<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8">
</head>
<body>
<p><b style="font-weight:normal;"
id="docs-internal-guid-a4592fff-7fff-8c41-82e6-dfa5eed593b5">
<p dir="ltr"
style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt;"><font
face="Helvetica Neue"><span
style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Hello everyone!</span></font></p>
<p dir="ltr"
style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt;"><font
face="Helvetica Neue"><span
style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Heritage BC invites you to celebrate outstanding achievements and best practices in Heritage with us with this year's Heritage BC Awards. These awards seek to recognize work that has impacted and strengthened all forms of heritage as a valued cultural resource in your community.</span></font></p>
<p dir="ltr"
style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt;"><font
face="Helvetica Neue"><span
style="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;">We recognize projects in 6 categories, which you can find more information about on our website:</span></font></p>
<ul
style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-inline-start:48px;">
<li dir="ltr"
style="list-style-type: disc; 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;"
aria-level="1"><p dir="ltr"
style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"
role="presentation"><font face="Helvetica Neue"><span
style="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;">Conservation (includes small but mighty award for small-scale projects)</span></font></p></li>
<li dir="ltr"
style="list-style-type: disc; 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;"
aria-level="1"><p dir="ltr"
style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"
role="presentation"><font face="Helvetica Neue"><span
style="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;">Education, Communications, and Awareness</span></font></p></li>
<li dir="ltr"
style="list-style-type: disc; 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;"
aria-level="1"><p dir="ltr"
style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"
role="presentation"><font face="Helvetica Neue"><span
style="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;">Planning and Management</span></font></p></li>
<li dir="ltr"
style="list-style-type: disc; 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;"
aria-level="1"><p dir="ltr"
style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"
role="presentation"><font face="Helvetica Neue"><span
style="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;">Indigenous and Diverse Cultures: Reconciliation, Redress, and Expanded Recognition</span></font></p></li>
<li dir="ltr"
style="list-style-type: disc; 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;"
aria-level="1"><p dir="ltr"
style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"
role="presentation"><font face="Helvetica Neue"><span
style="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;">Volunteer (Ruby Nobbs or Outstanding Impact Volunteer)</span></font></p></li>
<li dir="ltr"
style="list-style-type: disc; 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;"
aria-level="1"><p dir="ltr"
style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:12pt;"
role="presentation"><font face="Helvetica Neue"><span
style="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;">Professional Achievement (Emerging Professional or Lifetime Achievement)</span></font></p></li>
</ul>
<p dir="ltr"
style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt;"><font
face="Helvetica Neue"><span
style="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;">Learn more about the Heritage BC Awards and complete your nomination at</span><a
href="https://heritagebc.ca/events-activities/awards/"
style="text-decoration:none;"><span
style="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><span
style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">https://heritagebc.ca/events-activities/awards/</span></a><span
style="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;">. Nominations close on February 9th, 2024.</span></font></p>
<p dir="ltr"
style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt;"><font
face="Helvetica Neue"><span
style="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;">We will be celebrating our award winners on Tuesday May 2nd at our annual conference, which is being hosted in Nelson, BC. Learn more about our conference </span><a
href="https://heritagebc.ca/events-activities/annual-conference/2024-conference/"
style="text-decoration:none;"><span
style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">here</span></a><span
style="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></font></p>
<p dir="ltr"
style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt;"><font
face="Helvetica Neue"><span
style="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;">For more information, please contact Nathalie at <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:npicard@heritagebc.ca">npicard@heritagebc.ca</a></span></font></p>
<p dir="ltr"
style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><font
face="Helvetica Neue"><span
style="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;"> - Heritage BC Team</span></font></p>
</b></p>
<br>
<div class="moz-signature">
<div class="moz-signature">-- <br>
<p><strong>Nathalie Lim Picard</strong> <small>she/her</small></p>
Heritage Program Coordinator </div>
<div class="moz-signature">604-417-7243 ext. 103</div>
<div class="moz-signature"> <img moz-do-not-send="false"
src="cid:part1.gJxHRzwN.0IrxJOcT@heritagebc.ca"
alt="Heritage BC Logo" width="176" height="60"><br>
<p><strong>➤ Follow us <a href="https://linktr.ee/heritagebc">@heritagebcanada</a></strong></p>
<p>➤ <strong><a
href="https://heritagebc.us14.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=2081f5d4b932bd1a9a4b4e743&id=1a27edef87">Subscribe
to our bi-weekly newsletter</a></strong></p>
<p><em>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/">Learn more about
whose land you live on.</a></em></p>
</div>
</div>
</body>
</html>