Event Calendar
Online Dialogue Series: Q&A With Xinran, Author of "Message from an Unknown Chinese Mother: Stories of Loss and Love"
Online Dialogue Series: Q&A with Xinran, Author of “Message from an Unknown Chinese Mother: Stories of Loss and Love”
Adoptees & Loss
Online discussion on Adoptees & Loss featuring Korean-American and Korean-Canadian Adoptees.
Asian Film Festival & Dinner Meetup
Asian Adoptees of Canada is excited to partner with the Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival (@reelasian) for the shorts programme presentation of EMERGENCE curated by Reel Asian.
Korean BBQ Dinner
Join us in welcoming a leader and advocate in the Adoptee Community, Pastor Kim.
Pastor Kim has been an advocate for adoptees and thought leader for over 20 years. During this time, he also managed Koroot, which was a hostel specifically for adoptees visiting Seoul, South Korea. He's helped countless adoptees not only by providing refuge and a home while overseas, but also in their birth searches and teaching us traditions that we'd either long forgotten, or never had the chance to learn. 📜
For those who may be located downtown and need a ride, please simply let me know and we can arrange carpool options.
RSVP: President@asianadoptees.ca
Adoption Documentary Screening & Discussion
Asian Adoptees of Canada is hosting an adoption documentary film screening & discussion
Online Adoptee Hangout
Asian Adoptees of Canada is hosting an Online Adoptee Hangout for members to connect and chat with one another!
Christmas Market Meetup
Join in November 19 @ 3:00pm EST at the Distillery District in Toronto!
Living in the Homeland Panel
Join in live September 22 @ 7:30pm EST to hear from 3+ adoptees who live and work in their homeland!
Chinatown Meetup Toronto
Join us in-person @ 12:00pm EST for fun and lunch at the Toronto Chinatown Festival
Birth Family Reunion Panel
Please join us for an in-depth and personal conversation with three Asian adoptees who have reunited with their birth families. Join us online @ 3:00pm EST!
Dialogue Between Peers
In honour of Adoption Awareness Month, we're hosting an adoptee only event on Thursday November 25 at 5:30 pm PT / 8:30 pm EST. It'll be a chance to connect with fellow adult adoptees and discuss a range of topics including: Birth Family Search, Living in Asia, Race and Racism and Portrayals in the Media.
Samantha Futerman
An exclusive Q&A with Samantha Futerman, a Korean-American adoptee, director, producer and actor.
Twinsters is Sam's directorial debut. In this documentary, she chronicles her reunion with her identical twin sister she never knew she had. Her sister, who was adopted to and raised in Paris, France, and Sam reunite and together they embark on a return trip to their homeland, South Korea.
Attendees will have the opportunity to ask questions and learn more about the behind the scenes, as well as what has transpired since this documentary was released (2015). It's a rare glimpse to gain insights from the adoptee who is both behind and in front of the camera.
Join us online @ 5:30pm PST / 8:30pm EST. Click on the image or title to view page details and RSVP!
Tiffany Hsiung
An evening Q&A with Chinese-Canadian Director tiffany Hsiung. Tiffany will share her insights capturing her mother’s journey as an adoptee and reuniting with her birth family in Taiwan
Jenny Heijun Wills
An evening Q&A with Korean-Canadian adoptee and professor Dr. Jenny HeiJun Wills. Dr Wills will share her experiences, context for chapters chronicled in her book, and insights as an Asian adoptee in Canada