April 22, 2015 Reference Materials for the presentation Ambiguous Loss: Supporting Families with Missing Loved Ones.

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Presentation Reference Materials, April 22, 2015
Supporting Those Experiencing Ambiguous Loss - Hosted by
Canadian Mental Health Association Waterloo Wellington Dufferin
Definitions: AmbiguousLoss, Wikipediahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ambiguous_loss
Closure, Wikipediahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Closure_(psychology)
Reference Materials:
AmbiguousLoss website byPauline Boss www.ambiguousloss.com
AmbiguousLoss - Learning to Live withUnresolved Grief byPauline Boss, HarvardUniv.Press,1999
Ambiguouslossin families of the missing,Pauline Boss,LancetSupplement,360, 2002
Retrievedfrom www.thelancet.com
Loss,Trauma,and Resilience - TherapeuticWork with AmbiguousLoss,Pauline Boss,Norton&Co.,2006
The trauma and complicated grief of ambiguousloss, Pauline Boss,Pastoral Psychol, 59(2),137-145. doi:
10.1007/s11089-009-0264-0, 2009
Open to HopeVideo: Dr. Pauline BossandDr. GloriaHorsleydiscussAmbiguousLossatthe annual ADEC
(Associationof DeathEducationandCounseling)conference ,Dec.2011
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2vYyefAgZ0
The Mythof Closureby Pauline BossandDonnaCarnes,FamilyProcess,FPIInc.,2012
http://www.familyprocess.org/the-myth-of-closure/
Supporting thosewho areleftbehind,AFPAustralianFederal Police National MissingPersonsCoordination
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,MissingPeople 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’sPerspectivebyMaureenTrask*, Apr. 2012
http://missingpersonsinformation.ca/docs/missing%20a%20loved%20one%20-
%20a%20parents%20perspective.pdf
Tips forSupporting thoseCoping withthedisappearanceof a missing loved one by CindyS.,May 2012
http://www.missingadults.ca/covers/Helpful_Tips_of_Support_En.pdf
Both shownonCCIMA-MissingPersonsInformation,underResources
http://missingpersonsinformation.ca/resources/
AmbiguousLoss –Seeking Your Help in BON NewsletterWinterJan.2013, page 16-17 by MaureenTrask*
http://www.bereavementontarionetwork.ca/siteimages/ber/BONewsletter%20January%202013.pdf

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Missing Person Mythsand Facts,VictimServices, Alberta Gov
https://www.solgps.alberta.ca/programs_and_services/victim_services/Pages/MythsandFacts.aspx
Living in Limbo,MissingPeople UK, publishedbyMissingPeople,2008
Living in Limbo: Five YearsOn,publishedbyMissingPeople,Sept.2013
Both documents are available onMissingPeopleUKwebsite underResearch
https://www.missingpeople.org.uk/about-us/about-the-issue/research/12-missing-people-
research.html
Gone Missing – A Guide to ThoseLeft Behind,Kindle Editionbook,byDouglasCoop*,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
InternationalSongsfortheMissing, writtenbyNigel Graham, Washington,England
http://www.nigelgrahaminternationalsongsforthemissing.com/
Presenter Contact Information: MaureenTrask trasker@rogers.com Waterloo,OntarioCanada
“Thanks” to DanutaSeasons,Vicki MadDonald andDeborahGauthierfortheirpart.
For more informationon Daniel Trask’s case, see
Canada’sMissingwithDaniel’sCase file, Govsite maintainedby the RCMP throughthe NCMPUR
https://secure.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/missing-disparus/case-dossier.jsf?case=2012002599&id=0
OttertoothForum,newsbriefsandbloglinks,TemagamiOntario,Canada
http://www.ottertooth.com/temagami.htm
Daniel TraskInvestigativeWebsite,byMichiganBackcountrySearchandRescue (MibSAR)
http://www.danieltrask.ca
Daniel Traskis Missing,onFacebookbyDaniel’smomtokeepthe message outthere
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Daniel-Trask-is-Missing/141269306065266?fref=ts
Created by Maureen Trask (Daniel’s Mom)

