Annual Report 2013 Pimachiowin Aki Corporation Pimachiowin Aki Corporation is a non-profit organization working to achieve international recognition for an Anishinaabe cultural landscape in the boreal forest as a United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Heritage Site.
Pimachiowin Aki members include the First Nations communities of Bloodvein River, Little Grand Rapids, Pauingassi and Poplar River in Manitoba and Pikangikum First Nation in Ontario and the Manitoba and Ontario Governments. The Corporation’s Goal “To safeguard and celebrate Anishinaabe culture and the boreal forest as one living system to ensure the wellbeing of the Anishinaabe who live there and for the benefit and enjoyment of all humanity” The Corporation’s Objectives • To create an internationally recognized network of linked protected areas and managed landscapes (including aboriginal ancestral lands) which is worthy of UNESCO World Heritage inscription;
• To seek support and approval from governments of First Nations, Ontario, Manitoba, and Canada to complete the nomination process and achieve UNESCO designation;
• To enhance cooperative relationships amongst members in order to develop an appropriate management framework for the area; and
• To solicit governments and private organizations in order to raise funds to implement the objectives of the Corporation.
Table of Contents Message from the Co-Chairs ...... 1 Co-Chairs, Board of Directors and Staff ...... 2 History ...... 6 The Pimachiowin Aki Nominated Area ...... 7 2012 Annual General Meeting ...... 8 Nomination Activities ...... 8 Evaluation of the Nomination ...... 8 ICOMOS and IUCN Evaluation Reports ...... 8 37th Session of the World Heritage Committee ...... 9 Advisory Mission...... 9 Developing a New Nomination ...... 10 Tourism Planning/Training ...... 10 Business Plan ...... 10 Communications ...... 11 Fundraising ...... 11 Financial Statements ...... 13 Donors List ...... 27
Message from the Co-Chairs This is the seventh annual report of the Pimachiowin Aki Corporation, which reviews a year of important accomplishments and significant disappointments. The Board of Directors had begun to look beyond the UNESCO nomination process towards the Corporation’s new roles and responsibilities. However, we were very disappointed when the World Heritage Committee decided at its meeting in Phnom Penh, in June 2013, to defer our nomination.
Pimachiowin Aki representatives who attended the World Heritage Committee meeting were encouraged by expressions of support from various State Parties and organizations. The Committee and its Advisory Bodies also offered encouragement and support in re-nominating Pimachiowin Aki and we took advantage of their support to continue moving forward. The Board of Directors has overseen all of the Corporation’s activities, meeting formally on six occasions in 2013 and twice by conference call.
We acknowledge and thank the Elders who provide the inspiration and the guidance for this World Heritage project. Our sincere thanks go to the provinces of Manitoba and Ontario, and our colleagues from the government of Canada, who have provided steadfast support. We believe that World Heritage status is the best option to “to safeguard and celebrate the Anishinaabe culture and the boreal forest…” and we remain committed to the goal of a Pimachiowin Aki world heritage site.
Alex Peters, President Bruce Bremner, Assistant Deputy Minister Whitefeather Forest Management Corporation Manitoba Conservation and Water Stewardship
Annual Report 2013 | 1 Co-Chairs, Board of Directors and Staff The Board of Directors - Co-Chairs
ALEX PETERS is one of the Co-Chairs of the Board of Directors of the Pimachiowin Aki Corporation. He is president of Whitefeather Forest Management Corporation of Ontario and is leading the development of the Whitefeather Forest Initiative with the Elders of Pikangikum First Nation. He has worked for Pikangikum in a variety of capacities including as a Community Liaison Officer and as a police officer. He has also served as Chief of Pikangikum First Nation for six years. Prior to this experience Alex worked for Indian and Northern Affairs Canada on community development projects involving Pikangikum First Nation.
BRUCE BREMNER is the other Co-Chair of the Board of Directors of the Pimachiowin Aki Corporation. He has worked for the Manitoba government for 35 years in a variety of positions and locations in northern, western, and eastern Manitoba. During his career Bruce has worked as a Park Ranger, Park Planner, Park Manager and Director of the Eastern Region. His current position is the Assistant Deputy Minister of Regional Services and Parks, which includes responsibility for the wildland fire program, natural resource enforcement and compliance program, and parks operations and policy development.
