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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;color:#494949;background:white">Hello all!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;color:#494949;background:white">A </span><a href="https://www.bcartscouncil.ca/app/uploads/sites/508/2023/06/Grant-Program-Calendar-June2023-FINAL.pdf" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;color:#A22D15;background:white;text-decoration:none">CALENDAR</span></a><span style="font-size:13.5pt;color:#494949;background:white"> showing
the annual BC Arts Council grant program cycles is now available!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;color:#494949;background:white">You can find the calendar on our website here:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;color:#494949;background:white"><a href="https://www.bcartscouncil.ca/funding/">https://www.bcartscouncil.ca/funding/</a></span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;background:white"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;color:black;background:white">We hope this resource will be a useful planning tool and help you keep track of the approximate open and closing dates of our grant programs.</span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;background:white"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;color:black;background:white">As always, Program Guidelines are posted on our Grant Program page as programs open. Review those guidelines for eligibility criteria, exact closing dates and additional resources:</span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;background:white"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;color:black;background:white"><a href="https://www.bcartscouncil.ca/program/">https://www.bcartscouncil.ca/program/</a></span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;background:white"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;color:#494949;background:white">All the best,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;color:#494949;background:white">Anissa<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"BC Sans";color:#1F4E79;mso-ligatures:none">Anissa J. Paulsen
</span></b><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"BC Sans";color:#404040;mso-ligatures:none">(she/her)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"BC Sans";color:#404040;mso-ligatures:none">Program Advisor - Indigenous Cultural Centres | Museums | Scholarship
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"BC Sans";color:#404040;mso-ligatures:none">BC Arts Council<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"BC Sans";color:#404040;mso-ligatures:none">Phone: 236.478.2560 | Email:
<u><a href="mailto:Anissa.Paulsen@gov.bc.ca"><span style="color:#0563C1">Anissa.Paulsen@gov.bc.ca</span></a></u> |
<u><a href="http://www.bcartscouncil.ca/"><span style="color:#404040">www.bcartscouncil.ca</span></a></u><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"BC Sans";color:#7F7F7F;mso-ligatures:none">Ministry of Tourism, Arts, Culture and Sport<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"BC Sans";color:#7F7F7F;mso-ligatures:none">800 Johnson Street | PO Box 9819 STN PROV GOVT | Victoria | BC | V8W 9W3<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"BC Sans";color:#7F7F7F;mso-ligatures:none">Main office: (250) 356-1718 or reach us toll-free through Enquiry BC: 1-800-663-7867<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"BC Sans";color:#404040;mso-ligatures:none">The BC Arts Council acknowledges it carries out its work on the traditional territories of Indigenous nations throughout British Columbia.</span></b><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"BC Sans";color:#404040;mso-ligatures:none">
We pay our respects to the Elders, past and present, descendants and custodians of these lands. We honour the knowledge keepers and the continuing relationships with Indigenous peoples in BC that develop through our work together. The BC Arts Council is grateful
to the </span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"BC Sans";mso-ligatures:none">lək̓ʷəŋən<span style="color:#404040"> (Songhees) and Xwsepsum (Esquimalt) ancestors and families, on whose traditional lands we operate our main offices.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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