Birth Parents

• New Brunswick now accepting applications for adoption information

  To apply for the information, people must complete a form from the department of social development and submit it to post adoption disclosure services. 

  Canada

  Apr 2, 2018
  
• ‘Baby Mary’ searches for birth parents 30 years after she was discovered in a Calgary parking lot

  “I just want some closure for myself."

  Canada

  Mar 2, 2017
  
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• Saskatchewan changes rules for accessing birth registration information

  New Saskatchewan regulations make it easier for adult adoptees and birth parents to access birth registration information.

  Canada

  Jan 3, 2017
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• Calgary birth mom in open adoption hopes for reunion later in life

  Despite all the best intentions going into an open adoption, the birth mom often withdraws with the hope of a reunion later in life. Jill Croteau has part three of her Forever Families series.

  Features

  Nov 16, 2016
• Keeping siblings together: the dynamics of an open adoption

  In Part II of Forever Families, Jill Croteau profiles the family of a Calgary resident whose four children—including a set of twins—are at the heart of an open adoption journey.

  Features

  Nov 15, 2016
• 3 birth moms and 2 parents: how open adoption worked for an Alberta family

  A growing number of people are embracing the concept of open adoptions—in which the birth parent stays involved in the child’s life, even as he or she is raised by adoptive parents.

  Features

  Nov 14, 2016