2 | The Board of Directors
WILLIAM YOUNG of Bloodvein River First Nation AUGUSTINE KEEPER of Little Grand Rapids is his owns Bloodvein River Lodge and is Chair of community’s Land Use Planner. Born in Winnipeg, Eastside Aboriginal Sustainable Tourism Inc. of he was educated in both Winnipeg and in his Manitoba. He is a former Chief and served as community and is fluent in Ojibwe. Previously he Band Councilor for four terms. worked for several years at the nursing station in his community.
GRAEME SWANWICK has been a member of JOE OWEN of Pauingassi First Nations served the Pimachiowin Aki Board of Directors and as Chief for six years before becoming his treasurer since its inception in 2006. Graeme community’s Lands Coordinator. His varied career has been an Ontario Public Servant for 25 years includes being a Health Care Representative and is currently the district manager for the Red taking care of birthing mothers and sick children Lake District of the Ontario Ministry of Natural before his community had a nursing station. Resources.
ED HUDSON of Poplar River First Nation is a business owner and former elected Band Councilor serving eight terms. He has managed transportation, housing, education and training projects for his community. He has also been a Justice of the Peace and Magistrate.
Annual Report 2013 | 3 Advisors to the Board of Directors
STEPHAN BARG is an Associate of the ANDREW CHAPESKIE works on First Nation land- International Institute for Sustainable based stewardship and enterprise initiatives. He Development, where he worked for 18 years has carried out research and written on a variety directing research regarding the implications of of aboriginal issues. Andrew has also served sustainable development for government and as legal counsel to First Nations and aboriginal corporate policy. community enterprises.
ALISON HAUGH is a corporate resource planner MARILYN PECKETT is the Field Unit with Manitoba Conservation, working on Superintendent for Parks Canada in Manitoba traditional area Crown land use plans. Alison responsible for the operation of Wapusk National provides land use planning expertise on provincial Park and nine national historic sites, most notably policy and legislation. Lower Fort Garry and The Forks.
RAY RABLIAUSKAS of Poplar River First Nation was his community’s Land Use Planner for more than a decade, directed by community elders. He’s also worked as an advisor for Southeast Tribal Council serving several First Nations in Manitoba.
4 | The Pimachiowin Aki Staff
GORD JONES is the Project Manager for the Pimachiowin Aki World Heritage Project. He joined the Pimachiowin Aki Corporation in 2007 following a career in the Manitoba public service in parks and forestry.
SOPHIA RABLIAUSKAS is a member of the Poplar River First Nation. During the 2013 year, Sophia resigned her position as Community Coordinator and Spokesperson, to pursue her passion to teach the Ojibwe language (Anishinaabemowin) to the youth at the Poplar River School. We have been very fortunate to have Sophia as a member of our staff. The note below from 15 year-old Jonah Schroeder is testimony to Sophia’s many contributions to Pimachiowin Aki.
Dear Sophia,
Two years ago, a pamphlet came in the mail about Pimachiowin Aki. This pamphlet, and you, have changed my life. To be honest, until that pamphlet came, I was like far too many other people I knew. I had a sympathy for First Nations People, yet I was subject to and believed many of the stereotypes that far too many Canadians believe.
Then, the pamphlet came... I remember being interested in Pimachiowin Aki and further reading about it on your website. That interest eventually grew into a passion, after reading about the communities that lie within the great land of Pimachiowin Aki. My sympathy became more real, when I began to understand all of the struggles your people go through every day. Eventually, I became interested in the culture, which eventually conformed into my own beliefs.
You gave me your words of hope and I now have an even greater respect for Nokomis, the Great Spirit, Creator, Gitche Manitou or God.
Meegwetch, Thank You Annual Report 2013 | 5 History IIn 2002, Little Grand Rapids, Poplar River and Pauingassi First Nations of Manitoba and Pikangikum First Nation of Ontario – signed a document called the Protected Areas and First Nations Resource Stewardship: A Cooperative Relationship Accord (the Accord). Through the Accord the First Nations agreed to work together to propose lands within their traditional territories as a World Heritage Site. A short time later, Bloodvein River First Nation also signed the Accord. These First Nations are linked by a shared Anishinaabe/Ojibwe culture and identity.
