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Turning her tragedy into her personal mission, she holds an annual fund and awareness-raising event for Michael and missing children throughout the province.

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She also supported the launch of the provincial AMBER Alert system in 2002, which distributes up-to-date information about child abduction to the public through widespread media broadcasts. The system has been adopted by every province in Canada.

Dunahee is among 14 people to receive the 2011 Order of British Columbians.

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B次元官网网址� Luigi Aquilini, developer and owner of the Vancouver Canucks

B次元官网网址� Peter Norman Baird, for his work uniting aboriginal and non-aboriginal people

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B次元官网网址� Dr. Phil Muir, long-serving physician in Hazelton

B次元官网网址� Jim OB次元官网网址橰ourke, West Vancouver, mining engineer

B次元官网网址� Karen OB次元官网网址橲hannacery, Vancouver advocate for homeless people

B次元官网网址� Baljit Sethi of Prince George, advocate for immigrants

B次元官网网址� Ellen White of Nanaimo, native educator and activist