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Foster Child

In this documentary, filmmaker Gil Cardinal searches for his biological family to try and understand how he ended up in foster care as an infant. In his search, Cardinal encounters frustration and loss, but eventually finds answers and a new appreciation of his Métis culture.

Niveau scolaire 9 - 12

Family Studies/Home Economics / Family Diversity and Challenges

Aboriginal Studies / Identity/Society

Description pédagogique:

Get students' opinions about whether they think that Gil's mother gave him up for the right reasons. Do you agree she was being unselfish in doing so? In the student's community, find out where a woman could go to give up her child. See if there are places that could help a single mother financially and with shelter if she wanted to keep her child. Ask students to imagine if they were a foster or an adoptive parent. If the child were from another culture living with them, would they educate the child so that it knew about its culture? Use the following link to see moments of people reacting to finding a lost family member.


 

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  • yuallthetime

    yuallthetime

      «I kept rooting for Gil to not be afraid to go forward. Thinking about how old he would be now. Did this search make him a better husband and father and possibly grandfather? How did this change his life? Was he more grounded? Did he feel safe to share who he really was inside and love deeper with the joy of a connecting bond? Did Gil keep in contact with his found relatives? So many questions that only another documentary could answer. Thank you for sharing this intimate path of discovery Gil. »

    23 Jan 2010

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