The Accord states, “Our First Nations are joining together in the spirit of cooperation and mutual respect. We are joining together so that we may support each other and work together in our shared vision of protecting the ancestral lands and resources of our respective First Nations.”
As part of the Accord, the First Nations committed to “cooperatively and collectively pursue the shared objective of creating an internationally recognized and designated network of linked protected areas on our ancestral lands” and to “seek support and recognition for our network of linked protected areas in the form of UNESCO World Cultural Heritage and World Natural Heritage designation.” The study and planning area for this proposed World Heritage Site encompassed over 40,000 square kilometres.
Following the Accord’s approval by the First Nations, the provincial governments of Ontario and Manitoba joined with the First Nations to develop a submission to Parks Canada, the government agency responsible for the World Heritage program in Canada. In May 2004, Parks Canada published its new Tentative List of sites that would be forthcoming from Canada to the World Heritage Centre over the next 10 years. The Pimachiowin Aki site was included on that list.
The next major milestone was the creation of the Assembly of Partners, which originated in a meeting held in December 2004. The First Nations and the provincial governments all met and agreed that a formal process should commence to develop the nomination document.
The Pimachiowin Aki Corporation was incorporated in 2006 as a legal entity that could manage money, attain charitable status, hire employees and consultants, and generally undertake all of the work necessary for the development of the nomination package. A Project Manager was hired in April 2007 and work began on further defining the approach to the project, the recruitment of project teams and the development of the background information required to complete the nomination.
6 | Pimachiowin Aki Nominated Area
Annual Report 2013 | 7 2012 Annual General Meeting This meeting was held on January 10, 2013 in Winnipeg. In addition to Board members and community representatives, several visitors attended. The Honourable Gord Mackintosh, Manitoba Minister of Conservation and Water Stewardship, addressed the group, recalling the beauty of the area, and the support of the provincial government for the nomination. He thanked people for all of the hard work that had been done. Rick Frost, Chief Executive Officer of the Winnipeg Foundation, discussed the Foundation and its mandate and management of the Pimachiowin Aki Fund. Rob Despins, a member of the Manitoba Premier’s Economic Advisory Committee (PEAC), joined the meeting to talk about the tour by PEAC members to Pimachiowin Aki, to share observations from the tour, and about PEAC’s interest in providing support and assistance.
Rick Frost, Chief Executive Officer, The Winnipeg Foundation Nomination Activities During 2013, the Corporation undertook a number of activities related to ongoing evaluation of the 2012 Pimachiowin Aki nomination and the decision by the World Heritage Committee to defer the nomination.
Evaluation of the 2012 Nomination Following the field mission that took place in August and September of 2012, ICOMOS requested further information. The Corporation prepared an Addendum to the Cultural Comparative Analysis examining comparative sites in the Russian Federation and the United States. A comprehensive (60 page) “Response to the Request for Additional Information” was submitted in February 2013. It included details on the support for the nomination by the First Nations adjacent to the nominated area and collaboration between the Pimachiowin Aki First Nations in developing the nomination. It also described socio-economic development proposals within and beyond the nominated area (e.g. tourism, forestry) and provided justification for the cultural criteria used in the nomination. This report included a copy of a Memorandum of Understanding between the provinces of Manitoba and Ontario respecting transboundary management of Pimachiowin Aki and referenced a video that was developed to accompany the report. Several First Nation members appeared on the video discussing topics of interest to the Advisory Bodies.
ICOMOS and IUCN Evaluation Reports The ICOMOS and IUCN Advisory Bodies’ evaluation reports were released publicly in May, 2013. In its evaluation, ICOMOS recommended that the nomination be deferred on the basis of cultural criteria in order to allow the State Party to invite an Advisory Mission to explore whether there is a way that the spiritual relationship with nature that has persisted for generations between the Anishinaabe First Nations and Pimachiowin Aki, might be considered exceptional and could be seen to have the potential to satisfy one or more of the cultural criteria. ICOMOS commended the collaborative and community based approach of the nomination and acknowledged that the cultural and spiritual associations between people and the natural environment were strong in Pimachiowin Aki.
