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<span style="font-weight: 800;">Disability Inclusion & Awareness Training</span></div>
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Creating inclusive and accessible spaces is not only about meeting legal requirements; it’s about demonstrating respect, building community, and recognizing the value of diversity. Our training helps organizations take meaningful steps toward these goals.
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Through interactive discussions and practical insights, Disability Inclusion & Awareness Training helps participants develop empathy, challenge biases, and gain a deeper understanding of the barriers faced by people with disabilities, whether they are coworkers
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<a href="https://members.museum.bc.ca/public/event/details/f9bee381e90c618edcb87c251d81c741547217c5/1" title="https://members.museum.bc.ca/public/event/details/f9bee381e90c618edcb87c251d81c741547217c5/1">Register here</a>!</div>
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Membership Lead</div>
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<span style="color: rgb(59, 102, 219);"><a href="https://equity.ubc.ca/resources/gender-diversity/pronouns/" target="_blank" id="OWA1775853a-94af-ab4f-02f8-a86ec810d625" class="OWAAutoLink" title="https://equity.ubc.ca/resources/gender-diversity/pronouns/" style="color: rgb(59, 102, 219);">Pronouns</a></span><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">:
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<span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">My emails are composed without the use of AI.  Explore BCMA’s WhAI? Resources
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<span style="color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">Save the date and </span><span style="color: rgb(18, 100, 163);"><a href="https://museum.bc.ca/conferences-and-events/conference/bcma-2026-conference/" target="_blank" id="OWA05bf8ba5-9886-a1dd-ce3d-4226278e5de6" class="OWAAutoLink" title="https://museum.bc.ca/conferences-and-events/conference/bcma-2026-conference/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: rgb(18, 100, 163);">register
 now</a></span><span style="color: rgb(33, 33, 33);"> for BCMA Conference 2026: People, Purpose and the Power of Gathering, November 3-6th!</span></div>
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<span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">The BC Museums Association office is located on the traditional, unceded lands of the
</span><span style="color: rgb(59, 102, 219);"><a href="https://vimeo.com/275788251" target="_blank" id="OWAe0584e5d-9325-c145-2afe-b28347bd3b4a" class="OWAAutoLink" title="https://vimeo.com/275788251" style="color: rgb(59, 102, 219);">Lekwungen</a></span><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"> peoples
 (Songhees and Xwsepsum Nations). We respect past, present, and future Indigenous stewards and recognize that we are uninvited guests on this territory.</span></div>
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