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<span style="color:black">SGang Gwaay World Heritage Site, British Columbia<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:14pt;color:black">Online Symposium </span></b><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:black">:Diverse Views on Decolonizing and Reimagining Heritage Policy in BC</span></b><span style="color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">May 23rd, between 1pm-5pm PST</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black">This symposium will center the importance of developing an equitable, inclusive, and rights-based approach to urban heritage policy and intangible cultural heritage. We will continue to explore how the
existing heritage framework in BC is representative and inclusive of the heritage of Indigenous, Black and racialized communities. <u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black">Diverse speakers from community and academia will share their insights and experiences of preserving and promoting their tangible and intangible cultural heritage within/without existing heritage policies
and structures in BC. Come and join us in a lively discussion.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<strong><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black">Moderated by:</span></strong><span class="m_7083727895162138560apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black"> </span></span><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black">Deniz
Ünsal, PhD., School of Communication and Culture, Royal Roads University and Jasmindra Jawanda, Urban/Social/Cultural Planner, Diversity, Anti-Racism & Gender Specialist<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black">1p.m. PST - Opening and Keynote Speaker:</span></b><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<strong><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black;font-weight:normal"><a href="https://www.dal.ca/faculty/law/faculty-staff/our-faculty/sara-ross.html" title="https://www.dal.ca/faculty/law/faculty-staff/our-faculty/sara-ross.html" target="_blank"><b>Sara Ross</b></a></span></strong><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black">,
PhD - Assistant Professor, Schulich School of Law, Dalhousie University<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black">Title:<span class="m_7083727895162138560apple-converted-space"> </span><em><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Cultural Rights, Law, and Intangible Cultural Heritage in the Urban Context</span></em><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black">2:30p.m. PST - Community Panel:</span></b><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<strong><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black">Jamila Douhaibi </span></strong><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black">- Executive Director,
<a href="https://bcblackhistory.ca/" target="_blank">BC Black History Awareness Society</a><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black">Title:<span class="m_7083727895162138560apple-converted-space"><i> </i></span><em><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">BC Black History: Resilience Amid Racism</span></em><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<strong><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black;font-weight:normal"><a href="https://www.ufv.ca/sasi/governance/faculty-associates/satwinder-kaur-bains.htm" title="https://www.ufv.ca/sasi/governance/faculty-associates/satwinder-kaur-bains.htm" target="_blank"><b>Satwinder
Kaur Bains</b></a></span></strong><b><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black">,</span></b><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black"> PhD - Director of the South Asian Studies Institute, University of the Fraser Valley <u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black">Title:<span class="m_7083727895162138560apple-converted-space"> </span><em><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Community Engaged Heritage Praxis – A Response by Racialized Canadians</span></em><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<strong><i><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black">Note</span></i></strong><em><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black">: Stay tuned as more speakers may be added</span></em><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black">4:00-5:00p.m. PST Keynote and Closing:</span></b><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<strong><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Prof. Dr. </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black;font-weight:normal"><a href="https://onmuseums.com/about/history/2019-conference/galla" title="https://onmuseums.com/about/history/2019-conference/galla" target="_blank"><b>Amaraswar
Galla</b></a>, </span></strong><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black">Pro-Chancellor and Distinguished Professor of Indigeneity and Inclusive Museum & Heritage Studies, KISS, UNESCO Chair on Inclusive Museums & Sustainable Heritage Development,
AnantU, India.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black">Title:<span class="m_7083727895162138560apple-converted-space"> </span></span><i><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Museums as Sites for Safeguarding Intangible Heritage</span></i><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black">Supported by: Royal Roads University and<span class="m_7083727895162138560apple-converted-space"> </span><em><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">The City Talks</span></em><span class="m_7083727895162138560apple-converted-space"> </span>and
the Committee for Urban Studies, University of Victoria</span></b><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<b><i><span style="color:black">This is a free event</span></i><span style="color:black">.</span></b><span style="color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:red">To receive a zoom link, please register:</span></b><span style="color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://www.royalroads.ca/events/diverse-views-decolonizing-and-reimagining-heritage-policy-bc" title="https://www.royalroads.ca/events/diverse-views-decolonizing-and-reimagining-heritage-policy-bc" target="_blank">https://www.royalroads.ca/events/diverse-views-decolonizing-and-reimagining-heritage-policy-bc</a></span><span style="color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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