8 | IUCN recommended deferral of the nomination in relation to natural criterion (ix), in order to allow the State Party, in collaboration with the First Nations and the partners in the nomination, to consider options to refine and strengthen the boundaries of the nominated property to meet integrity requirements in relation to the operation of ecological processes within the property and surrounding areas. IUCN recognized in its evaluation that an argument could be made for criterion (ix) to be applied in combination with cultural criteria, but did not believe the case for inscription under criterion (ix) on its own was compelling. Given the community-led nature of this nomination, IUCN felt that the use of only natural criteria would be inappropriate and that the consideration of criterion (ix) should be deferred until the possible basis for inscription under cultural criteria was clarified. IUCN also suggested that Pimachiowin Aki be taken as a case study to evaluate the need for a revision to the IUCN and ICOMOS evaluation processes.
Considerable time was spent in reviewing and discussing the analysis and conclusions contained within these two evaluation reports. In June, 2013 Pimachiowin Aki Corporation prepared letters describing “factual errors” in the reports. These letters were sent to the World Center Centre by the government of Canada on behalf of the Corporation.
37th Session of the World Heritage Committee Two Directors and our Project Manager attended the 37th session of the World Heritage Committee in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, in June 2013. At this meeting the World Heritage Committee upheld the Advisory Bodies’ recommendations to defer the nomination and recommended that Canada invite a joint ICOMOS and IUCN Advisory Mission to address the potential for re-nomination. The Committee also requested that the World Heritage Centre, in consultation with the Advisory Bodies, examine options for changes to the criteria and/or to the evaluation process to address shortcomings that were brought to light by the evaluation of the Pimachiowin Aki nomination. The Committee decided to include a debate on this issue at its 38th session in 2014. It is encouraging to think that our experience may contribute to changes that could assist other Aboriginal peoples in the future.
In its decision, the Committee commended the State Party (Canada) and First Nations of Pimachiowin Aki and praised “their exemplary efforts to develop a nomination that will protect, maintain and restore the significant cultural and Ed Hudson at the World Heritage natural assets and values” associated with the site. Committee Meeting
Advisory Mission A terms of reference for the Advisory Mission recommended by the World Heritage Committee was finalized on August 30, 2013. Mission objectives included reviewing options for the application of cultural criterion/criteria, the possible application of criterion ix in combination with the identified cultural criteria and discussion about the way the revised nomination might be developed.
The Mission took place during the week of October 14-18, 2013 in Red Lake, Ontario. Participants included experts from IUCN and ICOMOS, the Board of Directors of Pimachiowin Aki Corporation, several consultants and Parks Canada experts. Our visitors participated in a tour of the area and were warmly welcomed by Pikangikum First Nation where a feast and Elders’ storytelling made this a memorable experience.
Annual Report 2013 | 9 Developing a New Nomination We received the experts’ mission report on November 21, 2013 and continued to work on the new nomination with this guidance. Much of this work involves efforts to incorporate new ideas about how the landscape is described; a new justification for Outstanding Universal Value and a new cultural comparative analysis. In December, the Board of Directors determined that the nomination should be completed during 2014 and prior to February 1, 2015 deadline for submission of nominations. Pimachiowin Aki would then be on the agenda of the June 2016 World Heritage Committee meeting. Tourism Planning/Training During the year, work continued on developing the tourism aspects of the Pimachiowin Aki area. In January, at the Annual General Meeting, a workshop was held with industry experts to examine of possible first steps that Pimachiowin Aki Corporation could take in this area. In April, the Board engaged CES, a tourism consulting company, to facilitate a ‘brainstorming’ exercise intended to help better understand and plan for tourism. In September, Pimachiowin Aki Corporation partnered with Eastside Aboriginal Sustainable Tourism Inc. (EAST Inc.) to provide a direct, hands-on immersion-style tourism training event that was hosted in the communities of Bloodvein River and Poplar River. Five William Young with tourism training participants people from Little Grand Rapids, Pikangikum and Pauingassi First Nations had the opportunity to share ideas and learn together about tourism offerings and potential in Pimachiowin Aki.
A meeting of representatives of Bloodvein River First Nation Council and the community, Manitoba Conservation and Water Stewardship, East Inc. and Pimachiowin Aki Corporation was held in the community in March to discuss needs and opportunities related to the completion of the all-season road to Bloodvein River. One of the topics discussed was completion of a site inventory and conceptual plan for potential boat launch and camping facilities. Bloodvein River First Nation and Manitoba Conservation and Water Stewardship are continuing to pursue this initiative with the Corporation’s support.
