January 2019

I tend to be hyper critical of movies portraying adoption. I have a close connection to the material as a trans-racial adoptee and also as a social work student who has seen the power of...

International Youth Day (IYD) is observed annually on August 12. It is meant as an opportunity for governments and others to draw attention to youth issues worldwide.  Brad (right), ACO Youth...

Written by: Brad Gibbons, Youth Liaison with Living Experience in Adoption Self-care is an ongoing practice for adoptees. Unfortunately, not all of us are aware of our self-care. We often look to...

Written by Wendy Hayes, Communications Coordinator for International Self-Care Day.@_wendyhayes Personally, self-care has been a journey of healing trauma and managing my anxiety. When people used...

Written by: E, adoptee The theme of journey is very prominent in the world of adoption. As persons who were adopted we may go on long journeys to find ourselves, meet certain people, or learn more...

Written by: Wendy Hayes, Communications Coordinator Learning who we are is an ongoing part of life. Not all of us have an Eat, Pray Love moment where we figure ourselves out and move on. Identity...

Children and Youth in Care Day is this Sunday, May 14th.  Did you know that the province of Ontario is the legal guardian of more than 6000 Children and Youth in the province? Adoption is what...

CARDINAL RULEby: Kenny Lord IT’S TIME TO FLY MY LITTLE ONEFOR YOU TO TEST YOUR WINGS,IT’S TIME FOR YOU TO SEE THE WORLDWHATEVER YOUR LIFE BRINGS,THOUGH YOU MAY FALL, YOU’RE WINGS AND...

Written by: Abby Flown, ACO’s Youth Network Life can give you different choices, and one of the things everyone does is try to figure out the best way, or the better one, or the right one....

I believe that only when we recognize and accept the existence and the real long-term negative effects of childhood adversity on our kids’ mental health, will we as a society feel compelled to...