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