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Adoption Practitioners

The following is a list of private adoption practitioners who are approved to conduct homestudies and to supervise adoption placements. For further information on how to become an approved Adoption Practitioner, please contact the Private and International Adoption Unit Intake line at 416-327-4742.

AJAX

ANTOINETTE MALONE
9 Betts Road
Ajax, ON L1T 3X6
Tel: (905) 427-5756
Fax: (905) 427-1622
E-Mail: tosia.malone@sympatico.ca

MICHAEL TAYLOR
213 Byron Street South
Suite 201
Whitby, ON L1N 4P7
Tel: (289) 200-4144
Fax: (905) 666-1215
E-mail: mikeluztaylor@hotmail.com

AURORA

KAREN MCLENNAN
P.O. Box 71614
Aurora, ON L4G 6S9
Tel: (905) 841-8755
Fax: (905) 841-6883
E-Mail: mclennankaren@hotmail.com

BARRIE

JANE JONES
45 Oakridge Drive
Barrie, ON L4N 5N6
Tel: (705) 734-9259
E-mail: janejones07@gmail.com

CHRISTOPHER WHEELER
63 Finlay Road
Barrie, ON
Tel/Fax: (705) 302-0053
E-Mail: cwheeler003@sympatico.ca
(Restricted to Toronto and surrounding areas)

LYNDA YOUNG
10 Jeffrey Street
Barrie, ON L4M 5H6
Tel: (705) 726-7458
Fax: (705) 726-4417
E-mail: lynda@younginbarrie.ca

BARRIE/HILLSDALE/MIDLAND

BELLEVILLE

JOSEFINA CAMPBELL
17 Linton Park Road
Belleville, ON K8N 4K7
Tel: (613) 968-5350
Fax: (613) 968-4325
E-Mail: josefina@magma.ca
(English-Spanish)

BRACEBRIDGE

ELAINE HILL
20 Deer Street, R.R.#2
Port Sidney, ON P0B 1L0
Tel: (705) 385-3695
Fax: (705) 385-8028
E-mail: mecan20@hotmail.com

VALERIE WELCHER
R.R #2 1851 Cedar Lane
Bracebridge, ON P1L 1W9
Tel: (705) 645-7808
Fax: (705) 645-7432
E-Mail: vwelcher@gmail.com

BRAMPTON

VANDANA BLAGGAN
19 Fallowfield Road
Brampton, ON L6X 0W3
Tel: (905) 789-1823
Fax: (905) 488-4656
E-Mail: vblaggan@hotmail.com
(Hindi, Punjabi and Urdu)

BRANTFORD

BARBARA KAUFMAN-ROGERS
6 Daniel Place
Brantford, ON N3R 1K7
Tel: (519) 751-3165
Fax: (519) 751-8042
E-Mail: barbkrogers@gmail.com

BURLINGTON

LOUISE DELLIO
226 Valridge Drive
Ancaster, ON L9G 5C5
Tel: (289) 779-0584
Fax: (905) 527-6254 E-Mail: louisedellio9@sympatico.ca

SHARON SELL
1860 Appleby Line
Unit 14 PMB 103
Burlington, ON L7L 7H7
Tel: (905) 332-3626
Fax: (905) 332-6430
E-Mail: sharonsell.msw@gmail.com

CALEDON EAST

LYNN FEARN-STEWART
25 Orsi Road
Caledon East, ON L7C 1H6
Tel: (416) 918-2370
Fax: (905) 584-5020
E-Mail: lynnfearnstewart@sympatico.ca

CAMBRIDGE

ANGELA HARVEY
181 Groh Avenue
Unit 103
Cambridge, ON, N3C 1Y8
Tel: (519) 220-1504
Fax: (226) 478-6004
E-Mail: angela.harvey@sympatico.ca

CORNWALL/LONG SAULT

HELEN DAWKES-BROWN
29 Cherry Avenue
PO Box 299
Long Sault, ON K0C 1P0
Tel: (613) 534-8505
E-Mail: adoption@cogeco.ca
(English & French)

CAVAN

MAUREEN HARJULA
1980 Jack Lane
Cavan, ON L0A 1C0
Tel: (705) 277-1825
Fax: (705) 277-9267
E-Mail: maureenharjula@msn.com

COBOURG

SANDRA WEBB
782 Munson Crescent
Cobourg, ON K9A 5N9
Tel: (905) 377-1912
Fax: (905) 377-1808
E-Mail: sandra@sandrawebbcounselling.com
Website: www.sandrawebbcounselling.com

COOKSTOWN

MARIE MCCALLUM
16 Cloverhill Cres
Cookstown, ON L0L 1L0
Tel: (705) 722-4163
E-Mail: mccallumfamily@hotmail.com
(Also serving Simcoe County)

