Local sponsors: the Charles Simonyi Fund for Arts and Sciences, the Hugh and Jane Ferguson Foundation; local supporters: Canadian Consulate General of Seattle, Canadian Studies Center at the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies, donors to "the Year of the Fossil;" in-kind donors: The Burgess Shale Geoscience Foundation, Canadian Tourism Commission, Experience POP Design and Technology, King County Library System, 98.1 KING FM, The Mountaineers, Parks Canada, Radio Disney, Seattle Times Newspapers In Education, and Travel Alberta.