The Quebec government has put on hold all new adoption applications for Haitian children as part of an international effort to prevent a repeat of the child smuggling that occurred after the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami.
On Monday, a United Nations agency urged caution with any new adoptions, given that the events unfolding in Haiti make it impossible to verify the personal and family situation of children.
The provincial directive, effective immediately, applies to all new applications involving Haiti — not applications already processed by Quebec authorities and approved by the Haitian government.
The federal government has announced it will expedite pending applications by fast-tracking the visas and other paperwork that falls under federal jurisdiction at the end of the international adoption process.
Damage from the earthquake and aftershocks, however, is making it difficult for Canadian government officials on the ground in Haiti to work as fast as they would like, according to an official with Citizenship and Immigration Canada.
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Education and Early Childhood Development: Kindergarten Transition Team (PEI)
A Kindergarten Transition Team is coordinating the tasks required to move kindergarten to the school system, and identifying the immediate impact it will have on the early childhood sector. The work is being carried out through nine working groups.
Members of the overall transition team are:
- Linda Lowther, Senior Director of Learning and Early Childhood Development, Department of Education and Early Childhood Development (Chair)
- Alice Taylor, President, Early Childhood Development Association
- Carolyn Simpson, Early Childhood Development and Kindergarten Programs Manager, Department of Education and Early Childhood Development
- Carrie St. Jean, President, PEI Teachers’ Federation
- Cindy Wood, Manager of Assessment and Evaluation, Department of Education and Early Childhood Development
- Frank Hennessey, Director of English Programs, Department of Education and Early Childhood Development
- Glenn Edison, Director of Student Support Services, Department of Education and Early Childhood Development
- Imelda Arsenault, Director of French Programs, Department of Education and Early Childhood Development
- Jacquie Lidstone, Vice-president, PEI Home and School Federation
- Jean Doherty, Communications Coordinator, Department of Education and Early Childhood Development
- John Cummings, Senior Director of Corporate Services, Department of Education and Early Childhood Development
- Karen Redmond, Corporate Services Officer, Department of Education and Early Childhood Development
- Laura Cudmore, Board Principal, Western School Board
- Leona McIsaac-Moran, Pro
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