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ATTN: CANADIAN ADOPTEES BIRTHFAMILIES
RE: ADR not taking applications after 23 April 2006 - PASS ON!
FROM: Coalition for Open Adoption Records (COAR)

Attention birthfamily members, or adopted people age 18+ wishing to apply on the passive registry of the Adoption Disclosure Registry in Ontario.

Effective April 24, 2006 this function will cease completely. After April 23, the Adoption Disclosure Unit will no longer be taking applications for the passive registry. This will mostly impact members of birth families, in particular mothers, fathers and siblings.

ACTION: If you are a member of a birth family, or an adopted adult who wants to find out if there is a match for you on the passive registry, register now, before April 23, 2006.

After April 23 2006, if you are a sibling or grandparent, or other birth family member of an adopted person (except for birth parents), you will not have this opportunity. It is very unfortunate that the new Adoption Information Disclosure Act, set to become law in about May 2007, does not include the opportunity for you to use Ontario government services to help you locate an adopted person in your family. Therefore, you must act now.

Adoption Disclosure Unit Contact Information:

The Adoption Disclosure Unit
Ministry of Community and Social Services
2 Bloor Street West, 24th Floor
Toronto ON M7A 1E9

Tel: (416) 327-4730
Fax: (416) 326-6867

Email: adoption.disclosure@css.gov.on.ca

We recommend that you immediately contact the ADU and ask for an application
for the passive registry.

Please share this bulletin with other adoptees and relatives.

Michael Grand
mgrand@uoguelph.ca
mgrand @ uoguelph.ca

Karen Lynn
ccnm@rogers.com
ccnm @ rogers.com

Wendy Rowney
wrowney@hotmail.com
wrowney @ hotmail.com

Coordinating Committee of the Coalition for Open Adoption records
(COAR)