When Gord Downie completed his new album Secret Path, he and his brother Mike Downie turned to cartoonist Jeff Lemire to illustrate a graphic novel that could visualize the story behind the music.

When award-winning illustrator and author Jeff Lemire was first approached by Gord Downie and his brother Mike to illustrate the story that became Secret Path, he turned them down. "I told those guys ...

Chanie Wenjack died 50 years ago this month: The Ojibwa boy froze by the side of Northern Ontario train tracks after running away from a residential school. Although his death resulted in Canada's ...

Secret Path is a multi-media project being released in Canada this November, from Gord Downie, Jeff Lemire and more. As a music album, comic book and TV animated movie. Downie is a Canadian rock ...

TORONTO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Today, Hudson’s Bay Foundation and the Gord Downie & Chanie Wenjack Fund (DWF) are proud to launch Oshki Wupoowane | The Blanket Fund. Moving forward, 100 per cent of net ...

National week of events taking place from October 17-22 to promote awareness around reconciliation, highlighted by Walk for Wenjack and a special broadcast of Secret Path Live. "My family is so ...

TORONTO, Oct. 9, 2019 /CNW/ - Today, the Gord Downie & Chanie Wenjack Fund (DWF) proudly announced the official launch of the second annual Secret Path Week. The goal of Secret Path Week is to answer ...

A cadre of Canadian authors and artists have created several projects to mark the 50th anniversary of the death of Chanie Wenjack, a First Nations boy, and to speak to Canadians about the injustices ...

With the full force of his influence, and with help from friends, Gord Downie may help Canadians see the dark legacy of residential schools The bet is that Chanie’s story, even a half-century after it ...

TORONTO, Oct. 16, 2025 /CNW/ - The Gord Downie & Chanie Wenjack Fund (DWF) is proud to announce an expanded partnership with Canadian Tire Corporation, Limited (TSX: CTC.A) (TSX: CTC), "CTC", "the ...

In October 1966, the body of a 12-year-old Anishinaabe boy was found beside an isolated rail line in the northern Ontario bush. Chanie Wenjack had run away from a Kenora residential school. His death ...