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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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Other recipients of the Order of B.C., to be presented Oct. 4 in Victoria, are:
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B次元官网网址 Peter Norman Baird, for his work uniting aboriginal and non-aboriginal people
B次元官网网址 Gordon Campbell, former premier of B.C.
B次元官网网址 Yuri Fulmer, described as a B次元官网网址渄ynamic entrepreneur and dedicated volunteerB次元官网网址
B次元官网网址 Tim Jones, long-time leader of North Shore search and rescue
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