<div dir="ltr"><div><span style="background-color:transparent;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><i>Content Warning: This email contains questions about Residential School Denialism experiences.</i></span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:italic;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><br></span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><font color="#000000" face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt">If you are an Indian Residential School survivor or have been affected by the residential school system and need help, you can contact the 24-hour Indian Residential Schools Crisis Line: 1-866-925-4419</span></font><br><br><p dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;font-style:normal;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">BCMA wants to create a workshop and additional resources to support museums, art galleries and heritage organizations in </span><a href="https://museum.bc.ca/brain/how-museums-can-respond-to-residential-school-denialism/" target="_blank" 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">combating residential school denialism</span></a><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 need your feedback to ensure that the final product meets your needs.</span></p><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;font-style:normal"><p dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;font-style:normal;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"><b>Please let us know if you have encountered residential school denialism at your workplace</b>. If you are comfortable sharing, our staff would like to understand the context of those interactions (example: a public tour, when hosting an event in person/online, planning education programs with staff, etc), what was said, and how it was handled. </span></p><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;font-style:normal"><p dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;font-style:normal;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 steps were taken by your staff or organization to address denialism, prepare for possible recurrence, or if there is something you wish you knew in advance or hindsight, that information is also appreciated. </span></p><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;font-style:normal"><p dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;font-style:normal;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">The BCMA’s goal is to support you, and the more we understand what you are dealing with, the more we are able to respond directly to your needs. </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14.6667px;background-color:transparent">If there is anything we can do to help you feel more comfortable in sharing your experiences, please reach out. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;font-style:normal;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"><br></span></p><p style="font-style:normal;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><b><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">Please email me (Leia) directly at </span><a href="mailto:engagement@museum.bc.ca" target="_blank" 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">engagement@museum.bc.ca</span></a><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"> with any responses to this inquiry. </span></b></p><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><br></span></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(102,102,102)"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">Leia</span><br></span></font></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(102,102,102)"><br></span></font></div><div dir="ltr"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(102,102,102)">Leia Patterson</span></font></div><div dir="ltr"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><font color="#666666">Reconciliation Resource Advisor<br></font></font><div><div><span style="color:rgb(102,102,102)"><font size="1" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="https://equity.ubc.ca/resources/gender-diversity/pronouns/" target="_blank">Pronouns</a>: She/Her</font></span><b style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> <br></b></div><div><b style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></b></div><div><br></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)">
 peoples (Songhees and Xwsepsum Nations). We respect past, present, and 
future Indigenous stewards and recognize that we are uninvited guests on
 this territory.</font></div><div><font color="#666666" face="arial, sans-serif" style="color:rgb(136,136,136)"><br></font></div><div><font color="#666666" face="arial, sans-serif" style="color:rgb(136,136,136)">Leia works remotely from <a href="https://www.snuneymuxw.ca/" target="_blank">Snuneymuxw</a> Territory, in what is today commonly called Nanaimo.</font></div><div style="color:rgb(136,136,136)"><span style="color:rgb(102,102,102);font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font color="#888888"><br></font></span></div><div style="color:rgb(136,136,136)"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"></font></div><div style="color:rgb(136,136,136)"><p style="margin:0in 0in 1pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt"><span style="color:rgb(237,125,49);font-family:Arial,sans-serif">BC Museums Association || 675 Belleville Street  || Victoria, BC || V8W 1A1</span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 1pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt"><span style="color:rgb(237,125,49);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14.66px"><a href="http://www.museum.bc.ca/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">www.museum.bc.ca</a></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>