Georgia Adoption Regunion Registry
One day before I die I’ll learn the name of my father’s mother. I’ll come from work fresh off the bike, and I’ll make out a message on my voice mail between the impatient meows of my cat. I don’t reco...
Category: Foster Care and Adoption
Former foster kids telling their stories
One of the issues I’m most passionate about is the rights of people in and from government care (foster care). There are countless of books, reports, articles and other literature written about ...
A dissapointing letter
Well, I can’t say today was my favourite day. I got some bad mail. A couple of months ago I petitioned the courts where my father was born to unseal his adoption records. I’ve always been ...
Foster kids in college
I grew up in foster care and when the NDP were in power they made sure foster kids had some support until they were 24. That included funding for university and college as well as an ongoing relations...
Ouch
I was talking to my father’s cousin today. I’m in the process of proving my US citizenship through my father. I need to prove that he lived in the States for a certain period of time. So, ...
Foster Care and Adoption
Meeting Bob Rae
The Peterborough Examiner – November 23, 2004 (Excerpt) Nathaniel Christopher, a fourth-year Canadian Studies student at Trent, had a unique question for the premier. The 23-year-old grew...