Events
2008
February 21, 2008, Brockville, Ont. -- Practical Experience for
Adoptive Parents and Those Considering Adoption. A workshop by
Michael Trout, Founding Director of the Infant-Parent Institute.
Workshop Topics Include: attachment, loss, trauma, long term
development and behavioural implications. This is an all day event
(8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.). Please register by February 1, 2008. To
register, contact Beth Wylie at
beth.wylie@frontcas.ca or
613-542-7351, ext: 3388.
March 26-29, 2008, Portland, Oregon, ADOPTION IN THE GLOBAL COMMUNITY:
REDEFINING KINSHIP IN THE 21ST CENTURY (note: This conference includes several workshop speakers
from
Canada). 29th Annual Conference of the American Adoption Congress (AAC).
Through education and advocacy, the AAC promotes honesty, openness and
respect for family connections in adoption, foster care and assisted
reproduction. Info/Register:
http://www.americanadoptioncongress.org
April 5-6, 2008,
Toronto,
Ontario, ADOPTION RESOURCE EXCHANGE.
To be held at the Metro
Toronto
Convention Centre. For additional details, please visit the Adoption
Council of Ontario’s AdoptOntario website:
http://www.adoptontario.ca/events.aspx
May 5, 2008,
Saskatoon, SK. -- Growing Attachments Conference with Deborah Gray.
Hilton Garden Inn, Saskatoon. To register, contact the
Adoption Support Centre of Saskatchewan: 1-866-869-2727,
support@adoptionsask.org,
www.adoptionsask.org
July
30 to August 2, 2008, Ottawa, Ont. -- 2008 NACAC Conference.
NACAC's 34th annual conference. North American Council on Adoptable
Children, info@nacac.org, www.nacac.org,
http://www.nacac.org/conference/proposals.html, click
here for more!
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