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General Information
- How to request information
- Controlling Legislation: Consolidation of Adoption Act SNWT 1998,c9
- Legislative Assembly of Nunavut
Political, Search and Reunion
- Canada Open Records (Facebook) (Bastard Nation Partner)
- Nunavut Post Adoption Help (Facebook)
Access
Age of access: 19 years
Adult Access to originals full name: Conditional – subject to reunion, or if natural parents cannot be located in an active search within one year
Adult Adoptee access to their OBC in full: Conditional – subject to reunion, or if natural parents cannot be located in an active search within one year
Adult adoptee access to other identifying information about their natural parents: Conditional – subject to reunion, or if natural parents cannot be located in an active search within one year
Disclosure Vetoes: Implied for a period of one year, in which an active search is started, after which, if the person cannot be located, the records will be released,
Contact Preferences or Contact Vetoes: N/A
Passive registry: Available
Active registry: Available to a natural parent of an adult adoptee. If the person cannot be located within one year, the information will be released to the other.
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Links
- Judge questions Nunavut custom adoptions after baby returned to mother, APTV National News, March 21, 2017
- Inuit Customary Adoption Incorporated into Quebec’s Civil Code – “Historic” say Makivik and Nunavik Regional Board of Health and Social Services. Societe Makvik.Makvik Corporation, June 20, 2020
- Nuavik welcomes Quebec legislation recognizing Inuit adoption. Nunatsiaq News, June 27, 2017
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Inuit custom adoption puts children at risk in today’s world, says Nunavut MLA, CBC News, June 11, 2018
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Nunavut MLA says adoptions need background, criminal checks, CTV News, June 11, 2018
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Nunavut government commits to regulate custom adoptions, Nunatsiqao News, February 26, 2019
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Nunavut couple looking to adopt discouraged by government’s silence, Nunavut News, October 28, 2019
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Rankin woman returns as custom adoption commissioner. NSLL News, February 19, 2020
Updated April 17, 2020
