A Legal History of Adoption in Ontario, 1921-2015

Lori Chamber's fascinating study explores the legal history of adoption in Ontario since the passage of the first statute in 1921. This volume explores a wide range of themes and issues in the history of adoption including: the reasons for the creation of statutory adoption, the increasing voice of unmarried fathers in newborn adoption, the reasons for movement away from secrecy in adoption, the evolution of step-parent adoption, the adoption of Indigenous children, and the growth of international adoption.

Unlike other works on adoption, this book focuses explicitly on statutes, statutory debates, and the interpretation of statutes in court. In doing so, she concludes that adoption is an inadequate response to child welfare and on its own cannot solve problems regarding child neglect and abuse. Rather, Chambers argues that in order to reform the area of adoption we must first acknowledge that it is built upon social inequalities within and between nations.

Author: Lori Chambers
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Published: 05/04/2018
Pages: 256
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 8.90h x 6.10w x 0.80d
ISBN: 9781487523305

About the Author
Lori Chambers is a professor in the Department of Women's Studies at Lakehead University.

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