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Resources for Families with Missing Loved Ones
Within Canada:
Canada’sMissing (Children,Adults,and Unidentified with AnnualStatistics), websiteby CanadaGov
for The National Centre forMissingPersonsandUnidentifiedRemains(NCMPUR) of the Royal
CanadianMountedPolice (RCMP) http://www.canadasmissing.ca/
Canadian CentreforInformation on Missing Adults (CCIMA), website byVictimsof CRCVCandOMA,
OttawaOntario,Canada http://www.missingpersonsinformation.ca/
Canadian ResourceCentreforVictimsof Crime (CRCVC),Ottawa,Ontario,Canada http://crcvc.ca/
Missing Children’sSocietyof Canada (MCSC) website,Calgary,Alberta,Canada http://www.mcsc.ca/
Ontario’sMissing Adults(OMA) byLuciaDion,Ottawa,Ontario,Canada
Website http://www.missingadults.ca
FB Group https://www.facebook.com/groups/298244706910768/?fref=ts
Saskatchewan Government Provincial Partnership Committee on Missing Persons, Rev. March 3, 2014
Agency Response Guide to Missing Person Situations in Saskatchewan
SupportforUs FB site byMaureenTrask*, Waterloo,Ontario,Canada
https://www.facebook.com/#!/SupportForUs?fref=ts
Music 4 the Missing, Linda Little Smith*,Kitchener,Ontario,Canada http://www.therecord.com/news-
story/2609373-families-of-missing-persons-gather-to-raise-awareness-and-support/
Blue Sky Search & Rescue AssistanceSociety FBsite by TerryAho*, NorthBay, Ontario,Canada
https://www.facebook.com/#!/blueskySARAS?fref=ts
Other Countries:
InternationalCentreforMissing and Unidentified Persons (DOEColdCases) website
http://www.doenetwork.org/
GINA for Missing PersonsFoundation website MissingandSqueakyWheel™ Tourevents,by Jannel Rap*,
California,USA http://www.411gina.org/ 2013 Tour
http://www.411gina.org/squeakywheeltour.htm
Media for theMissing (producersof Lettersto ourMissing) website,USA andInternational
http://www.mediaforthemissing.org/
NAMUSNationalMissing and Unidentified PersonsSystem, website USA Gov
http://www.namus.gov/
Poemsforthe Missing,poetBob Rich, LA California,USA FB Group by Glendene Grant*,Calgary,Ontario,
Canada https://www.facebook.com/#!/groups/101421443247298/
Australian FederalPolice (AFP) Missing Persons, website AustraliaGov
http://www.missingpersons.gov.au/research/overview.aspx
Australian FederalPolice (AFP) NationalCounselling Frameworkfullversion workbook, AustraliaGov
www.missingpersons.gov.au/~/media/MP/Files/PDFs/Supporting%20those%20who%20are%20left%20
behind.ashx

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Missing PersonsAdvisory Network (MPAN)websitebyLorenO’Keeffe*,Melbourne,Australia
http://mpan.com.au/
fFOMPACharitableTrust, FB page,by Cylvi Manthyng,Daughterof DouglasCoop, Perth,Western Australia
https://www.facebook.com/home.php?sk=group_114178058644847&ap=1
Family & Friendsof Missing Person Aotearoa (fFOMPA) site,byDouglasCoop*,Wellington,New Zealand
http://www.missingpersons.net.nz/
Families & Friends of Missing PersonsUnit site,NSWPolice,AU
http://www.missingpersons.justice.nsw.gov.au/missingpersons/ffmpu_index.html
Missing PeopleUK website,LondonEngland Gov,acrossUK (includingEngland, Ireland,Scotland,Wales)
www.missingpeople.org.uk
When Someoneyou LovegoesMissing, poemby TomM. Brown*,Ireland
http://wenswritings.wordpress.com/when-someone-you-loves-goes-missing-by-tom-m-brown/
* Denotesa family membermentionedabove inResourcesfor FamilieswithMissingLovedOnes
FamilyMemberand
relationship
Their MissingLoved
One
MissingSince
(age then)
MissingFrom
Maureen Trask,mother Daniel Robert Trask
(Dan, Danny)
Nov. 3, 2011 (28) Waterloo ON Canada
In Temagami ON Canada
Linda Little Smith, step-mother Tasha MarieSmith, found
deceased, July 18, 2014
Dec. 1, 2010 (28) Cambridge ON Canada,
Terry Aho, father Robert Aho
(Robbie)
Oct. 12, 2009 (31) Marten River ON Canada
Glendene Grant, mother Jessica Edith LouiseFoster
(Jessica)
Between Mar. 28
& Apr. 3, 2006 (21)
Calgary AB Canada
in N Las Vegas, Nevada USA
Jannel Rap, sister Regina MarieBos
(Gina)
Oct. 17, 2000 (40) Lincoln Nebraska USA
Loren O’Keeffe, sister Daniel James O’Keeffe
(Dan)
July 15, 2011 (26) Highton, Australia
Douglas Coop, father Dr. Peter Coop June 1989 (28) Dunedin, New Zealand
Tom M. Brown, brother Ellen Coss Brown Nov. 3, 1999 (50) Dublin,Ireland
in Manchester, England
NOTE: Petition“OntarioneedsMissingPersonsLegislation” wasintroducedtoOntarioParliamentbyMPP
Catherine Fife onOct.20, 2014, A response from the Ministryof CommunitySafetyandCorrectional Services
by MinisterYasirNaqvi wasreceivedinearly Dec.2014. Furtherreview andrecommendationswillbe through
th Future of PolicingAdvisoryCommittee (FPAC) whoreportthroughMCSC. The workis ongoing,andnext
stepswill be communicatedoverthe nextyear.
For detailsandupdates see:
MissingPersonsinOntariowithPetitionlink,Catherine Fife,MPP Kitchener-Waterloo,Oct.2014
http://catherinefife.com/missing-persons-in-ontario/
OntarioneedsMissingPersonsLegislation,FBpage https://www.facebook.com/pages/Ontario-needs-Missing-
Persons-Legislation/854689341229933