Spotlight on Adoption

A collection of essays on current adoption topics by the Executive Director of Sunrise.
Winter '08

DNA Adoption Networking

Two new websites, started within the last 90 days, have launched the worldwide adoption community into the Age of Genomics. The implications of these sites to the adoption community are stunning. Everyone should read this article.

Winter '08

Citizenship for Adopted Children: Canada's New Law for 2008

Canada has implemented new legislation to grant citizenship to children adopted abroad. There has been much fanfare about this new rule, and it is frequently referred to as "Automatic Citizenship". But is it really?

This article analyzes what changes, if any, will be brought to the complex international adoption process by our new citizenship law.

Fall '07

2006 Adoption Statistics

The number of adoptions in British Columbia rose slightly in 2006 but numbers were down significantly for Canada as a whole. With many countries closing or slowing down their international adoption programs, Sunrise Executive Director anticipates a decline in the number of adoptions over the next few years.

Summer '07

The Abandoned Children of Guatemala

The author calls on the Government of Canada to permit adoptions from Guatemala once that country completes its implementation of The Hague Convention. Families need to be found for the abandoned children in Guatemalan orphanages

Spring '07

What About the World's Orphans?

Why is it that the number of international adoptions is declining worldwide at the same time as the number of orphans in the world is increasing by 10% each year?