February 2019

Like many adoptive moms, I have wanted to adopt a child for as long as I can remember. As a child I watched friends and family adopt domestically and internationally and something inside my heart...

Parent Group Leader: My involvement with the Adoption Council of Ontario started in the Pathways to Permanence 2 course in January 2016. It has been a fantastic journey ever since. This course...

When I officially aged out of care, I was 21 years old and in my second month of my final year at Queen's University. While most students in my position were planning for graduation, applying to...

I first came across the Adoption Council of Ontario when a friend, who volunteers with the organization, could see we were struggling with our daughter’s deep feelings of loss and grief....

Meet Jamie! Jamie is a bubbly nine year old who has a passion for all things Minecraft and for taking things (including her foster parents electronics) apart to see how they worked. Jamie came...

In 24 hours of training, I now have understanding of all the behaviours our child is exhibiting. I have multiple strategies to use which are working, a support group, and connection to...

I know about adoption. I was adopted as a baby, and when I grew to adulthood I adopted my beautiful daughter. What goes around, comes around. I'm very lucky and grateful for the good life I...

Five-year old Rebecca and seven-year old Thomas are two siblings whose close relationship and sweet smiles have been hard to resist, since we initially came to know them in 2016 when they were...

I was hesitant to join a support group.  It seemed there was no need, nor any time in my life for such indulgence. The mother of a schoolmate of my son invited me to join her to a workshop...

AdoptOntario’s Adoption Resource Databank is a tool that hosts profiles of waiting children and families seeking to adopt, with a matching component that compares over 120 criteria of these...