Reference materials for the Lunch & Learn for Carizon Family and Community Services, Kitchener Ontario Canada. Ambiguous Loss: Supporting families with missing loved ones

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Lunch & Learn Reference Materials, Nov. 24, 2015
Ambiguous Loss: Supporting families with missing loved ones
Presenter Contact Information: Maureen Trask trasker@rogers.com Waterloo, Ontario Canada
Community Lead: Deborah Gauthier, Canadian Mental Health Waterloo, Wellington, Dufferin
Definitions: Ambiguous Loss, Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ambiguous_loss
Closure, Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Closure_(psychology)
Reference Materials: * items that were handed out
Ambiguous Loss website by Pauline Boss www.ambiguousloss.com
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
Retrieved from www.thelancet.com
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 Psychol, 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
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2vYyefAgZ0
*Ambiguous Loss and the Myth of Closure – Course Description,The Ackerman Institute for the Family, NY
http://www.ackerman.org/ambiguous-loss-and-the-myth-of-closure/
The Myth of Closure by Pauline Boss and Donna Carnes, Family Process, FPI Inc., 2012
http://www.familyprocess.org/the-myth-of-closure/
Supporting those who are left behind, AFP Australian Federal Police National Missing Persons Coordination
Centre, 2008 http://www.missingpersons.gov.au/en/Education--training/working-with-
families/Supporting-those-who-are-left-behind.aspx
Living in Limbo: 5 Years On, Missing People UK, 2013
https://www.missingpeople.org.uk/downloads.raw?task=callelement&item_id=5396&element=dfbb2d
4b-e3af-40bc-a511-b0d819792af1&method=download&Itemid=474
Writings – Related to the Missing:
Missing a Loved One – A Parent’s Perspective by Maureen Trask, Apr. 2012
http://missingpersonsinformation.ca/docs/missing%20a%20loved%20one%20-
%20a%20parents%20perspective.pdf
Tips for Supporting those Coping with the disappearance of a missing loved one by Cindy S., May 2012
http://www.missingadults.ca/covers/Helpful_Tips_of_Support_En.pdf
Both are shown on CCIMA-Missing Persons Information, under Resources
http://missingpersonsinformation.ca/resources/

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Ambiguous Loss – Seeking Your Help in BON Newsletter Winter Jan. 2013, page 16-17 by Maureen Trask
http://www.bereavementontarionetwork.ca/siteimages/ber/BONewsletter%20January%202013.pdf
*Missing Person Myths and Facts, Victim Services, Alberta Gov
https://www.solgps.alberta.ca/programs_and_services/victim_services/Pages/MythsandFacts.aspx
Living in Limbo, Missing People UK , published by Missing People, 2008
Living in Limbo: Five Years On, published by Missing People, Sept. 2013
Both documents are available on Missing People UK website under Research
https://www.missingpeople.org.uk/about-us/about-the-issue/research/12-missing-people-research.html
Gone Missing – A Guide to Those Left Behind, Kindle Edition book, by Douglas Coop, Jan. 2013, NZ
http://www.amazon.com/Gone-Missing-Guide-Behind-
ebook/dp/B00AWXH10C/ref=sr_1_13?ie=UTF8&qid=1380511720&sr=8-13&keywords=douglas+coop
Poems for the Missing, poet Bob Rich, LA California, USA FB Group by Glendene Grant, Calgary, Ontario,
Canada https://www.facebook.com/#!/groups/101421443247298/
International Songs for the Missing, written by Nigel Graham, Washington , England
http://www.nigelgrahaminternationalsongsforthemissing.com/
*Best practice principles for counselling the families & Friends of missing person FFMP, NSW, Australia 2003
http://www.missingpersons.justice.nsw.gov.au/Documents/fmp07_best-practice.pdf
Missing People: A Guide for family members and service providers,FFMP Unit, NSW Dept of Justice 2014
http://missingpersonsinformation.ca/docs/fmp45_English.pdf
Missing Information in Canada:
Canada’s Missing (Children, Adults, and Unidentified with Annual Statistics), public site by Canada Gov
for The National Centre for Missing Persons and Unidentified Remains (NCMPUR) of the Royal
Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) http://www.canadasmissing.ca/
Canadian Centre for Information on Missing Adults (CCIMA), website by Victims of CRCVC and OMA,
Ottawa Ontario, Canada http://www.missingpersonsinformation.ca/
Canadian Resource Centre for Victims of Crime (CRCVC), Ottawa, Ontario, Canada http://crcvc.ca/
Missing Children’s Society of Canada (MCSC) website, Calgary, Alberta, Canada http://www.mcsc.ca/
Ontario’s Missing Adults (OMA) by Lucia Dion, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Site http://www.missingadults.ca FB https://www.facebook.com/groups/298244706910768/?fref=ts
Families of Missing Adults: Finding Help, Lusia Dion, funds Dept. of Justice Victim Fund, Canada, Apr. 2010
http://www.missing-u.ca/Images/Families_Missing_Adults.pdf
Saskatchewan Government Provincial Partnership Committee on Missing Persons, Rev. March 3, 2014
Agency Response Guide to Missing Person Situations in Saskatchewan
Support for Us FB page by Maureen Trask, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
https://www.facebook.com/#!/SupportForUs?fref=ts
Blue Sky Search & Rescue Assistance Society FB site by Terry Aho, North Bay, Ontario, Canada
https://www.facebook.com/#!/blueskySARAS?fref=ts
Living Beyond the Murder of a Loved One: Information for Families and Others affected by Homicide, Office
for Victims of Crime, Ministry of the Attorney General, Ontario, 2012
http://www.ovc.gov.on.ca/handbooks-for-victims/

