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Join KAAN from June 21 – 23 for three days of keynotes, films, presentations, roundtables, performers, exhibits, support forums, and life-changing community. KAAN offers an Adoptee-Only track, as well as sessions for a general audience that are open to all. There are programs for adults aged 18+ and youth aged 8-17. Everyone is welcome, including adoptees, birth families, family members (adoptive parents, spouses/partners, siblings, and children of adoptees), service providers, and Korean Americans. If you have any questions, please feel free to email us at tech@wearekaan.org.

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Michael Thielmann

Adoptee-Only Dinner Lead
Toronto. ON Canada

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Michael Thielmann is a Korean American Canadian currently residing in Toronto, Canada, and living in a multi-generational Korean home with his spouse and her family. With a B.S. in Christian Counseling and Masters in Human Services, he has been focusing his efforts on behaviour change and skills development for marginalized/racialized/newcomer/refugee people groups seeking long-term meaningful work. His current involvement within the adoptee constellation is leading the Adoptee-Only Dinner and First Timer-Sessions at KAAN, developing the young adult/adult adoptee facets of the Korean Canadian Adoptee Association in Canada, and working with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) with efforts to document the Korean Canadian adoptee existence in Canadian history.
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  • Filter By Date KAAN 2024 Conference Jun 21 -23, 2024
  • Filter By Venue 6100 North River Road, Rosemont, Illinois 60018, USA
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  • Activities
  • Adoptee-Only Dinner
  • Adoptee-Only Session
  • Check-In
  • Exhibitors & Sponsors
  • Fishbowl Session (Adoptee-Centered But Non-Adoptees May Attend To Listen)
  • General Session (Open To All Attendees)
  • KAAN
  • Leadership
  • Mainstage Event
  • Meals
  • Youth Program