Скачать или смотреть Adopt4Life Presents: Time To Attach

In the spring and early summer of 2018, Western University and Adopt4Life surveyed adoptive parents, people awaiting an adoption, and customary or kin caregivers in Canada about their perspectives on Canada's Employment Insurance benefits system. Our goal was to learn more about whether this system is sufficient to meet the needs of families like theirs.

This research is funded through an open research grant provided by the Social Science and Humanities Review Board (SSHRB) at Western University. For more information on the research team, please visit https://timetoattach.com.

In our ongoing advocacy for expanded parental leave benefits for adoptive parents, kinship and customary caregivers, Adopt4Life—Ontario’s Adoptive Parents Association and the Adoption Council of Canada are sharing stories from parents or caregivers across the country. The blogs highlight their thoughts and hopes about an additional category of EI benefits called “attachment benefits,” which would give children more #TimeToAttach.

To learn more about Time to Attach, please visit www.timetoattach.com and follow the study on Facebook @timetoattach or on Twitter @time_to_attach.

To learn more about our campaign for in advocating for longer parental leave, or to share your story, please visit our website at http://www.adopt4life.com/call-to-action.


Presenters:

Carolyn McLeod, Professor, Departments of Philosophy and Women’s Studies and Feminist Research, Western University; and Chair, Board of Directors, Adopt4Life

Cathy Murphy, Executive Director, Adoption Council of Canada

Mary-Jo Land, Registered Psychotherapist; Chair, Mental Health Committee, Adopt4Life; and Advisor on Attachment, Time to Attach group

Rachael Manion, Strategic Policy Committee Chair, Adopt4Life

Julie Despaties, Founder and Executive Director, Adopt4Life

Erin Ingard Rau, Associate Director, Adopt4Life

Sarah Reid, Team Lead/Community Engager From Adoptive Families Association of BC

Samantha McRorie*, Youth Speak Out Program Coordinator & Administrative Support From Adoption Support Centre of Saskatchewan

Suzanne Kingston, Executive Director, New Brunswick Adoption Foundation/Fondation du Nouveau-Brunswick pour l’adoption

Emily Cichocki, PhD Candidate, Philosophy, Western

Hosted by Valerie Howes, Community Engagement Liaison, Adopt4Life