GUELPH

MARY HOWLETT-NERO
33 McTague Street
Guelph, ON N1H 2A7
Tel: (519) 763-1520
Fax: (519)-763-3752
E-Mail: mary@PathsToAdoption.com
Website: www.PathsToAdoption.com

KERRY VANDERGRIFT
71 White Pine Way
Guelph, ON N1G 4X7
Tel: (519) 823-0632
Fax: (905) 528-6589
E-Mail: kerryjvandergrift@gmail.com

HAMILTON

TECLA JENNISKENS
175 Beach Blvd.
Hamilton, ON L8H 6V8
Tel: (905) 870-8003
Fax: (888) 708-5715
E-mail: teclaj1@yahoo.ca
Website: teclajenniskens.com
(restricted to applicants residing outside Waterloo region)

KINGSTON

JENNIE PAINTER
162 Phillips Street
Kingston, ON K7M 2Z8
Tel: (613) 542-0275
Fax: (613) 542-2933
E-Mail: jennie@openadoption.ca
Website: www.openadoption.ca

KITCHENER-WATERLOO

JON BOYD
365 Bennington Gate, Unit #59
Waterloo, ON N2T 2L1
Tel: (519) 743-0038
Fax: (519) 743-0984
E-Mail: jonboyd@rogers.com

TECLA JENNISKENS
475 Courtland Avenue
Kitchener, ON N2G 2WJ
Tel: (519) 342-4851
E-mail: teclaj1@yahoo.ca
(restricted to applicants residing outside Waterloo Region)

BERYL MERCER
220 Cambria St.
Stratford, ON, N5A 1J1
Tel: (519) 272-8856
Fax: (519) 272-9809
E-Mail: b_mercer@bell.net

KENNETH PLOTNIK
220 Cambria St.
Stratford, ON, N5A 1J1
Tel: (519) 272-8856
Fax: (519) 272-9809
E-Mail: k.plotnik@bell.net

LONDON

ELLY FREUND-BELL
26 Repton Avenue
London, ON N5X 3G4
Tel: (519) 318-4634
Fax: (519) 673-1931
E-mail: efreundbell@sympatico.ca

KIM GRAY
110 Victoria Street
London, ON N6A 2B5
Tel: (519) 672-9921
Fax: (519) 672-0116
E-Mail: kimgray@gtn.on.ca

MISSISSAUGA

LORRAINE FRANCO, MSW, RSW
7111 Syntex Drive, 3rd Floor
Mississauga, ON L5N 8C3
Tel: (416) 418-2787
Fax: (905) 230-1447
E-mail: info@lorrainefranco.com
Website: www.lorrainefranco.com

OAKVILLE

JULIE THOMPSON
Oakville, ON
Tel: (905) 808-1101
Fax: (905) 847-2313
Email: julie.thompson@cogeco.ca

OTTAWA/NEPEAN/ORLEANS

MARY BODFISH
PO Box 23173
Ottawa, ON K2A 4E23
Tel: (613) 402-3242
E-Mail: heritageofhope@gmail.com
Website: www.heritageofhope.ca

LINDA CORSINI, M.S.W, R.S.W
54 Patterson Ave.
Ottawa, Ont K1S 1Y1
Tel/Fax:: (613) 233-7108
E-mail: ljcorsini@rogers.com
(English - French - Italian)

HELEN DAWKES-BROWN
169 Lees Avenue
Unit # 518
Ottawa, ON K1S 5M2
Tel: (613) 534-8505
E-Mail: adoption@cogeco.ca
(English & French)

SANDRA FORBES
300 March Road
Suite # 446
Kanata, ON K2K 2E2
Tel: (613) 314-5952
Fax: (613) 599-8067
E-mail: sjforbes111@bell.net

MARYANNE KING
458 Maclaren Street
Unit B, 2nd Floor
Ottawa, ON K1R 5K6
Tel: (613) 276-1525
Fax: (613) 736-9677
E-Mail: maryanne.king@sympatico.ca
(English - some French)

OTTAWA/NEPEAN/ORLEANS

GERALD MUNT
54 Patterson Avenue
Ottawa, ON K1S 1Y1
Tel/Fax: (613) 233-7108
E-mail: gwgmunt@rogers.com

STEPHANIE PARKER
1554 Carling Avenue
Suite # 105
Ottawa, ON K1Z 7M4
Tel: (613) 614-1384
Fax: (613) 435-1932
E-Mail: stephparker@rogers.com
(English - French)

