And now, Gord Downie has released an album and film about Chanie Wenjack's life. Chanie's sister, Pearl, and Gord Downie's brother, filmmaker Mike Downie, join Carol Off in the As It Happens studio.

The Gord Downie & Chanie Wenjack Fund (DWF) was created out of two families coming together to make change, uphold Chanie and Gord's legacies, and create a pathway on the journey toward ...

The Ojibwe “Oshki Wupoowane”, “a new blanket” in English, was chosen as the name of The Blanket Fund in collaboration with Chanie Wenjack’s family.

The change that Pearl Wenjack has been seeking for 50 years, since her brother Chanie died while running away from residential school, is finally happening.

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.

I first met Gord Downie and his brother Mike back in the winter of 2014. They wanted to discuss a potential project and, over coffee, they told me the story of Chanie "Charlie" Wenjack.

Meet the journalist who inspired Gord Downie and Joseph Boyden to write about Chanie Wenjack In 1966, Ian Adams stared down at the body of Chanie Wenjack and vowed his name would not be forgotten ...

For more information about the Gord Downie & Chanie Wenjack Fund and the Legacy Space program, visit the DWF website. Dalhousie's commitment The Legacy Space at Dal is being launched during the ...

St. Lawrence College has unveiled a Gord Downie and Chanie Wenjack "legacy space" at its Kingston, Ont., campus. The space is inspired by the memory of Wenjack, an Indigenous boy who escaped his ...

Inspired by Chanie’s story and Gord’s call to build a better Canada, the Gord Downie & Chanie Wenjack Fund aims to build cultural understanding and create a path toward reconciliation between ...

Fifty years after Chanie Wenjack's tragic death while running away from residential school, his sister says it's time every First Nation had its own school.

The Gord Downie & Chanie Wenjack Fund (DWF) was created out of two families coming together to make change, uphold Chanie and Gord's legacies, and create a pathway on the journey toward ...