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Dear Mum and Dad

On April 3, 2023January 21, 2024 By Guest BloggerIn Australia, First Nations Canada, Grief and Loss, Lifelong Impacts of Adoption, Racism in Adoption, Trauma in AdoptionLeave a comment

Jen writes to her original parents expressing the sorrow and grief of never meeting them and her life being adopted to Australia as a First Nations Canadian.

Money never makes up for what I’ve lost as a First Nations Canadian

On August 3, 2022January 21, 2024 By Guest BloggerIn adoption reform, Australia, Birth Parents Searching, Compensation to Victims in Adoption, Complexities in Adoption, Critical Thinking in Adoption, Family Preservation, First Nations Canada, Grief and Loss, Illegal Adoption, Impacts to Biological Families, Importance of Connections to Origins, Is adoption the best option, Lifelong Impacts of Adoption, Reparation in Adoption, Rights in Adoption, Transracial Adoption, Trauma in AdoptionLeave a comment

Jen shares complex emotions following the Canadian government compensation to First Nations Canadians forcibly removed from their families and adopted out.