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In the late 1960s, at the age of eighteen and living far from home amidst the thriving counterculture of Ottawa, Marilyn Churley got pregnant. Like thousands of other women of the time she kept the event a secret. Faced with few options, she gave the baby up for adoption. Over twenty years later, as the Ontario NDP government’s minister responsible for all birth, death, and adoption records, including those of her own child, Churley found herself in a surprising and powerful position–fully engaged in the long and difficult battle to reform adoption disclosure laws and find her son.

Welcome, come on in. I know that finding the time to listen to something that is not Cocomelon or Daniel Tiger may not normally be on our radar - So I want to honor you right from the start because I see you choosing to spend your precious few moments of time with me. It takes a moment to decide you are wanting more. To reach out for a friend. To reach out for a listening ear. And it takes a lot of courage and trust to reach out for help. I want to just immediately tell you - I see you. I see you putting yourself in a posture of learning - a posture of wanting to grow - and a posture of ...