Canada

The following information includes websites and contacts that may not be directly connected to AVI but are presented so as to assist with everyone getting better connected. If you would like to add yoru details or ammend them, please email: adoptedvietnamese@hotmail.com and don't forget to check out AVI's New Blogs page VN adoptee blogs on the Internet.

Community:-

- Trent and Thanh were children airlifted April 1975 from Vietnam to Surrey Place, Toronto, Ontario and have a group and online resource for Vietnamese adoptees livingin in Canada. They look forward to connecting with others and have held some memorable events commemorating their history and networking with other Vietnamese.  Trent's (non-adopted) sister Heather has also played a role in this intiative and siblings are welcome.

http://www.57orphans.com/
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/57orphans/

- Heather McDonald survived that famous Operation Babylift crash. She's from Providence Can Tho and New Haven - leaving at 9 months.  She welcomes contacts from other C5 survivors and Canadian Vietnamese adoptees.
Email: heather@freecouch.com

- Thi Lien B. / Tham - current email tba

- There are also many more Canadian adoptees now listed on facebook.

OTHER

-Canadian Vietnamese adoptee Mai, adoption from Saigon in 1969. She was adopted by a family from Quebec. Email address is rebba@axion.net

-Story from parents who have two adopted children from Vietnam see Marc Thang Trong Le Couture

-Egroup for Toronto parents who are adopting or have adopted from Vietnam. If you are interested in joining please send an email to: vietnamadopters@yahoogroups.com

-Asian Canadian Community:www.asian.ca/community/

-Vietnamese Community Centre of Mississauga:www.miag-spc.org/Groups/directory24.html

-Ottawa Vietnamese - Links:www.vietfederation.ca/ottawa/viet_com.htm

-VietHeart: What's Cool ... A website for Vietnamese community in Canada:www.vietheart.com/Cool/

- www.VietnamArtBooks.com - Art News, Art Books, Art Galleries, Art
Exhibitions worldwide. A source of knowledge about Vietnamese Art and the
people who make it happen.

General:-

1.Adoption agencies in Canada specializing in Vietnam Travel clinic gives medical tips for Vietnam: www.familyhelper.net/ad/ahvn.html

2.Canada and the Vietnam War: www.geocities.com/Athens/Rhodes/1588/

3.Prentice Hall Canada - Vietnam War:www.prenticehall.ca/list_ac/searches/SH0112.html

4.Canada Travel: Destinations: Vietnam:www.excite.ca/travel/countries/vietnam

5.Vietnam Canada Trading Corporation:www.wuta.com/~vietnam/

6.A Demographic And Socioeconomic Profile Of The Vietnamese Community In Canada:ceris.metropolis.net/virtual%20library/community/pfeifer1.html

7. A website for Vietnamese community in Canada Vietnamese :www.vietheart.com/VIETNAMESE_SITES/