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Parents, Adoption Professionals, Healthcare providers and Teachers of Children and Adolescents with FASD A number of children who are adopted in Ontario have or are at risk of developing Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD). Adoptive parents willingly accept the responsibility for these children recognizing the importance of these children having the stability,security and support of a caring and nurturing family. More>> Birth Mother's Day, May 9, 2009 Mother's Day is unique in the adoption community. There are an estimated 10 million adoptees in North America- Each of these people has 2 mothers: the one who parented them, and the one who gave birth. (In extended and blended families, Mother's Day can also include foster mothers, stepmothers, and other caregivers with whom people have a mother-child relationship. More>> New Citizenship Law and Adoption-Bill C37 On April 17, 2009, Bill C-37 will come into effect.The New Citizenship Law was drafted to prevent “Canadians of convenience”; however,in attempting to solve this problem, the government has created regulations that are confusing and create may inequities for potentially 2,000 internationally adopted children who are adopted by Canadian citizens or permanent residents each year. More>>

The Adoption Resource Exchange: A Success Story

The Adoption Resource Exchange is a biannual program supported by the Children’s Aid Societies in Ontario, the Private and International Adoption Desk, and the Adoption Council of Ontario. The program supports the matching of children in CAS foster care who are legally available for adoption with families in Ontario who are interested in adoption. More>>

Transracial Parenting Initiative – resource and training material collection – GET INVOLVED!

The Halton Multicultural Council, (Oakville, ON) with funding from the Ontario Trillium Foundation, is currently developing the Transracial Parenting Initiative, a three year project that aims to create education and training curriculum for parents fostering/adopting a child of a race or culture different from their own. The project includes: developing a literature review; offering an online survey and holding focus groups in the KW, Halton and Peel regions; creating an educational training video to be used by agencies which will be accompanied by a comprehensive curriculum for practitioners and take away resource for parents. More>>

Have you Recently Adopted a Child?

If so, we want to hear from you!   The goal of this project is to learn about experiences of adjustment during the transition into adoptive parenthood. Your participation would involve completing a short questionnaire and may involve taking part in one 1.5-hour interview to be held in the Greater Toronto Area. For more information please contact us: Centre for Addiction and Mental Health Tel: (416) 535-8501 ext 7381       Email: adoption_research@camh.net

Adoption Tax Credit

When you are preparing your tax return don’t forget your adoption expenses that incurred in your “adoption period”. More>>

A Call to  Action on Bill C-37

The new law changes the rules for people born outside Canada. Individuals born outside Canada to a parent who was a Canadian citizen by immigration will only be Canadian at birth if  More>>

Equal Employment Insurance Benefits for Adoptive Parents

Currently, adoptive parents are eligible for 35 weeks of EI benefits. However, they are ineligible for the additional 15 weeks of maternity leave benefits available to those women who become mothers through birth, rather than adoption, despite the fact that adoptive parents pay into the EI Fund at rates equivalent to those of birthparents ... More>>

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