MMIWG: Quebec City- Media Accreditation

Press Release

Media Accreditation and Important Information

Part III: Knowledge Keepers and expert Hearings

Quebec City, Quebec –May 14- 17, 2018

LOCATION: Hotel PUR Quebec

395 Couronne St, Québec City, QC G1K 7X4

The National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls will have Knowledge Keepers and expert Hearings in Quebec City during the week of May 14, 2018. There will be four days of Knowledge Keepers and expert Hearings at the Hotel PUR Quebec beginning on Monday, May 14 and concluding on Thursday, May 17, 2018. The hearings will start at 9:00 am EST and are expected to finish at 5:00 pm EST each day.

All media attending Knowledge Keepers and expert Hearings must have an accreditation card to enter the hearings room and a colour coded lanyard will be provided to you. It must be visible at all times. It does not provide access to private rooms, or to rooms where the health team or other staff are located.

WHO IS ENTITLED TO PRESS ACCREDITATION? Accreditation is granted only to journalists (critics, columnists, reporters, photographers, documentary filmmakers) who cover the issue of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls or survivors of violence. Journalists must represent a recognized media outlet. YouTubers, bloggers or those involved with the blogosphere will not be granted accreditation. To obtain your media accreditation, please fill out the form below.

RESTRICTIONS: Accreditation does not authorize media to take photographs or images using devices such as cameras, smartphones or hand-held cameras inside the hearing room(s). Only the official National Inquiry video cameras, the media pool camera and an on-line media camera will be permitted to film inside.

However there may be an opportunity to take photos of the Commissioners at the beginning of the hearing. Media will be seated in a specific area within the hearing room. A buffer zone, around certain areas of the location will be reserved for families and people involved in the Inquiry. A map will be provided. Please respect those areas.

MEDIA ACCREDITATION FORM

Quebec City, Quebec, Canada – May 14-17, 2018

Surname and first name: ________________________________________________________________

Name of media outlet: __________________________________________________________________

Address: ____________________________________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________________________

Telephone: ___________________________________ Fax: ________________________________________

Email: ____________________________________________________________________________________

Print media□ Radio□ Television□ Internet□ Photographer/Technician□ Documentary filmmaker□ Other (freelancer with proof of assignment, researcher, etc.): _________________________________________________________________________________________

Name of editor, director, supervisor: __________________________________________________________

Email: ____________________________________ Telephone: _____________________________________

If you represent more than one media outlet, please indicate which:

Address:__________________________________________________________________________________

Telephone: ____________________________________ Fax: _______________________________________

Email: ____________________________________________________________________________________

Print media□ Radio□ Television□ Internet□ Photographer□ Documentary filmmaker□

Other____________________________________________________________________________________

Please return the application form BEFORE May 13, 2018 to media@mmiwg-ffada.ca

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