Media Advisory: National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls Community Hearings in Whitehorse

Press Release

Vancouver, May 25, 2017 PDT – The National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls community hearings will take place on May 30th, May 31st and June 1st at the Kwanlin Dun Cultural Centre in Whitehorse starting at 9:00am PDT and is scheduled to end at 5:00 PDT each day. Ceremony will take place on May 29th at sunrise and at the end of the community hearings on Thursday June 1st. No photos or recording will be permitted out of respect for local protocols.

Chief Commissioner Marion Buller, Commissioner Michele Audette, Commissioner Marilyn Poitras, Commissioner Brian Eyolfson, and Commissioner Qajaq Robinson will be present.

The community hearings are open to the public to observe unless specified as private by some of the families and/or survivors. Media are invited to be present at the community hearings which will be filmed. The public may watch the community hearings on our Facebook page and website.

Links: https://www.facebook.com/MMIWG/

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A technical briefing for media present on-site regarding the community hearings is scheduled for May 29th at 4:00pm PDT. A spokesperson is scheduled to be available on May 31 and June 1 at 8:30am PDT.

Location:

Kwanlin Dun Cultural Centre

1171 1st Avenue, Whitehorse, Yukon

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All media who wish to participate must RSVP to media@mmiwg-ffada.ca and submit the accreditation form.

Released by:

National Inquiry Communications 604-561-8520 Email: b.bolton@mmiwg-ffada.ca

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