Pikangikum First Nation was host to a group of 5 adults and 5 youth aged 11-14 from Japan in August, 2013. This Cultural Landscape Tour proposed by Pikangikum and photographer, Hidehiro Otake, was organized with the assistance of Ontario Parks as a pilot to gain experience in running similar tours in the future.
Rob Despins of PEAC has continued to work with Pimachiowin Aki on a voluntary basis to promote community tourism development. We are very appreciative of Rob’s time and expertise in providing assistance and advice. Business Plan Tourism planning/training is a long-term strategic priority for Pimachiowin Aki Corporation. The Board of Directors recognized the need for strategic planning and had identified the preparation of a business plan as an important goal. Generous financial support for this initiative was provided by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. Several steps were taken towards initiation of this project including a meeting with a Winnipeg based consulting group to discuss the purpose and scope of such a plan. However, the unexpected deferral of the nomination required that we set aside this project to a future date.
10 | Communications Pimachiowin Aki Corporation participated in a joint Ontario-Manitoba media event held in Thunder Bay in April. Pimachiowin Aki spokesperson, Sophia Rabliauskas joined Ontario Minister of Natural Resources, David Orazietti and Manitoba Minister of Conservation and Water Stewardship, Gord Macintosh in announcing a unique Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to support First Nations-led efforts to protect and manage the proposed Pimachiowin Aki World Heritage Site.
The Corporation issued a press release from Phnom Penh following the World Heritage Committee’s decision to defer consideration of the Pimachiowin Aki nomination.
Electronic newsletters were distributed to our mailing list in June and December to further explain the Committee’s decision and to provide updates on current activities regarding the nomination.
Ministers Macintosh Pimachiowin Aki staff made presentations to three different community groups in and Orazietti announce Manitoba during the year. Sophia Rabliauskas made a presentation at the inaugural Memorandum of Understanding World Indigenous Network Conference in Darwin, Australia. From this event, new and continued support for Pimachiowin Aki was garnered. Fundraising
The Pimachiowin Aki World Heritage Fund at The Winnipeg Foundation (TWF) is critical to the financial sustainability of the Pimachiowin Aki Corporation. It will ensure a consistent stream of operating funds for the Corporation as well as supporting community-led projects to ensure the world learns more about the boreal forest and the Anishinabe people who live here.
Annual Report 2013 | 11 To the end of December, 2013 the fund earned investment income of $233,557. The Corporation has continued to receive contributions to the fund from the public, and in 2013 to December 31 this amounted to $5,700. Overall the fund has a value of $3.3 million.
The Corporation appreciates the over 150 donors who have contributed to the Fund to date. Every donor received a letter from one the First Nation’s members of the Board of Directors this June providing a brief update on the nomination process and expressing appreciation for continuing support. A second letter from Board members in December provided a further status report and invited further donations. Financial Management The Corporation continues to be funded primarily by grants from the governments of Manitoba and Ontario. The attached Financial Statements show the position of the Corporation at the end of its Fiscal year, August 31, 2013.
12 | Financial Statements
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26 | Thanks to our Donors The following donors have generously contributed to Pimachiowin Aki, the Land that Gives Life. Thank you for contributing. Your support is greatly appreciated. Meegwetch!
