<div dir="ltr"><div><span id="gmail-docs-internal-guid-e990d2fc-7fff-0d3d-f824-b756095159d2"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Hello everyone, </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Hope you are all having a good summer so far. </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Heritage BC is now accepting nominations for the 2025 BC Heritage Awards, which celebrate outstanding achievements in heritage conservation, education, awareness, and reconciliation across the province.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">We encourage museums, archives, cultural centres, and heritage professionals to nominate a colleague, community initiative, or local project that has made a meaningful impact.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">🗓️ Nomination deadline: October 3, 2025</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><br></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">📩 Submit your nomination here: </span><a href="http://heritagebc.ca/awards" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">heritagebc.ca/awards</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">ℹ️ For more information about categories and eligibility criteria: </span><a href="https://heritagebc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Information-for-Nominators-Heritage-BC-Awards-2026.pdf" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">https://heritagebc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Information-for-Nominators-Heritage-BC-Awards-2026.pdf</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><span class="gmail-Apple-tab-span" style="text-wrap-mode: nowrap;">       </span></span></a></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Help us recognize and amplify the incredible work happening in every corner of the province by spreading the word and submitting your nominations!</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">If you have any questions, feel free to contact me at <a href="mailto:marias@heritagebc.ca">marias@heritagebc.ca</a>.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Thank you for your support,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Maria </span></p></span><br class="gmail-Apple-interchange-newline"></div><div><br></div><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><b><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Dr Maria Paula Arias (she/her)</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#000000" face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12px">Heritage Program Coordinator</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Heritage BC</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><a href="https://heritagebc.ca/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0cm"><img border="0" width="176" height="60" src="cid:image001.png@01DB9CB2.02AFF7C0" alt="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/SjNA9cyBSs6-WBi4pTOMrcK_OfrsoaAbgeArMNCJMdWg1qCS_roisynV-AejktbnVnMq6R04F0GLO2klt7w8dsDJZiiTo-Z1hUl69tb9mVt6atrHWIroTH6nK0fDnuWBgvuGECKRTnF9vE4ZbLN1VZI" style="width:1.8333in;height:0.625in"></span></a><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:"Segoe UI Symbol",sans-serif;color:black">➤</span><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Find us at<b> </b></span><a href="http://heritagebc.ca/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">heritagebc.ca</span></b></a><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:"Segoe UI Symbol",sans-serif;color:black">➤</span><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Follow us </span><a href="https://linktr.ee/heritagebc" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">@heritagebcanada</span></b></a><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:"Segoe UI Symbol",sans-serif;color:black">➤</span><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Subscribe to our </span><a href="https://heritagebc.us14.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=2081f5d4b932bd1a9a4b4e743&id=1a27edef87" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">bi-weekly newsletter</span></b></a><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><i><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">As an organization of provincial scope, Heritage BC recognizes that its members, and the local history and heritage they seek to preserve, occupy the unceded and ancestral lands and territories of Indigenous Peoples of British Columbia. 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. </span></i><a href="https://native-land.ca/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank"><i><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Learn more about whose land you live on.</span></i></a></p></div></div></div>