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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Dear colleagues,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Applications for the Indigenous Research Fund Now Open!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Friends of the BC Archives (FBCA) is pleased to announce the 2025 funding cycle for the renewed Indigenous Research Fund (IRF). The IRF is intended to increase access for Indigenous peoples to BC Archives collections; and <b>new this year</b>, the funds can
be also used for projects seeking access to materials in the Royal BC Museum’s Indigenous Collections and Repatriation Department (ICAR). The Indigenous Research Fund (IRF) began as a response to the 2015 Calls to Action of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission
(Specifically <a href="https://us17.mailchimp.com/mctx/clicks?url=https%3A%2F%2Fnctr.ca%2Frecords%2Freports%2F&xid=96cd390ffd&uid=89585089&iid=55abceb29d&pool=cts&v=2&c=1738439670&h=6f31f609ed120b13937b15d3f428ea9bf35ed42d5ac9cf44eda39659e534b2e9" title="https://can01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fus17.mailchimp.com%2Fmctx%2Fclicks%3Furl%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fnctr.ca%252Frecords%252Freports%252F%26xid%3D96cd390ffd%26uid%3D89585089%26iid%3D55abceb29d%26pool%3Dcts%26v%3D2%26c%3D1738439">calls
67 to 70</a>). The funds for this award are provided by the Friends of the BC Archives (FBCA) and the Royal BC Museum and Archives (RBCM). The IRF is intended to increase access for Indigenous peoples to: <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">BC Archives (BCA) collections; + / or<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">RBCM Indigenous Collections and Repatriation Department (ICAR) materials. <o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">The IRF is open to any individual (youth, student, adult, elder) who self-identify as Indigenous (First Nations, Métis, Inuit), or to any organization with a mandate
to serve the interests of Indigenous peoples. Applications are welcome from any individual or organization, within or outside of British Columbia, who meets these criteria.<br>
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One grant of $2,000 is awarded annually. Application </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">period</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif"> will from February 1<sup>st</sup> to March 14<sup>th<o:p></o:p></sup></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">For more information, please visit the following page at the FBCA website:
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif"><a href="https://friendsofbcarchives.wordpress.com/indigenous-research-fund/">https://friendsofbcarchives.wordpress.com/indigenous-research-fund/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Lara Wilson (she/her)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">President, Friends of the BC Archives<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">info@friendsbcarchives.ca</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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