Richard Cardinal cry from a diary of a Metis child
Richard committed suicide at the age of 17, after spending 13 years in 28 diffenrent foster homes, group homes, shelters, and lockups throughout Alberta. His death and diary captured media attention, and prompted reform of Alberta's child welfare system.
"Richard committed suicide at the age of 17, after spending 13 years in 28 diffenrent foster homes, group homes, shelters, and lockups throughout Alberta. His death and diary captured media attention, and prompted reform of Alberta's child welfare system."@en
"Cardinal killed himself at the age of 17 after spending 13 years being shifted through a series of 28 different foster homes and shelters, often separated from his brothers and sisters. His death and the diary he left behind captured media attention and prompted reform of Alberta's child welfare system."@en
"Shows how Richard Cardinal, spent his short life moving in and out of 28 foster homes, group homes and shelters, and how in 1984 he committed suicide."@en
"A moving tribute to Richard Cardinal, a Métis adolescent who committed suicide in 1984. He had been taken from his home at the age of four because of family problems, and spent the rest of his seventeen short years moving in and out of twenty-eight foster homes, group homes and shelters in Alberta. A sensitive, articulate young man, Richard Cardinal left behind a diary upon which this film is based."
"A moving tribute to Richard Cardinal, a Métis adolescent who committed suicide in 1984. He had been taken from his home at the age of four because of family problems, and spent the rest of his seventeen short years moving in and out of twenty-eight foster homes, group homes and shelters in Alberta. A sensitive, articulate young man, Richard Cardinal left behind a diary upon which this film is based."@en
"Based on the diary of a native child put in foster care where he was abused and neglected and finally committed suicide. His death became the focus of a successful campaign to reform Alberta's child welfare legislation."
"A moving tribute to Richard Cardinal, a Métis adolescent who committed suicide in 1984. He had been taken from his home at the age of four because of family problems, and spent the rest of his seventeen short years moving in and out of twenty-eight foster homes, group homes and shelters in Alberta. A sensitive, articulate young man, Richard Cardinal left behind a diary upon which this film is based. (Award: San Francisco.)."@en
"Enlevé de son foyer à l'âge de quatre ans, à cause de problèmes familiaux, Richard Cardinal, un métis, s'est suicidé à l'âge de dix-sept ans. Pendant sa courte existence, il a changé vingt-huit fois de domicile, allant de foyers d'accueil en maisons d'hébergement, sans jamais trouver la stabilité et le bonheur."
"A moving tribute to Richard Cardinal, a Metis adolescent who committed suicide at 17, in 1984. Removed from his home at age 4 because of family problems, he was then moved between 28 foster homes, group homes and shelters in Alberta for the next 13 years. His diary upon which this film is based is a sad legacy of a troubled youth, his life and death, and Alberta's child welfare system. His death prompted an inquiry into and reform of Alberta's child welfare system."@en
"A moving tribute to Richard Cardinal, a Metis adolescent who committed suicide at 17, in 1984. Removed from his home at age 4 because of family problems, he was then moved between 28 foster homes, group homes and shelters in Alberta for the next 13 years. His diary upon which this film is based is a sad legacy of a troubled youth, his life and death, and Alberta's child welfare system. His death prompted an inquiry into and reform of Alberta's child welfare system."
"This powerful video is based on the diary of a Native child who was put in foster care and was subsequently shuttled from family to family throughout his short life. Abuse and neglect by both his foster families and the child welfare system characterized much of his treatment and, eventually, Cardinal committed suicide. His death became the focus of a successful campaign to reform Alberta's child welfare legislation."@en
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