<div dir="ltr"><span id="gmail-docs-internal-guid-3ce3da28-7fff-eb00-50f6-f41d67924f9e"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline">>From February 19-25, 2024, communities across British Columbia are going to be taking part in</span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline"> <a href="https://heritagebc.ca/events-activities/heritage-week/layer-by-layer/">Heritage Week</a>, </span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline">an annual event that encourages you to learn about and advocate for heritage in your community. </span><br></font></p><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">In anticipation of Heritage Week, we are sending</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> </span><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/14q89G1p49iq-gqS3rzW8axjPffL3qcpl/view" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">2 free 8.5x11” posters</span></a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> to heritage and cultural organizations across BC. If you would like to receive posters please reply to this email with your name and address </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">before Sunday December 17th</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">, and we will add you to our mailing list</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">.</span></font></p><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><font face="arial, sans-serif">This year we are spreading the word about Heritage Week in a number of ways:</font></span></p><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font><ol style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:decimal;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" role="presentation"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Partnering with Local Tourism Organizations: </span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Participating tourism offices will be putting up posters and spreading news about the week via social media. They will be encouraging their communities to visit local cultural and heritage sites during Heritage Week! Get in touch with your</span><a href="https://www.hellobc.com/plan-your-trip/visitor-information-services/" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline"> local office</span></a><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> if you’re planning an event to help spread the word.</span></font></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:decimal;color:rgb(0,0,0);backgr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Nathalie</span></font></p><br></span><div><b style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px">--</b><br></div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><b>Nathalie Lim Picard </b><font size="1">(she/her)</font><br></div><div style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Heritage Program Coordinator</div><div style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;color:rgb(0,0,0)">604-417-7243 ext. 103</div><div style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></div><div style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><b><img src="https://ci3.googleusercontent.com/mail-sig/AIorK4xPD3-YJtiiFreqGXAn2CJV0dvYZC3GsXIsV-sMDFrZ1fyaJA9DGAATvbc8Jko6qsvwq4EBT-w"><br></b></div><div style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><b><div style="font-size:12px;font-family:Helvetica"><span style="font-weight:normal"><b>➤<font color="#ffffff">--</font>Follow us </b></span><b><a href="https://linktr.ee/heritagebc" target="_blank">@heritagebcanada</a></b><br></div></b></span><div style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px"><b style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></b><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">➤<font color="#ffffff">--</font><b><a href="https://heritagebc.us14.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=2081f5d4b932bd1a9a4b4e743&id=1a27edef87" target="_blank">Subscribe to our newsletter</a></b></div><div><br><i style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">As an organization of provincial scope, Heritage BC recognizes that its members, and the local history and heritage they seek to preserve, occupy the lands and territories of B.C.’s Indigenous peoples. Heritage BC asks its members to reflect on the places where they reside and work, and to respect the diversity of cultures and experiences that form the richness of our provincial heritage. <a href="https://native-land.ca/" target="_blank">Learn more about on whose land you live.</a></i></div></div></div><div><span></span></div></div></div></div>