Reference Materials Feb. 24 2021
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The document provides a presentation by Maureen Trask on supporting families with missing loved ones, including definitions related to missing persons and ambiguous loss. It lists various reference materials, guidelines, and resources for counseling families and highlights legislative advocacy for missing persons legislation in Canada. Additionally, the document emphasizes the ongoing need for national frameworks and strategies to address issues surrounding missing persons.
Reference Materials Feb. 24 2021
- 1. Presentation Reference Materials, Feb. 24, 2021 Missing Persons - Supporting Families with Missing Loved Ones (Missing Persons) By: Maureen Trask Feb. 24, 2021 Page 1 of 3 Presentation for: Halton Regional Police, Victim Services Presenter Contact Information: Maureen Trask trasker@rogers.com Puslinch, Ontario Canada Definitions: Missing person - Wikipedia Ambiguous loss - Wikipedia Closure (psychology) - Wikipedia Reference Materials: Ambiguous Loss Website by Pauline Boss Ambiguous Loss - Learning to Live with Unresolved Grief by 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, 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 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 – Seeking Your Help in BON Newsletter Winter Jan. 2013, page 16-17 by Maureen Trask Missing Person Myths Missing Persons Week, SK Do You Know the Facts About Missing Persons Quiz, Sept. 19, 2017
- 2. Presentation Reference Materials, Feb. 24, 2021 Missing Persons - Supporting Families with Missing Loved Ones (Missing Persons) By: Maureen Trask Feb. 24, 2021 Page 2 of 3 Living in Limbo, Missing People UK, published by Missing People, 2008 and Living in Limbo: Five Years On, published by Missing People, Sept. 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 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 Missing Children’s Society of Canada (MCSC), Calgary, Alberta, Canada Families of Missing Adults: Finding Help, Lusia Dion, Dept. of Justice Victim Fund, Canada, Apr. 2010 Ontario Native Women’s Association (ONWA) - Missing Persons Toolkit, Aug. 2014 Ontario’s Missing Adults (OMA) by Lucia Dion, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada FB Page: Ontario's Missing Adults | Facebook Saskatchewan Government Provincial Partnership Committee on Missing Persons, Rev. March 3, 2014 Agency Response Guide to Missing Person Situations in Saskatchewan Providing support to families with missing loved ones, Greystone Bereavement Centre, Regina SW Now offered through Caring Hearts, SK Support for Us – Families with Missing Loved Ones FB page by Maureen Trask New Virtual Peer Support Group for Families Canada’s Missing Persons Research Hub, Jan. 2021 Missing Persons Research Hub 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 2015 Tour 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
- 3. Presentation Reference Materials, Feb. 24, 2021 Missing Persons - Supporting Families with Missing Loved Ones (Missing Persons) By: Maureen Trask Feb. 24, 2021 Page 3 of 3 Australian Federal Police (AFP) Missing Persons Website, Australia Gov., AU Missing Persons Advisory Network (MPAN) Website by Loren O’Keeffe, Melbourne, AU fFOMPA Charitable Trust , FB page, by Cylvi Manthyng, Daughter of Douglas Coop, Perth, Western AU Family & Friends of Missing Person Aotearoa (fFOMPA) Website, by Douglas Coop, Wellington, NZ Family and Friends of Missing Persons Unit (FFMPU) Website, Dept. of Justice, NSW, AU Including update Missing Persons Framework – Acknowledging the Empty Space, Mar. 4, 2019 It’s the Hope That Hurts-Best Practice in counselling models relevant to families of missing persons, FFMPU 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 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.