place you call home. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="text-align:left;line-height:1.38;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Work Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">This year’s theme </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Work Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Always in All Ways</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Work Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> invites you to engage your local community in exploring all the ways that heritage impacts you! This could look like anything from planning a walking tour or hosting a workshop, to sharing favourite images or local histories on social media. Whether you’re a museum, gallery, historic site, cultural centre or more, we look forward to seeing how you engage with your community during the week.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="text-align:left;line-height:1.38;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Work Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">If your organization’s Heritage Week plan involves community participation, <a href="https://heritagebc.ca/events-activities/heritage-week/all-ways/submission/">submit it</a> to our </span><a href="https://heritagebc.ca/events-activities/heritage-week/all-ways/#calendar" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Work Sans",sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Heritage Week Events Calendar</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Work Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">, which we will be promoting throughout February.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="text-align:left;line-height:1.38;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Work Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">During Heritage Week, use<b> #bcheritageweek</b></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Work Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> to share how you’re celebrating. We look forward to re-sharing your posts. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt"></p><div style="text-align:left"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Work Sans",sans-serif;font-size:10pt;white-space:pre-wrap;letter-spacing:0px">Have questions about participating?</span></div><span style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Work Sans",sans-serif;font-size:10pt;white-space:pre-wrap;letter-spacing:0px"><div style="text-align:left"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-size:10pt;letter-spacing:0px">Contact Nathalie at <a href="mailto:npicard@heritagebc.ca">npicard@heritagebc.ca</a>.</span></div></span><p></p></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table" width="90%" class=""><tbody><tr><td style="border-collapse:collapse;direction:ltr;font-size:0;padding:0;text-align:center" align="center"><div style="font-size:0;text-align:left;direction:ltr;display:inline-block;vertical-align:top;width:100%"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="border-collapse:collapse;vertical-align:top" width="100%" valign="top"><tbody><tr><td align="center" style="border-collapse:collapse;font-size:0;padding:0;padding-top:30px;word-break:break-word"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="button" style="border-collapse:separate;background:#007b83;border-radius:4px;line-height:100%;padding:8px 24px" class=""><tbody><tr><td align="center" bgcolor="#007b83" role="presentation" style="border-collapse:collapse;background:#007b83;border:none" valign="middle"><a href="https://heritagebc.ca/events-activities/heritage-week/all-ways/" style="display:inline-block;background:#007b83;color:#ffffff;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-weight:bold;line-height:1.4;letter-spacing:0;margin:0;text-decoration:none;text-transform:none" target="_blank" class=""><span style="display:block;min-width:10px" class="">Learn more about Heritage Week</span></a></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td><td></td></tr><tr height="0"><td><span style="padding-top:0;font-size:0;line-height:0;color:#f8f9fa;background-color:#f8f9fa;display:none;overflow:hidden;max-height:0">k1l5j92j4n6k</span></td></tr></tbody></table></div></body></html>