MMIWG: Media Accreditation and Important Information

Part II and III: Knowledge Keeper, Expert and Institutional Hearing

Iqaluit, NU, September 10-13, 2018

LOCATION: The Frobisher Inn
Astro Hill Complex, Iqaluit, NU, X0A 0H0

The National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls will have a Knowledge Keeper, Expert and Institutional Hearing in Iqaluit, Nunavut beginning on Monday, September 10 and concluding on Thursday, September 13, 2018. The hearings will start at 9:00 am EDT and are expected to finish at 5:00 pm EDT each day.

All media attending the Institutional Hearing must have an accreditation card to enter the hearing room and a colour coded lanyard will be provided to you and must be visible at all times. It does not provide access to private hearings 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 record inside.

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 and we would ask that those areas be respected.

MEDIA ACCREDITATION FORM

Iqaluit, Nunavut, Canada – September 10 – September 13, 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/Technician□ Documentary filmmaker

Other______________________________________________________

Please return the application form BEFORE September 9, 2018 to media@mmiwg-ffada.ca

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