Released on November 2, 2017
The Government of Saskatchewan has proclaimed November as Adoption Awareness Month to acknowledge and celebrate Saskatchewan’s adoptive families. The month also serves as an opportunity to highlight the Adoption Support Centre of Saskatchewan, and the services and supports they provide to people across the province.“With as many as six out of 10 Saskatchewan people connected by adoption in some way during their lifetime, Adoption Awareness Month serves as a reminder of how many individuals have a personal connection to adoption,” Social Services Minister Paul Merriman said. “We value the services and supports provided through the Adoption Support Centre of Saskatchewan to those many individuals and families.”
The Adoption Support Centre of Saskatchewan began in the 1980s as a group of adoptive parents providing support to one another. It has since grown into a province-wide confidential information service that provides referrals, resources and pre- and post-adoption support relating to domestic, international, private, step-parent and adult adoptions.
“We provide support and information to individuals, whether you are pregnant and considering adoption as a pregnancy option, an adoptee searching for their birth family, a prospective adoptive parent, or a family who has come together through adoption,” Adoption Support Centre of Saskatchewan Executive Director Sylvia Cholodnuik said. “We want people to know that we are here to help.”
To celebrate Adoption Awareness Month, the Adoption Support Centre is hosting their second annual Human Library on Sunday, November 5 at Rusty MacDonald Library in Saskatoon from 1:30-4:30 p.m. Instead of pulling a book off the shelf, in a Human Library “Readers” get to have a conversation with human “Books” and learn new perspectives. This Human Library is focused specifically on personal adoption stories and perspectives.
“We are excited to offer this opportunity again this year,” Cholodnuik said. “We know that the first place people go to gather information about adoption is usually social media and the internet. This gives them the opportunity to instead have a dialogue with real people with real adoption stories.”
For more information on the upcoming Human Library, or to access pre- or post-adoption services or support, please visit the Adoption Support Centre of Saskatchewan’s website at http://adoptionsask.org/.
-30-
For more information, contact:
Leya Moore
Social Services
Regina
Phone: 306-787-3610
Email: leya.moore@gov.sk.ca
Sylvia Cholodnuik
Adoption Support Centre of Saskatchewan
Saskatoon
Phone: 306-665-7272
Email: director@adoptionsask.org