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31 Oct

Adoption Awareness Month

November is Adoption Awareness Month.  For those who are on the life-long adoption journey, whether as an adoptee, birth parent or adoptive parent, this is a topic that is front and centre in our daily lives.   Adoption joins people who otherwise may never have known each other and we want to acknowledge the challenges that […]

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12 Oct

Dress Purple Day – October 27

Ontario Dress Purple Day, which is led by Children’s Aid Societies across the province, is a day of action to raise awareness about the community’s responsibility to look after children and youth. This year, on October 27th, communities across Ontario will go purple and collectively speak up to share the message that children and youth […]

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11 Oct

National Foster Family Appreciation Week

While we appreciate them all year, October is the month that we celebrate our foster parents. We thank foster parents for being part of our team, helping us plan with children and youth and most of all for making a difference in their lives. During National Foster Family Appreciation Week, we recognize the invaluable contributions […]

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1 Sep

Kinship Awareness Month

As child protection workers, we know that the trajectory for children & youth is so much more positive when they can be cared for by family versus being in foster care. Kinship is a much more “normal” system for them. Familiar homes, traditions, names, connections, all mean a lot to children going through an incredibly […]

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1 Sep

National Truth and Reconciliation Day

The National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, originally and still colloquially known as Orange Shirt Day, is a Canadian holiday to recognize the legacy of the Canadian Indian residential school system. Each year, September 30 marks the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation and Orange Shirt Day. The day honours the children who never returned […]

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8 Jun

June is Pride Month in Canada

June is recognized as Pride month in Canada and marks the start of Pride season. To learn more about the history of Pride, here are a couple of great resources: Stonewall Forever – A Documentary about the Past, Present and Future of Pride https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GjRv7dJTync Some info on the Canadian context : The closest equivalent of a […]

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8 Jun

June is Indigenous History Month

June is National Indigenous History Month in Canada, a time to recognize the rich history, heritage, resilience and diversity of First Nations, Inuit and Métis people. Each day during the month of June you will see stories on history, resilience, traditions and Indigenous contributions being highlighted in the DailyFacts. In honour of Indigenous History Month, […]

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11 May

FCSLLG AGM – Tuesday June 20th, 2023

Click here to see Date of Record Notice May 2023

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3 May

May is Asian Heritage Month

FCSLLG joins in recognizing and celebrating the contributions that Asian communities have made to Canadian History, heritage and identity.

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1 May

Read our Equity Statement

FCSLLG recognizes that, historically, many individuals and groups in our society have been oppressed, excluded, or marginalized, due to their backgrounds and personal characteristics. We acknowledge that the child welfare sector in Ontario has at times engaged in practices that did nothing to help such disadvantaged individuals and groups. This has contributed to an overrepresentation […]

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