<div dir="ltr"><div><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve-breaks;"><font face="arial, sans-serif" style="" color="#000000">The BC Heritage Emergency Response Network (BC HERN) is pleased to announce the following workshops: </font></span></div><div><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve-breaks;"><font face="arial, sans-serif" color="#000000"><br></font></span></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif" color="#000000"><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve-breaks;">Emergency Response and Salvage for Cultural Institutions - <b><u>KELOWNA</u></b>
Dates: Monday, June 2nd, & Tuesday, June 3rd
Times: 9:00am - 5:00pm</span><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve-breaks;"></span></font></div><div><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve-breaks;"><font face="arial, sans-serif" color="#000000"><a href="https://members.museum.bc.ca/public/event/details/a0b94a27a1a8545927decfb0dff54fc185b49084/1">Register Now</a>
<br></font></span></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif" color="#000000"><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve-breaks;">Emergency Response and Salvage for Cultural Institutions - <b><u>VICTORIA</u></b>
Dates: Wednesday, June 25th, & Thursday, June 26th
Times: 9:00am - 5:00pm</span><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve-breaks;">
</span></font></div><div><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve-breaks;"><font face="arial, sans-serif" color="#000000"><a href="https://members.museum.bc.ca/public/event/details/26878b230d5d0a5bd256cfac4d6c2215e452524a/1">Register Now</a></font></span></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif" color="#000000"><br></font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif" color="#000000">Wildfires, floods, and destructive storms are becoming common events, adding to the known risk of earthquakes. Our best line of defense is emergency preparedness, training and response. The British Columbia Heritage Emergency Response Network (BC HERN) is a growing consortium of institutions within the arts and culture sector whose staff feel morally and professionally obliged to safeguard the collections that they hold by adequately planning for emergency situations as well as to support others in the event of localized emergencies.<br style="box-sizing:border-box"><br style="box-sizing:border-box">Join our team of experts for this 2-day hands-on workshop that provides training and guidance on emergency response and collections salvage (mixed and archival materials) and is targeted at museum/gallery professionals, keepers of cultural heritage, and volunteers from small cultural institutions with little to no training in responding to emergencies.</font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif" color="#000000"><br></font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif" color="#000000"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-weight:700">Cost for workshop:</span> <span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-weight:700">$125.00 </span>If registration cost is an obstacle to participation contact <a href="mailto:heidi@bchern.ca">heidi@bchern.ca</a>. No fee for Indigenous institutions</font></div><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Open Sans";font-size:13px"><br></span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Open Sans";font-size:13px"><br></span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(84,88,90);font-family:"Fira Sans",sans-serif;font-size:18px">--</span></div><div><br></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><div><b style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></b></div><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><b>The BCMA is hiring an Executive Director! <a href="https://museum.bc.ca/now-hiring-executive-director/" target="_blank">Apply</a> by May 14, 2025. </b></span></div><div><font color="#000000"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></span></font></div><div><div><font color="#666666" face="arial, sans-serif" style="color:rgb(136,136,136)">The BC Museums Association office is located on the traditional, unceded lands of the </font><a href="https://vimeo.com/275788251" style="color:rgb(102,102,102);font-family:arial,sans-serif" target="_blank">Lekwungen</a><font color="#666666" face="arial, sans-serif" style="color:rgb(136,136,136)">
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future Indigenous stewards and recognize that we are uninvited guests on
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