http://www.definingcanada.ca/2009/05/08/adoption-in-my-family/ Books and Authors in Action Thu, 08 Sep 2011 19:07:27 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 http://www.definingcanada.ca/2009/05/08/adoption-in-my-family/comment-page-1/#comment-30492 AdoptWalk | Defining Canada Fri, 09 Oct 2009 19:44:19 +0000 http://www.definingcanada.ca/?p=1269#comment-30492 [...] Jenna wrote about her family’s experiences earlier, and recently the author of Labours of Love got in touch with us to let us know about her inspiring new project. With the publishing of Labours of Love: Canadians Talk About Adoption, I have begun a new journey in the Canadian adoption community. The numbers of children in Canada’s foster care system is about 100,000 and rising daily. Over 25,000 of these kids are currently available for adoption, ranging in ages from infants to teens. This seems so unnecessary to me, especially while the media pays an inordinate amount of attention to celebrity and international adoption. [...] [...] Jenna wrote about her family’s experiences earlier, and recently the author of Labours of Love got in touch with us to let us know about her inspiring new project. With the publishing of Labours of Love: Canadians Talk About Adoption, I have begun a new journey in the Canadian adoption community. The numbers of children in Canada’s foster care system is about 100,000 and rising daily. Over 25,000 of these kids are currently available for adoption, ranging in ages from infants to teens. This seems so unnecessary to me, especially while the media pays an inordinate amount of attention to celebrity and international adoption. [...]

]]> http://www.definingcanada.ca/2009/05/08/adoption-in-my-family/comment-page-1/#comment-25653 Deborah A. Brennan Thu, 14 May 2009 21:32:14 +0000 http://www.definingcanada.ca/?p=1269#comment-25653 Hello Jenna! I was surprised and delighted to read your story today, and I thankyou for sharing it! Bill had spoken about his adoption story briefly, when I interviewed him for " Labours of Love", but not with the detail you included. I did not realize either, your connection to Dundurn! This book has ( and continues to )taken me on the most surprising paths to further discoveries on the subject! Cheers! Deborah. Hello Jenna! I was surprised and delighted to read your story today, and I thankyou for sharing it! Bill had spoken about his adoption story briefly, when I interviewed him for ” Labours of Love”, but not with the detail you included. I did not realize either, your connection to Dundurn! This book has ( and continues to )taken me on the most surprising paths to further discoveries on the subject! Cheers! Deborah.

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