LORI ROSOVE
174 Bank Street
P.O. Box 71082
Ottawa, ON K2P 2L9
Tel: (613) 680-0911
Fax: (613) 422-7060
E-Mail: lori@adoptionsource.ca
Website: www.adoptionsource.ca

OWEN SOUND

DEBORAH REESOR
504853 Grey Road 1
RR#2
Kemble, ON. N0H 1S0
Home: 519-534-9784
Office: 519-534-9785
Fax: 519-534-9449
E-Mail: reesordeb@gmail.com

PARIS

GLORY TO
52 Banfield Street
Paris, ON N3L 2Y8
Tel: (519) 577-0735
Fax: (519) 884-3909
E-Mail: gloryto@rogers.com
(English-Chinese)

PICKERING

TERESA JAROSZ
1730 McPherson Court, Unit 6
Pickering, Ontario
L1W 3E6
Mail only - 701 Rossland Road East
Suite 399
Whitby, ON L1N 9K3
Tel: (905) 725-8895
FAX: (905) 725-4015
E-Mail: teresajarosz@yahoo.ca
Website: www.childadopt.ca

PAT CONVERY
1897 Sprucehill Road
Pickering, ON L1V 1S6
Tel: (416) 579-0472
Fax: 1-866-216-4582
E-Mail: patconvery@sympatico.ca

RICHMOND HILL

TINA MCCANN
Box 32029 RPO Harding
Richmond Hill, ON L4C 9S3
Tel: (905) 475-3386
Fax: (905) 780-1964
E-Mail: tinamccann@sympatico.ca

SARNIA

DR. ANNE TOTH
265 North Front Street, Suite 411-L
Sarnia, ON N7T 7X1
Tel/TTY: (519) 337-3357
Fax: (519) 337-0315
Cell: (519) 330-3357
E-Mail: DrAnneToth@rogers.com
(English, French & American Sign Language)

SAULT STE. MARIE

LINDA SCHRAEDER
Adoption Counselling Algoma
359 River Road
Sault Ste. Marie, ON P6A 5K9
Res: (705) 759-6146
Fax: (705) 759-6013
E-mail: adoptionalgoma@shaw.ca
Website: www.adoptionalgoma.ca

ST. CATHARINES

LINDA REID
6 Blue Spruce Court
St. Catharines, ON L2N 4E7
Tel: (905) 935-2568
Fax: (905) 935-2568
E-Mail: lreid2@cogeco.ca

SUDBURY

JUDITH KRASUSKI
349 Albinson Street
Sudbury, ON P3C 3W4
Tel: (705) 673-2942
Fax: (705) 675-7091
E-mail: judith.krasuski@gmail.com

THORNHILL

SHEILA NEUBURGER
#612 – 1 Clark Avenue West
Thornhill, ON L4J 7Y6
Tel: (905) 886-4262
Fax: (905) 886-8787
E-Mail: sheilaneuburger@rogers.com

KAREN RYBKO
129 Gailcrest Circle
Thornhill, ON L4J 5V8
Tel: (905) 886-8475
Fax: (905) 513-6306
E-Mail: karenrybko@hotmail.com

THUNDER BAY

DEANNA WARD
328 Regina Avenue
Thunder Bay, ON P7B 5B8
Tel: (807) 621-8966
Fax: (807) 701-5955
E-mail: deannaward@tbaytel.net

TORONTO

ANDREA GORDON ABRAHAMS
388 Bloor Street East
Suite # 1101
Toronto, Ontario M4W 3W9
Cell: (416) 576-8208
Fax: (416) 364-7826
E-Mail: andrea@adoptionpractitioner.com

ANGELA AL-HILLAL
156 Dewhurst Boulevard
Toronto, ON M4J 3J9
Tel: (416) 466-1046
Fax: 466-9725
E-Mail: angela.alhillal095@sympatico.ca

MARY ALLAN
25 Tanager Avenue
Toronto, ON M4G 3P9
Tel: 416-458-7161
Fax: 647-438-5084
E-Mail: meabest@rogers.com

MARIE ARTT
40 Riverdale Avenue
Toronto, ON M4K 1C3
Tel: (416) 469-2424
Fax: (416) 469-1095
E-Mail: clinicaladoption@primus.ca

ANN BERNARDO
#2 – 82 Cassandra Boulevard
Toronto, ON M3A 1S6
Tel: 416-826-4595
E-mail: annbernardo100@gmail.com

MICHAEL BLUGERMAN
Children's Resource Centre
100 St. Clair Street West
Toronto, ON M4V 1N3
Tel: (416) 923-7771
Fax: (416) 923-1260
E-Mail: michael@ontarioadoptions.com

