Heritage Minutes
Orphans
A French Canadian family adopts Irish children orphaned during their voyage to Canada in the 1850s.
For more information about Irish famine orphans in Canada visit The Canadian Encyclopedia.
CAST
- Monsignor – Pierre Colin
- Molly – Jennifer Jenei
- Adoptive Father – Hugo Dube
- Nun – Helene Gregorie
- Adoptive Father - Husband of Mother who speaks – Jean L'Italien
- Smallest Orphan – Melissa Pirrera
- Priest – Andre Richard
- Adoptive Mother – Jasmine Roy
- Orphan – Christian Tessier
- Speaking Adoptive Mother – Johanne-Marie Tremblay
- Orphan – Kimberly Meehan
- Orphan – Adriana Greenbelt
- Orphan – Jason Harvey
- Mother – Paule Brochu
- Narrator – Katherine Trowell