Reference Materials Oct 12 2021
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The document contains reference materials for a presentation by Maureen Trask on ambiguous loss in the context of COVID-19, highlighting various resources, research, and legislative efforts related to missing persons. It details definitions, important publications, support strategies, and relevant organizations in Canada and internationally that address the issues faced by families of missing individuals. Additionally, it calls for advocacy for a national missing persons framework and outlines legislative needs to better support affected families.
Reference Materials Oct 12 2021
- 1. Presentation Reference Materials, Oct. 12, 2021 By: Maureen Trask October 12, 2021 Page 1 of 3 Presentation for: Ambiguous Loss: Update in COVID Times, 2021 Annual BON Conference Presenter Contact Information: Maureen Trask trasker@rogers.com Puslinch, Ontario Canada Definitions on Wikipedia: Missing Person Ambiguous Loss Closure (psychology) Reference Materials: Ambiguous Loss Website by Pauline Boss Ambiguous Loss - Learning to Live with Unresolved Grief, Pauline Boss, Harvard Univ. Press, 1999 Ambiguous loss in families of the missing, Pauline Boss, Lancet Supplement, 360, 2002 Loss, Trauma, and Resilience - Therapeutic Work with Ambiguous Loss, Pauline Boss, Norton & Co., 2006 The trauma and complicated grief of ambiguous loss, Pauline Boss, Pastoral Psychology, 59(2), 137-145. doi: 10.1007/s11089-009-0264-0, 2009 Open to Hope Video: Dr. Pauline Boss and Dr. Gloria Horsley discuss Ambiguous Loss at the annual ADEC (Association of Death Education and Counseling) conference, Dec. 2011 The Myth of Closure Transcript, Navigating Hope without Closure, Dr. Pauline Boss, June 23, 2016 Supporting those who are left behind, AFP Australian Federal Police Nat. Missing Persons Framework, 2008 Living in Limbo: 5 Years On, Missing People UK, 2013 Missing Persons - Recommendations report by Maureen Trask, Jan. 20, 2020 Myth of Closure: Ambiguous Loss in a Time of Pandemic and Change, W.W. Norton, Dec.14, 2021, release Writings Related to the Missing: When Someone you Love Goes Missing Poem by Tom M. Brown, Dublin, Ireland Missing a Loved One – A Parent’s Perspective by Maureen Trask, Apr. 2012 Tips for Supporting those Coping with the disappearance of a missing loved one by Cindy S., May 2012 Both are shown on CCIMA-Missing Persons Information, under Resources Ambiguous Loss: The Experience of Loss without Closure, BON Annual Conference Presentation by Maureen Trask and Tania Sousa Missing Person Myths Missing Persons Week, SK Do You Know the Facts About Missing Persons Quiz, Sept. 19, 2017 Living in Limbo, Missing People UK, 2008 and Living in Limbo: Five Years On, 2013 Both documents are available on Missing People UK Website under Research and Information Best practice principles for counselling the families & Friends of missing persons FFMP, NSW, Australia 2003 Missing People: A Guide for family members and service providers, FFMP Unit, NSW Dept of Justice 2014 Missing Persons Guide, MPAN-Missing Persons Advocacy Network, Jan. 2016
- 2. Presentation Reference Materials, Oct. 12, 2021 By: Maureen Trask October 12, 2021 Page 2 of 3 Missing - Information in Canada: Canada’s Missing and Unidentified (Children, Adults, and Unidentified with Annual Statistics), public site, Canada Gov. for the NCMPUR of the RCMP Canadian Centre for Information on Missing Adults (CCIMA), website by Victims of CRCVC and OMA, Ottawa Ontario, Canada Canadian Resource Centre for Victims of Crime (CRCVC), Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Canada's Missing Persons Research Hub, Jan. 2021 by Lorna Ferguson, London, Ontario, Canada Government of Canada - Cold cases, missing, murdered, and wanted individuals - Canada.ca Government of Canada - Missing persons | Royal Canadian Mounted Police (rcmp-grc.gc.ca) Missing Children’s Society of Canada (MCSC), Calgary, Alberta, Canada Ontario Native Women’s Association (ONWA) - Missing Persons Toolkit, Aug. 2014 Ontario’s Missing Adults (OMA) by Lucia Dion, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada and Ontario's Missing Adults | Facebook Support for Us – Families with Missing Loved Ones FB page by Maureen Trask Virtual Peer Support Group for Families started June 10, 2020 (for Ontario and beyond). Ontario Ministry of the Solicitor General – Policy Group (MP Act and Supports for Families Consultation Please Bring Me Home Website and Please Bring Me Home | Facebook Guardians of our Angels Website and Guardians Of Our Angels | Facebook Saskatchewan Missing Persons Partnership (SMPP)), Rev. March 3, 2014, resources and help for Families Support for Families with Missing Persons, Caring Hearts, SK Missing - Information in Other Countries: International Centre for Missing and Unidentified Persons (The DOE Network, Cold Cases) GINA for Missing Persons Foundation Missing Squeaky Wheel ™ Tour events, by Jannel Rap, California, USA and 2015 Squeaky Wheel Tour YouTube Media for the Missing (producers of Letters to our Missing) website, USA and International NAMUS National Missing and Unidentified Persons System, USA Gov. Ambiguous Losses that Bring Unresolved and Ongoing Grief, Lou LaGrand, USA 2007 Australian Federal Police (AFP) Missing Persons Website, Australia Gov., AU Missing Persons Advisory Network (MPAN) Website by Loren O’Keeffe, Melbourne, AU Missing Persons List Website, NZ Family and Friends of Missing Persons Services (FFMPS) Website, Dept. of Justice, NSW, AU including Acknowledging the Empty Space and The SOS Guide Missing Persons Mar. 4, 2019 It’s the Hope That Hurts-Best Practice in counselling models relevant to families of missing persons, FFMPU
- 3. Presentation Reference Materials, Oct. 12, 2021 By: Maureen Trask October 12, 2021 Page 3 of 3 Missing People UK Website, London England Gov, across UK (including England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales) Missing in Ireland: The Search Process, Ireland Times, Ireland Taking Care of Yourself when someone goes missing, FFMPU, NSW Dept. of Justice, AU 2011 NZ Police Missing Persons, Government Website, NZ Legislative Advocacy: Petition “Ontario needs Missing Persons Legislation” was introduced to Ontario Parliament by MPP Catherine Fife on Oct. 20, 2014. Bill 175 Safer Ontario Act was given royal assent in March 2018, the Missing Persons Act is part of this bill, Schedule 7, in effect on July 1, 2019 For details: Ontario Gets Missing Person Legislation Petition “Declare a National Missing Persons Day in Canada” tabled Jan. 29, 2018, re-response from the government unsatisfactory, no further action. For details: Declare a National Missing Persons Day in Canada Petition “Develop a National Silver Alert strategy for Canada” e-1588, presented Feb. 7, 2019. Gov. Response on April 1, 2019. For details: Silver Alert Canada Advocating that “Canada needs a national Missing Persons Framework”. For more info, read the report titled Missing Persons - Recommendations released Jan. 20, 2020. Senator Pierre-Hugues Boisvenu made a Statement in tribute to the Missing and raised awareness that Canada needs a Missing Persons Framework, Dec. 1, 2020. Other Legislation still needed includes: • National Missing Persons Alert System (Amber, Silver, Vulnerable etc.) • National Missing Persons Week (like Saskatchewan) • Guardianship/Presumption of Death or Missing Persons Status • Leave/Compensation for Families • No Body, No Parole • National Missing Persons SAR Procedures In Loving Memory of Daniel Trask