25 Years in the Search for Missing Children

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 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 for searching families.

Out of this need to do more for searching families, the Missing Children Society of Canada was created in November 1986. Now 25 years later, MCSC has assisted law enforcement and searching families in thousands of cases.

MCSC was originally founded by Rhonda Morgan, who would serve as the organization’s Executive Director for the next 23 years until her retirement in January 2010. Rhonda’s vision and passion built MCSC into a national organization dedicated to continuing the active search for missing children. That vision and passion is continued today under the leadership of current Executive Director, Amanda Pick, with a focus on strengthening partnerships and embracing new technologies.

November 2011 marks our 25th anniversary of the ongoing search for missing children. As the month of our anniversary draws to a close, we remain committed as ever to continuing the search for our missing children and reuniting them with their searching families. There are many families and missing children who need our help, including Tania Murrell who is still missing.

Looking now to the future, we thank you all for being part of the effort to bring our missing children home.

(For more information about our History, visit our “Inside MCSC” page.)