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Adoptee voices

We believe it’s vital to centre adoptee voices and perspectives. Inspired by the #FlipTheScript campaign founded by adopted people, this toolkit gathers some of our best resources by and for adoptees.

Featured resources

10 lessons being adopted taught me

In this article, originally shared on the Lost Daughters website, Lynn Grubb...

My search story

This is an article about the challenges and complexities of...

How adoptees celebrate Mother’s Day

Mother’s and Father’s Day can be difficult celebrations for adoptive...

Adopted voice: If they could turn back time…

What adoptees want parents to know If we could go...

| October 30, 2023

Trauma-informed parenting: A guide for families

Download this free digital guide that covers important topics like the different ways kids might respond to trauma, how to adopt a trauma-informed parenting approach, and the impact on parents...

| March 1, 2022

How adoptees celebrate Mother’s Day

Mother’s and Father’s Day can be difficult celebrations for adoptive families to navigate. In this article Kira, a 21-year-old who was born in China and adopted by a Canadian family,...

| February 15, 2022

Regional resource guide: Connecting you to your community

Welcome to our updated Regional Resource Guide! We’re gone through and updated the guide with new additions (look for the *new* marker), and corrections. This guide is split into five sections: provincial,...

| August 14, 2021

Adoption & permanency 101

This free digital guide explains adopting through the Adopt BC Kids program, intercountry adoption, local infant adoption, and other forms of permanency, including guardianship, custom adoption, and relative adoption. You’re...

| October 1, 2019

Finding (some of) my roots

Another adult adoptee shares here story of searching for her birth family, and finding roots that, while limited, help ground her. I was born in December 1953, when my birth...

| September 1, 2019

We Are Adopted: A community for adoptees

We Are Adopted is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to serving and promoting the interests of adopted people of all ages. They support the exploration of personal and shared experiences for...

| September 1, 2019

My search story

This is an article about the challenges and complexities of searching and reconnecting with a birth parent, and learning to cope when things don’t work out the way you’d hoped...

| September 1, 2019

My life with FASD

People with FASD struggle with lifelong behaviour and learning problems. In this article, one young adoptee shares her story of life with FASD. All names have been changed. What assumptions...

| September 1, 2019

10 lessons being adopted taught me

In this article, originally shared on the Lost Daughters website, Lynn Grubb shares some of the key lessons and outlooks on life she discovered as an adopted person. 1. I learned about...

| April 17, 2019

Reflections on adoption

Being adopted isn’t easy. It can be a very scary process. That is normal for most people. I was very scared going through the whole process of adoption. It’s okay...

| December 4, 2016

Adopted voice: If they could turn back time…

What adoptees want parents to know If we could go back in time and, with the wisdom of hindsight, ask our parents to do things differently, what would adopted people...

| March 1, 2016

Adopted voice: Whose son, whose daughter

The question of a lifetime The complexity of my adoption story makes it a challenge to tell, but telling it is, I think, essential. It’s a way to preserve memories...

| December 4, 2015

Adopted voice: Looking homeward

I remember the noise the most. Car engines idled noxious gasses into the air; heavy footsteps snapped across well-worn concrete. The delicious yet unfamiliar smells of Asian street food filled...

| November 2, 2015

Adopted voice: Six ways to support your adopted child

“Adopted Voice” is our response to the #FlipTheScript campaign, which promotes the importance of making space for and listening to the voices of adopted people. If you’re an adoptee of...

| September 1, 2015

Adopted voice: Finding silver linings

Sticks and stones Remember that rhyme you learned as a child? “Sticks and stones will break my bones, but words will never hurt me.” Obviously words can’t cause physical harm,...

| March 1, 2015

Adopted Voice: It’s not about gratitude

My adoption story Prior to my adoption, I lived in Tennessee with my birth mother (in utero) and then spent one year in foster care. Doctors’ assessments of my potential...

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