Pseudo-Identities (Youth)
Italian-African American 17-year-old student of mixed heritage. He identifies himself as Italian. / White, male, 18-year-old valedictorian and son of wealthy banker. He has been accepted to the best university in his area. / 16-year-old female who works at the bakery to help her immigrant family. She has been raised catholic. Her mom speaks very little English.16-year-old first nations female student attending a private all girls school on scholarship. She is one of the few minorities in the school. / 17-year-old straight male that identifies as a Goth in a strict, Catholic school. / 15-year-old Fahran just transferred from Afghanistan. He has to attend an ESL class for the next couple of years.
15-year-old Hispanic-Canadian gay male high-school student who is a practicing Catholic. / Catholic Italian female who is a recent immigrant to Canada and does not speak English. / 17-year-old white student, who is a sports jock and very popular in the school.
14-year-old African-Canadian student who listens to rap and wants to be Doctor. Every time he visits the local convenience store, the clerk watches him. / 18-year-old, Asian-Canadian disabled female, using a wheel chair and is a practicing Atheist. / 16-year-old student who is deaf. She uses sign language to communicate.
17-year-old white stay at the home mom of two small children living on welfare. She is studying by distance education. / Grade 8 student with learning difficulties, thinking of dropping out of school. Parents don’t think really expect him to graduate. / Indo-Canadian female, wh is dating a white male. Her family is against the relationship. She is thinking of getting pregnant.
Goth dressed white male student, who is in a relationship with a black female. His family deals with issues of poverty. / 17, White female whose father is rich. She skies for the Christmas holidays and stays in a condo on weekend when not in school. / 16-year-old Cambodian male, ESL. His family ignores him and he is behind at school by 2 years. He is always by himself and looks lonely.
18-year old female, who is a practicing Wiccan (witch). She works at an office that is run by a Catholic male. / 17, African-Canadian male. He is talented in basketball. Often late for practice as he has to look after his siblings. / 18-year old Canadian born male whose parents are both from Afghanistan. He is planning a trip to the US.
Grade 12 student who is a lesbian. / 16-year-old Caucasian male who is living on the street because his father lost his job. / 16-year-old male who came out to his parents and friends that he was gay. He attends a strict, religious school.