When six-year-old Tania Murrell disappeared from Edmonton, Alberta, in 1983, the search efforts for her received national media attention and inspired the first non-profits in Canada dedicated to the search for missing children.
These first search agencies focused on public awareness and prevention programs. With the exception of poster distributions, little attention was put on the actual search for missing children or on support of searching families.
Rhonda Morgan wanted to take a more hands-on role in the search for missing children, so she trained and became licensed as a professional investigator in 1985. She founded the Missing Children Society of Canada (MCSC) in November 1986 and developed a comprehensive search program called Project: Reunite to assist police and searching parents in the active and ongoing search for missing children. Rhonda continued to lead MCSC as Executive Director for the next 23 years.
In October 2009, Rhonda was honoured for marking 25 years of service in the search for missing children. For more information on this acheivement, please read our news story.