International Social Service Canada webinar

This session will provide practical tools and insights to help you better support children and families with international ties. Topics will include family reunification, kinship placements, record checks and post-adoption tracing. We'll also explore real case examples and walk through the referral process to ISS Canada, giving you a clear understanding of how to access and utilize their cross-border services effectively.

Join us on November 3, 2025 at 10-11:30 am for this FREE webinar, delivered via Teams.

The event will feature speakers from CWICE and Sylvie Lapointe, Executive Director of ISS Canada. Sylvie started working for ISS Canada as a part-time social worker in 2001. With now 22 years of experience, she has worked on numerous cross border cases and continues to provide insight on high level cases at the ISS Canada office. For the last 5 years, Sylvie has served as the vice-chair of the ISS Professional Advisory Committee and has been the Master Trainer for the ISS Network, training new members and partners from across the globe on cross border casework methodology. Sylvie had the opportunity to travel to Africa as she contributed to ISS global project 'A better future is possible' in Mauritius (2015) and worked with ISS General Secretariat staff to provide training on child protection, children’s rights, and adoption in Guinea in July 2017. Sylvie was given a special award from a Canadian regional police assoc. for her role in the successful return of 2 Canadian children who had been wrongfully detained by their parent in a foreign country.

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