Media Advisory












Media Advisory – For Immediate Release

        Search To Resume for Missing Girls

Ottawa, ON (April 22, 2009) – May 2nd will mark the launch of another search for Shannon Alexander and Maisy Odjick, two
                                              teenage girls who have been missing from Maniwaki, Québec and the Kitigan Zibi First Nation
                                              reserve since September 6, 2008. A press conference will be held to provide the public with
                                              information on how they can get involved with the search.


When:         Thursday April 23rd, 2009 – 10:45am
Where:        Hotel Indigo – Indigo Room
        123 Metcalfe Street
        Ottawa, ON
Who:            Laurie Odjick – Mother of Maisy Odjick
        Ellen Gabriel – President, Québec Native Women Inc., also representing Native Women’s Association of Canada  
        Pierre-Hugues Boisvenu – President, Murdered or Missing Persons’ Families’ Association

More information about the search can be found at the following website:
www.findmaisyandshannon.com.

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For more information contact:                 

Aurélie Arnaud, Communications Officer
Québec Native Women Inc.
(450) 632-0088 ext. 227
E-mail:
aarnaud@faq-qnw.org

Stéphane Luce, Forum Moderator
Murdered or Missing Persons’ Families’ Association
(819) 820-6231 mobile
E-mail:
stephane.luce@afpad.ca  

Roland Hanel, Search Commander
Search and Rescue Global 1
E-mail:
roland.hanel@sympatico.ca