The Exploration Place is honoured to receive the 2023 BC Reconciliation Award alongside the Lheidli T’enneh First Nation. The BC Reconciliation Award, an initiative from the BC Achievement Foundation and the Office of the Lieutenant Governor, recognizes four extraordinary individuals and two organizations who have demonstrated exceptional leadership, integrity, respect, and commitment to furthering reconciliation with Indigenous peoples in the province of British Columbia, or inspired others to continue reconciliation efforts.

We have proudly worked together towards decolonization with our friends from Lheidli T’enneh for three decades, and thank them for the trust they have placed in us as we continue to ensure that Northern BC’s museum is a place where cultural learning and practice honour traditions and celebrate our collective futures.

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