Gifts up to $100 $100 to $300
Three Anonymous Friends Margaret Gaudreau Doreen Pruden One Anonymous Friend R. S. Abbott Colin Goldstone David Punter A. Baderi David Allan Lyall Gravel Lindsay Randall Anonymous 3 A. Baderi Jesse Hajer Ernest Redfern Stephan Barg Stephan Barg H. Hernandez Kevin Rollason Laura Beare Susan Barkman Brendan Hinds Tracy Ruta-Fuchs G. Beazley Phil Barnett Cynthia Hommel Jill Sayegh Ann Bickle Laura Beare P F. Houston Wolf Seidler Virginia Bjornson G. Beazley Linda Jijian Arnold Schiewe Anne Bolton Ann Bickle Brad Johnson Rebecca Schindle Dawn Bronson Virginia Bjornson Gord Jones Jonah Schroeder Susan Buggey Anne Bolton Trevor Jones Jamie Skinner Ruth Calvert Susan Boning Michael Keenan Bev Smith R. L. Carter Jean Guy Bourgeois Lisa Kelly R. M. Sommerville Christina Cassels Helen Brown Theodore Kreis Wilma Sotas David Chadwick Wendy Buelow Florence Krogh Paul Steffens Richard Cherewyk Susan Buggey Louis Kurchaba John L. Stewart Christine Coltart Ruth Calvert Paul Labun Marlene Stimpson Jo-Anne Cowen R. L. Carter Dale Lakevold Hartley Stinson Mary Dixon Christina Cassels Barbara Lavallee Juris Svenne Mathieu Fontaine David Chadwick Judy Leach S. J. Tankard Irene Friesen Stephen Challis Juanita Loat Doug Taylor Richard Frost Richard Cherewyk Robert Logan James Taylor Tom Garrett Paul Chorney Holly Lucenkiw Helen Toews Doug Gilmore Christine Coltart P. MacKay Frances Toews-Prystupa Lyall Gravel Isobel Combs Carolyn MacCormack Margaret Treble H. Hernandez Roger Coss Nancy Mak Nicole Tygat Brad Johnson Jo-Anne Cowen L. Maksymetz Vivek Voora Gord Jones Dale L. Crosby Syed A. Masood Florian Vorreiter Dale Lakevold Lori Darragh Darren McFee Marray Wenstob Barbara Lavallee Richard Dawson Mary C. McGuire Rachel Whidden Juanita Loat Mary Dixon R. B. McJannet Benjamin Wickstrom P. MacKay Monica Dominguez Felix Meza Tamara Wilson Shirley Muir Amanda Downie Marilyn Morton Allan Witzke Patricia Patterson Margaret Duncan Karen Munn A. Woods William Preston Raymond Duncan Elizabeth Nemeth Andrew Woolford Ernest Redfern Dale Edmunds M. Nightingale Betty Young Dewey Roy Jacqueline Field P. Nindewance-Nadeau William J. Young Tracy Ruta-Fuchs Amber Flett Geertrui Oliver D Zaplatynsky Shaunna Morgan Siegers Roger Fraser R. L. Parsons Tannis Zimmer Jamie Skinner Lisa Friesen Patricia Patterson Peak of the Market R. M. Sommerville Richard Frost K. Pelser Sisters of Our Lady of the Mary Sumka Clarice Gilchrist Jessica Perry Mission Paul Steffens Tom Garrett Eileen Pound Louise Stewart Hartley Stinson Christopher Sunde Allan Witzke William J. Young
Annual Report 2013 | 27 Schools Gifts In Honour
Saint John’s Ravencourt, These gifts celebrate and honour the lives of loved ones and friends as they contribute to the School Student Council, Campaign for the Land that Gives Life, which in turn support the efforts of the five First Nation Wpg. MB. communities of Pimachiowin Aki to nominate an area as a UNESCO World Heritage Site and gain Upper Canada College international recognition as one of the most important boreal forests in the world. Student Council, Toronto, ON In Memory of Diana Jones from Jean Guy Bourgeois In Honour of Joanne Goldstone from Colin Goldstone $500-$1000 Memory of Harry Venema from Sue Barkman In Honour of Kerry Skinner from Jamie Skinner Two Anonymous Friends In Honour of W. J. Berezowsky from Lisa Kelly Gord Jones Shirley Muir In Memory of Mr. And Mrs. Labun from their son Paul William Preston In Honour of Julia Wiebe from Paul Labun Joan Swain In Honour of Pam Lucenkiw from Holly Lucenkiw David Whitmore In Honour of Juta Rathke from Willetta and William Preston Sisters of Our Lady Of The Mission In Memory of Mr. Austin P. Rathke from Willetta and William Preston TAG Creative Studios In Honour of Evelyn Ruta from Tracy Ruta-Fuchs The Winnipeg Foundation’s 90 Hour Challenge 2011 In Honour of Nick Ruta from Tracy Ruta-Fuchs In Honour of Sophia Rabliauskas from Shirley Muir In Memory of Nelson Owen from Gord Jones In Memory of Oliver Hill from Gord Jones
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