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The History of Child Find in Canada When a stranger abducted six-year old Tania Murrell of Edmonton on January 20, 1983, an outraged neighbour, Kathy Morgenstern developed Child Find Alberta in response to the need for a way to help parents of missing children. Canada's first missing children's organization, Alberta Friends of Child Find, was incorporated based on Child Find of America which began in 1980. In 1984, the Alberta organization changed its name to Child Find Alberta Society and added education and prevention programming as an equal mandate to the location of missing children. At that same time Child Find's programs were endorsed by the Canadian Association of Chief of Police and eventually by the RCMP. In 1986, the Solicitor General of Canada declared May 25th to be Missing Children's Day in Canada. The Green Ribbon of Hope Campaign, which runs for the month of May, is in recognition of this day. All nine provincial offices are now run independently, but meet bi- annually with other Child Find organizations across Canada. It is now the oldest, largest and most comprehensive missing children's organization in Canada. The role of Child Find is one of facilitation, to support other provincial organizations in the development of quality programs, standards, awareness, advocacy and information sharing. Provincial services include case management, preventative education and advocacy. Child Find has had a presence in Nova Scotia since 1986 with the help of Child Find New Brunswick and Child Find Prince Edward Island. Prince Edward Island and New Brunswick offices could no longer handle the casework, supervision and requests from Nova Scotia. The decision was made to restructure and open a permanent fully functional office in Nova Scotia in 1997. Child Find Nova Scotia is now located in Halifax and is committed to promoting the safety of all Nova Scotia children by providing education programs throughout the province. In 1996 there were 754 missing children in Nova Scotia and a recovery rate of 90%. The number has now reduced to 517 missing children in 1999 with a recovery rate of over 90%. We continue to give our best skills and resources to all missing children and their families and friends. Child Find has given back millions of dollars of programming into our communities. We are thankful for all our volunteers, donations and grants to meet our programs. |
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Child Find Nova Scotia (1998) |