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A Tribute to Bill McLennan (1948 – 2020)
Saturday December 12, 2020 | 11 am – 1 pm
Please join the staff of the Museum of Anthropology at UBC, family members, friends, colleagues, and students in a virtual gathering to celebrate the life of Bill McLennan.
In lieu of an in person celebration, we look forward to this opportunity to gather virtually and share memories and reflections together, and to honour Bill—who is deeply missed by all who knew him. The event will be hosted by MOA Associate Director, Moya Waters and MOA Curator, Karen Duffek and will include a program of short video tributes recorded by a range of invited guests. The tribute will be followed by a live open mic session where guests are welcome to offer their thoughts.
Program
11 am: Welcoming remarks and video tributes
12:30 pm: Live open mic for guests
1 pm: Event ends
To join the event via Zoom (from a PC, Mac, iPad, iPhone or Android device), please click this link.
If you are interested in speaking live during the open mic portion of the event, please submit your name to Moya Waters, moya.waters@ubc.ca, by Thursday, December 10th, and we will confirm your participation by Friday, December 11th. In order to share this time with as many people as possible, speakers are asked to keep their comments brief.
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