Of Cree and Métis ancestry , Jones grew up in Alberta and British Columbia . Battling suicidal impulses in his early teens as he came to terms with being gay , he recovered a sense of purpose by making short films and videos and attending the Gulf Islands Film and Television School , and subsequently moved to Toronto , Ontario to study film at Ryerson University . After graduating from Ryerson , his short film '' Cloudbreaker '' premiered at the 2006 Toronto International Film Festival , and he coordinated a youth film and video program for Toronto 's Inside Out Film and Video Festival
Inside Out Film and Video Festival
Inside Out Film and Video Festival
Adam Garnet Jones