PATRICIA FENTON
60 St. Clair Street West, Suite 301
Toronto, ON M4V 1M1
Tel: (416) 486-1056
E-Mail: pfenton@mandt.ca
Website: www.milestonesandtransitions.com

SHARON GOLLERT
50 Gervais Drive, Suite 504
Toronto, ON M3C 1Z3
Tel: (416) 917-7568
Email: sgollert@bell.net
Website: www.sharongollert.com

SUZANNE GRI
15 Burnt Log Crescent
Etobicoke, ON M9C 2J7
Tel: (416) 418-0823
Fax: (416) 915-7158
E-mail: sgri@rogers.com

RAMANI R. JAYAKUMAR
130 Westmore Drive, Suite 5
Toronto, ON
M9V 5E2
Tel: 416-305-5974
Fax: 905-497-2599
E-mail: rjayakumar@rogers.com

MARY ANN KENNEDY
75 Wynford Heights Crescent
Suite #401
Toronto, ON M3C 3H9
Tel: (416) 446-6040
E-Mail: maryannkennedy@rogers.com

LISA KREINDLER
206 St. Clair Avenue West
Toronto, ON M4V 1R2
Tel: (647) 289-4509
Email: lisa.kreindler@gmail.com
Website: www.adoptioncounsellingassociates.com

JOAN MONTGOMERIE
# 802 - 445 Eglinton Avenue East
Toronto, ON M4P 1N1
Tel: (416) 488-3698
E-mail: jmontgo50@gmail.com

DAGMAR NIFFELER
174 Angus Drive
Toronto ON M2J 2Z1
Tel/Fax: (416) 493-5150
E-mail: dagmarniffeler@gmail.com
(English & French)

MAUREEN O'DELL
67 Kennedy Park Road
Toronto, ON m6p 3H2
Tel: (416) 762-1999
E-Mail: maureenodell@hotmail.com

JACKIE POPLACK
65 Wembley Road
Toronto, ON M6C 2G1
Tel: (416) 782-5354
Fax: (416) 781-5678
E-Mail: jpoplack@sympatico.ca
Website: www.adoptioncounsellingassociates.com

ANNE SHEEHAN
130 Carlton Street
Suite #711
Toronto, ON M5A 4K3
Tel/Fax: (416) 922-0207
E-mail: annsheehan@rogers.com
(English & French)

BARBARA STEINBERG
65 Mossgrove Trail
Toronto, ON M2L 2W2
Tel: (416) 447-1323
Fax: (416) 916-5575
E-Mail: barbsteinberg@rogers.com

SOFIE STERGIANIS
105 Belsize Drive
Suite # 2
Toronto, ON M4S 1L3
Tel: (416) 483-0003
Fax: (416) 483-0018
E-Mail: adoption@rogers.com
Website: www.adoptioneducation.ca

BETTY ANN STREETER
75 Alcorn Avenue
Toronto, Ont M4V 1E5
Tel: 416-969-7930
E-mail: adoption.paradigm@rogers.com

KAREN TURNER
150 St. Helen's Avenue
Toronto, ON M6H 4A1
Tel: (416) 516-1577
Fax: (416) 516-9043
E-mail: karenturner@sympatico.ca

TERRI SIKORA
161 Colbeck Street
Toronto, ON M6S 1V8
Tel: (416) 762-4944
Fax: (416) 762-2405
E-mail: tsikoraadoption@hotmail.com
(Currently not taking new clients until Fall 2017.)

UXBRIDGE

PETER CALLENS
16 Turner Drive
Uxbridge, ON L9P 1V4
Tel: (905) 862-2518
Fax: (905) 862-3054
E-Mail: pcallens@sympatico.ca
Website: www.ndacs.ca

VAUGHAN

TINA MCCANN
411 Confederation Parkway
Unit 12, Suite 104
Vaughan, ON L4K 3P7
Tel: (905) 475-3386
Fax: (905) 780-1964
E-Mail: tinamccann@sympatico.ca

WHITBY

SALVATORE GAROFALO
27 Jacob Drive
Whitby, ON LIP 1A9
Tel: (905) 668-2768
Fax: (905) 668-8252
(English-Italian)
E-Mail: sal_garofalo@sympatico.ca
Website: www.SalGarofalo.com

WINDSOR

JANICE CONGRAM
393 Pinehurst
Belle River, ON N0R 1A0
Tel: 519-727-6705
Fax: 519-979-8084
E-Mail: jscongram@sympatico.ca

LORRAINE MURPHY
P.O. Box 24041
Windsor, ON N8Y 4Y9
Tel: (519) 258-9814
Fax: (519) 252-7487
E-Mail: lmurphy@jet2.net
(English-some French)