Information, support & advocacy

Current Events, Research, Surveys, Media requests, etc


INFERTILITY

Support Groups:
• Toronto: Infertility Network (2nd Tues of each month) July 14
• Edmonton: Infertility support group

Mind-Body Fertility Programs
• Toronto: Mind-Body Behavioural Medicine Fertility program

Researchers seek participants
Fertility preservation (Montreal)

Surveys
Fertility Survey
Managing your infertility-related information with people in your social network
 


DONOR CONCEPTION

Media seeks interviews

Donor offspring
Embryo adoption/donation (Edmonton & Northern Alberta)
Parents of donors

Political action
Campaign vs Facebook Egg Donation Ads
Canadian Donor Conception Coalition
Rights for all donor-conceived people

Radio/TV documentaries

Support groups/Workshops/Social Gatherings
• UK: Telling & Talking to Children about Donor Conception (ongoing)
• UK: Preparation for Donor Conception Parenthood (ongoing)
• Orange Country, CA: 3rd Annual Donor Sibling Gathering, July 18

Surveys
Attitudes to release of information in open-identity donor programs
Egg sharing (United Kingdom)
 



ADOPTION

Seminars & Conferences
• Toronto: 'How to adopt' seminars (ongoing)
• Toronto: Open adoption seminar, Nov 28
• Kingston: Open adoption seminar, Aug 15
• New York, NY: Adoption seminars & support groups (ongoing)
• Columbus, OH: North American Council on Adoptable Children 35th Annual Conference, Aug 12-15/09

Support Groups
• Toronto: Adoption Support Kinship (about reunion), July 8/09 (postponed from the 1st Weds of each month)