Reconciliation in action: As part of the Legacy Schools program, students at Riverdale Collegiate Institute write out the names of Indigenous children who died in residential schools. TORONTO ...

He was an Indigenous boy who died 50 years ago trying to run away from a Northern Ontario residential school. And now, Gord Downie has released an album and film about Chanie Wenjack's life.

Downie learned Chanie (Charlie) Wenjack's story a few years ago from an article by Ian Adams originally published in Maclean's in 1967, and began crafting the 10 poems that would become Secret Path.

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On the eve of the 50th anniversary of Chanie Wenjack's passing, Gord Downie offered an impassioned retelling of his story through a collection of songs honouring the late Indigenous boy.

From Gord Downie And Jeff Lemire, An Album, Graphic Novel And TV Movie – Secret Path, A Memory Of Chanie Wenjack Published Fri, 09 Sep 2016 07:04:20 -0500 by Rich Johnston ...

After hearing about Chanie Wenjack’s life and death, Gord Downie began a personal project to tell the story of Chanie Wenjack. It began as ten poems written by Downie (who passed away from cancer in ...

Musician Gord Downie (right) visited Pearl Wenjack at her home in Marten Falls First Nation in September in advance of the launch of his Secret Path project, devoted to Pearl's brother Chanie ...

'I want the reader to be Chanie:' Joseph Boyden tells Chanie Wenjack's story; Gord Downie's Secret Path brings hope to Chanie Wenjack's family, 50 years after boy's death; ...

As National Indigenous History Month comes to a close, the Gord Downie and Chanie Wenjack Fund held the last of several virtual concerts featuring Indigenous elders and performers in an effort to ...

TORONTO, Sept. 29, 2020 /CNW/ - The Gord Downie & Chanie Wenjack Fund (DWF) and the Nuclear Waste Management Organization (NWMO) today announced plans to work together to create a meaningful ...