found: Foster child, c1995:closing credits (Gil Cardinal)
found: Internet movie database, June 6, 2002(Gil Cardinal; director, writer, actor, producer)
found: Globe and mail, 18 December 2015, online, viewed 29 September 2016(Gil Cardinal; Gilbert Joseph Cardinal, born in Edmonton on July 19, 1950, died in Edmonton Nov. 21 of cirrhosis; when he was a year old, he was surrendered by his mother into the foster care system; studied at the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology; his films set high standards for aboriginal film in Canada; the Gil Cardinal Legacy Fund has been created to help emerging indigenous filmmakers)
found: Canadian encyclopedia online, viewed 29 September 2016:Gil Cardinal (Gil Cardinal; filmmaker; born 1950 in Edmonton, AB; died 21 November 2015 in Edmonton; at the age of two, placed in a foster home, remaining with his adopted family until he was 21 years old; in 1971, started working as a camera operator at Access network, leaving in 1980 to join the National Film Board, where he worked as a director, researcher, writer and editor; in 1997, received a National Aboriginal Achievement Award for Film and Television)
found: Wikipedia, viewed 29 September 2016:Gil Cardinal (Canadian filmmaker of Métis descent who only discovered his Métis roots while making his documentary Foster Child)
found: Amicus database, 29 September 2016(authorized access point: Cardinal, Gil)