ASCS News & Events
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- Information on Adoption of Haitian Children
- Youth Group
- W.I.S.E. Up! Parenting Program
- Heritage Program
In the News
Information on Adoption of Haitian Children
Please find below the links to the most recent Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) announcements related to the adoption of Haitian children:
Notice: Important information on priority processing measures in Haiti, including adoption
Any new announcements will continue to be added to the CIC Web site
Anyone interested in information about the adoption process in their province/territory of residence is encouraged to contact their respective provincial/territorial government. The links to those sites can be found here.
Prospective adoptive parents who have not yet reached the immigration or citizenship process, or those who have a pending application with CIC and have not yet been contacted, should contact the CIC Call Centre to discuss their case at 1-888-242-2100 (in Canada only, from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. EST Monday through Friday) or by email at question-Haiti@cic.gc.ca.
Scheduled Events
Watch This Space for Upcoming Events!
Programs
Youth Group
Are you between 8 and 11 years old?
Do you like to have fun?
We have just the thing for you!!
There is a youth group where you can enjoy many activities, such as game nights, special outings and other ideas that come from you.
Some examples are: glow bowling, pizza party, sledding with hot chocolate.
We will be meeting occasionally throughout the year and are excited to have you come out and have some fun.
Contact ASCS for further information, or see the events listed above.
W.I.S.E. Up! Parenting
ASCS is hosting a series of workshops beginning with the W.I.S.E. Up! program.
This program is designed to help empower adopted children and their parents deal with questions around adoption. Whatever the reason — benign curiosity, apathy or intended insults, adopted children (and their families) can be equipped to handle questions in addition to helping others become WISER about adoption!
The cost is $35.00 per couple, which includes the W.I.S.E. Up! Powerbook. Contact ASCS for further information.
Heritage Program
Elders and Leaders in the community share their knowledge through traditional teachings and ceremonies for Aboriginal people who have become culturally separated from their ancestral community by adoption, foster care or residential school programs.
Contact ASCS for further information.
History is not just a collection of anecdotes of our past - it is an integral link in the process of knowledge itself. It frames our understanding of who we were, who we are and who we can become as a human society.
Mario Vargas Llosa, 1998
