The Adoption Council of Canada is a charitable organization whose aim is to inform Canadians on the benefits of adoption. Their page on the adoption process outlines what adoptive families must do before being considered as eligible to adopt children from Canada or elsewhere in the world:
http://www.canadaswaitingkids.ca/adoption.html
Children’s Bridge is an organization that helps Canadians adopt internationally. Their “Frequently Asked Questions” provides insight into the adoption process.
http://www.childrensbridge.com/pages/faq.html
The Cultural Profiles site gives an overview of life in China and the Chinese cultural community in Canada. Although the site has not been updated in some years, the Family Life section provides some useful background information:
http://www.cp-pc.ca/english/china/index.html
Step Two: Seeing the Facts from Different Points of View
Stronger Than Blood is a journalistic article about international adoption. It outlines the process and issues about Canadians adopting internationally:
http://www.fims.uwo.ca/olr/apr1502/adoption.htm
Families with Children from China is a support group for adoptive parents. This link is to the website of their Toronto chapter:
http://www.fcctoronto.org/tor_index.asp
Human Rights Watch, a non-governmental organization concerned with human rights, published this report on concerns about Chinese orphanages:
http://www.hrw.org/summaries/s.china961.html
