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<p style="margin:0 0 1.5em;padding:0;color:#000;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px;line-height:150%;text-align:left">This grant provides up to $25,000 in funding for work where arts, languages, cultures and heritage are connected and aligned with Indigenous ways of knowing and being. </p>
<p style="margin:0 0 1.5em;padding:0;color:#000;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px;line-height:150%;text-align:left">Apply soon! Applications for our Braided Knowledge Grant will be accepted <strong>until March 25th, 2025 at 4:30 p.m. PT.</strong></p>
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We will be hosting an information session on February 27<sup>th</sup> at 11 a.m. PT.<br>
Register for the session <a href="https://fpcc.us10.list-manage.com/track/click?u=1927c89132f522e23c0390e7c&id=bb4089dfdd&e=ef97d7c644" rel="noopener nofollow" style="color:#8d1914;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">here</a>!</p>
<p style="margin:0 0 1.5em;padding:0;color:#000;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px;line-height:150%;text-align:left"><strong>We are here to provide support</strong> <br>
Program staff will be available to support requests for one-on-one application assistance up until March 11th, 2025. Please contact <a href="mailto:bkg@fpcc.ca" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="color:#8d1914;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">bkg@fpcc.ca</a>.<br>
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Warm regards,<br>
Jaime Caldwell<br>
Communications Officer<br>
The First Peoples' Cultural Council</p>
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