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Missing Information in Other Countries:
International Centre for Missing and Unidentified Persons (DOE Cold Cases) website
http://www.doenetwork.org/
GINA for Missing Persons Foundation website Missing and Squeaky Wheel ™ Tour events, by Jannel Rap,
California, USA http://www.411gina.org/ 2015 Tour http://411gina.org/swt/squeakywheeltour.htm
Media for the Missing (producers of Letters to our Missing) website, USA and International
http://www.mediaforthemissing.org/
NAMUS National Missing and Unidentified Persons System, website USA Gov
http://www.namus.gov/
Ambiguous Losses that Bring Unresolved and Ongoing Grief,Lou LaGrand, USA 2007
http://ezinearticles.com/?Ambiguous-Losses-that-Bring-Unresolved-and-Ongoing-Grief&id=686295
Australian Federal Police (AFP) Missing Persons, website Australia Gov
http://www.missingpersons.gov.au/research/overview.aspx
Australian Federal Police (AFP) National Counselling Framework full version workbook, Australia Gov
www.missingpersons.gov.au/~/media/MP/Files/PDFs/Supporting%20those%20who%20are%20left%20
behind.ashx
Missing Persons Advisory Network (MPAN) website by Loren O’Keeffe, Melbourne, Australia
http://mpan.com.au/
fFOMPA Charitable Trust , FB page, by Cylvi Manthyng, Daughter of Douglas Coop, Perth, Western Australia
https://www.facebook.com/home.php?sk=group_114178058644847&ap=1
Family & Friends of Missing Person Aotearoa (fFOMPA) site, by Douglas Coop, Wellington, New Zealand
http://www.missingpersons.net.nz/
Taking Care of Yourself when someone goes missing, FFMPU, NSW Dept. of Justice, AU 2011
http://www.missingpersons.justice.nsw.gov.au/Documents/fmp36_taking-care-self.pdf
Family and Friends of Missing Persons Unit (FFMPU) website, Dept. of Justice, NSW, AU
http://www.missingpersons.justice.nsw.gov.au/
Missing People UK website, London England Gov, across UK (including England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales)
www.missingpeople.org.uk
When Someone you Love goes Missing, poem by Tom M. Brown, Ireland
http://wenswritings.wordpress.com/when-someone-you-loves-goes-missing-by-tom-m-brown/
NOTE: Petition “Ontario needs Missing Persons Legislation” was introduced to Ontario Parliament by MPP
Catherine Fife on Oct. 20, 2014. A response from the Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services
(MCSCS) by Minister Yasir Naqvi was received in early Dec. 2014. A motion was presented and passed on Oct.
1, 2015. But, a bill still needs to be introduced and implemented. Further review and recommendations will be
through the Future of Policing Advisory Committee (FPAC) who report through MCSC. The work is ongoing to
garner support; petition signatures and letters of support are encouraged to demonstrate your support.
For details and updates see:
Missing Persons in Ontario with Petition link, Catherine Fife, MPP Kitchener-Waterloo , Oct. 2014
http://catherinefife.com/missing-persons-in-ontario/
Ontario needs Missing Persons Legislation, FB page
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Ontario-needs-Missing-Persons-Legislation/854689341229933