October 2021

“you've painted the walls of your house the colour of silence. when you did it, you handed me the roller and asked me to help and I didn't think to say no because I thought it will just be...

 ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ACO TAKING LEAD ON ARE AND PROVINCIAL CENTRAL INTAKE Exciting announcement! As of...

Written by Sherri Kinch I was taken from my mother at birth, placed with a foster family for three months before I was adopted by my parents. I don’t remember being told that I was adopted, I...

Written by ACO's Kathy Soden, Sylvia Gibbons, and Dianne Mathes Earlier this week, we explored Pathways, our specialized training program for adoptive, kinship and customary care families and the...

Written by ACO's Kathy Soden & Sylvia Gibbons, adoptive parents   We adopted from Ontario's public system many years ago with excitement, lots of love and high hopes, but in retrospect, not much...

NOVEMBER 2016   Hello ACT Alumni,   I hope you are all well. It was wonderful to see some of you at ACO's Education Day on Saturday October 22. We hope you enjoyed it!!  A quick but we hope...

SEPTEMBER 2016   Hello ACT alumni!!   I hope your summers were enjoyable and that there were lots of moments of relaxation and fun family time. Hard to believe it went by so fast but...

JUNE 2016   Hello ACT Alumni!   We hope you are doing well and enjoying this nice summer weather. We thought it would be a good time to touch base before the summer and let you know...