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Mike Downie Visits Legacy Schools in Cambridge, Linwood and Kitchener Waterloo

February 25, 2020 in /by

Late January, Mike Downie joined DWF staff in visiting several Legacy Schools; Linwood Public School, Kitchener-Waterloo Vocational & Collegiate Institute (KCI), Waterloo Collegiate Institute (WCI) and Ryerson Public School in Cambridge. Every Legacy School begins the journey to understanding our shared Canadian history from a different place – be it location, age, knowledge – and […]

Celebrating Gord Downie’s Birthday with Acoustic Hip from Starpainters

February 2, 2020 in /by

A Journal of Musical Things – Gord Downie would’ve celebrated his 56th birthday on February 6. As has become tradition, Buffalo’s Strictly Hip is throwing a party to benefit the Gord Downie & Wenjack Fund, inviting along some friends to help keep Downie’s spirit alive and to answer his call to Do Something in the name […]

Jesse Thistle Joins The Artist Ambassador Program As Our First Author

November 28, 2019 in /by

In 2016 Jesse Thistle, a Metis-Cree bestselling author, had the honour of meeting Gord Downie by chance one night in Toronto. Jesse was able to share with Gord the wonderful work he was doing at the time around intergenerational trauma. He remembers talking to Gord, “I thanked him for the work that he was doing on […]

Secret Path Week at Exploring by The Seat of Your Pants

November 12, 2019 in /by

We are happy to be able to provide you all with access to the in-class, interactive sessions that took place at Exploring by The Seat of Your Pants (EBTSOYP) for Secret Path Week. DWF would like to extend a very special thanks to Joe Grabowski at EBTSOYP for hosting all of the sessions and organizing […]

Over 100 Students and Educators Provided With Opportunity to Attend Secret Path Live

November 8, 2019 in /by

Secret Path Live was an incredibly moving and impactful night for so many people, made even more special thanks to the generous support of the Buy One, Give One (BOGO) ticket purchasers. The BOGO ticket included one complimentary ticket for a Legacy School student or Indigenous youth who could not otherwise afford to attend the show. Through […]

Waterford walks for Wenjack

October 23, 2019 in /by

Simcor Reformer – Students at Waterford Public School participated in the school’s first Walk for Wenjack event. Grades 3 through 8 attended an assembly Monday to learn about the story of Chanie Wenjack, an Anishinaabe boy who died in 1966 at the age of 12 when he escaped a residential school…read more.