OK – Comic series of the CONTACT Project

CONTACT Research Team (2024)
Published on November 19, 2024

Design and scientific coordination: Anaïs Martin

Coordination and script: Anaïs Martin & Jean-Charles Andrieu de Lévis

Illustrations: Laurent Masri-Clermont

Script-writing assistance and scientific-data preparation: Simon Desjardins

English adaption: Andrea Zanin, Anaïs Martin, & Simon Desjardins

Production and scientific mentoring: Isabel Côté

Funding: Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council

In 2023-2024, our research team met 15 sperm donors and 12 egg donors from the United States, Australia and Canada, who were contacted by people conceived using their donations. Drawing on their stories and our research findings, we created 9 fictional stories, complemented by informative texts to help readers better understand their experience.

How to cite this publication

Martin, A., Andrieu de Lévis, J.-C., Masri-Clermont, L., Desjardins, S., & Côté, I. (2024). Contacts. Stories from egg and sperm donors. Canada Research Chair in Third-Party Reproduction and Family Ties, Université du Québec en Outaouais.

  • Anaïs Martin

    Anthropologist (PhD) and postdoctoral fellow in the department of social work at Université du Québec en Outaouais
  • Isabel Côté

    Professor in the department of social work at Université du Québec en Outaouais

Project

  • Contact: the experiences of gamete donors contacted by their donor offspring

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