As we begin this Family Day Weekend we want to celebrate and reflect all the ways our families are important to us. Everyone needs a family regardless of age. As we enter adulthood we turn to our...
Today is Bell Let's Talk Day. Bell Let’s Talk is a multi-year charitable program dedicated to mental health. Today, Kathy Soden, a parent through adoption, gives her thoughts on the fallout of...
"What do you want to be when you grow up?". I think I have heard this question about a million times. Its something that you get asked throughout your life. When you're a child, the answers don’t...
November is Adoption Awareness Month. Our theme this year is The Family Effect. What is the Family Effect? We know that permanency and family is one of the key indicators of the success of...
I am one of the 5% of almost 7,000 children and youth in our foster care system who was adopted between the ages of 13-18. I met my mother, Elaine when I was 12, the adoption was finalized a year...
In Ontario almost 7,000 children and youth are Crown Wards. We know that everyone of these children needs to leave the foster care system with a family before they turn 18. More than 5,000 of...
May 14th is Children and Youth in Care Day. Did you know that the province of Ontario is the legal guardian of more than 7000 Children and Youth in the province? On my 21st birthday, instead of a...
Written by: Wendy Hayes, Communications Coordinator This past Thursday, we had the wonderful opportunity to celebrate Adoption Awareness Month in partnership with Adopt4Life with a...
By Guest Blogger: Laurie I’m an adoptee and apparently that means that I’m supposed to be mad as hell, poorly adjusted, have low self-esteem and be unable to build or maintain meaningful...
The Promise The Story of an Adoptive Mother and a Support Worker By: Christen Shepherd and Lisa HighfieldFeatured At NACAC Christen Shepherd and her husband Trevor were busy parents of two boys...
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