Carol met with the workers of Ottawa Children’s Aid Adoption Unit to read from and discuss her book. A very good exchange of information about current adoption practice between the new and experienced agency adoption practitioners and Carol took place. Carleton University and the Ottawa Adoption Community sponsored the showing of the National Film Board film, “A Place Between: The Story of an Adoption” followed by an informal panel discussion moderated by Dr. Karen March in which Carol’s adoptive daughter, Elaine, and Carol participated. The film depicts First Nations adoptees struggling to bridge the gap between birth and adoptive families. It illustrated issues between a birth mother and an adoptive mother. Those living inside the adoption circle - adoptees, adoptive parents, birth parents, their relatives and friends, adoption professionals and educators, Aboriginal people and non-Aboriginal people attended.
Carol and her daughter Elaine appeared on a panel on Saturday, 16 November, 2013, sponsored by Carleton University and the Ottawa Adoption Community. The National Film Board film, “A Place Between: The Story of an Adoption” was shown, followed by an informal panel discussion moderated by Dr. Karen March.
The film depicts First Nations adoptees struggling to bridge the gap between birth and adoptive families and illustrates issues between a birth mother and an adoptive mother. Those living inside the adoption circle - adoptees, adoptive parents, birth parents, their relatives - their friends, adoption professionals and educators, Aboriginals and non-Aboriginals attended. At Cannon Villas in Jamaica, hosts and dear friends, Margaret and Lawrence Cumming who are adoptive parents, circulated Shelley Page’s newspaper story about Carol’s book to their friends and family. Interesting discussions about adoption took place on patios and in the sea. Copies of Carol’s book were sold to people whose homes were as far away as Scotland.
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AuthorCarol Bowyer Shipley brings a unique perspective to the world of adoption as an adoptee, an adoptive mother and an adoption professional. As adoption practitioner and birth parent counsellor, she worked for 25 years in the private adoption system and public child welfare agencies in Ontario with adoptees, birth parents and adoptive parents. Recently retired, she lives in Ottawa, Canada, with her husband, Ken. Her four children, their spouses, and seven grandchildren constantly enrich her life. This is the updated edition of her first book, published in 2013. Archives
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