Secret Path

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Secret Path
- Jeff Lemire
- Graphic novel
- Gordon Downie
- Secret Path
Secret Path is a ten song digital download album by Gord Downie with a graphic novel by illustrator Jeff Lemire that tells the story of Chanie â€œCharlieâ€ Wenjack, a twelve-year-old boy who died in flight from the Cecilia Jeffrey Indian Residential School fifty years ago.

Chanie, misnamed Charlie by his teachers, was a young boy who died on October 22, 1966, walking the railroad tracks, trying to escape from the Cecilia Jeffrey Indian Residential School to return home. Chanieâ€™s home was 400 miles away. He didnâ€™t know that. He didnâ€™t know where it was, nor how to find it, but, like so many kidsâ€”more than anyone will be able to imagineâ€”he tried.

Chanieâ€™s story is Canadaâ€™s story. We are not the country we thought we were. History will be re-written. We are all accountable. Secret Path acknowledges a dark part of Canadaâ€™s historyâ€”the long suppressed mistreatment of Indigenous children and families by the residential school systemâ€”with the hope of starting our country on a road to reconciliation. Every year as we remember Chanie Wenjack, the hope for Secret Path is that it educates all Canadians young and old on this omitted part of our history, urging our entire nation to play an active role in the preservation of Indigenous lives and culture in Canada.

The next hundred years are going to be painful as we come to know Chanie Wenjack and thousands like himâ€”as we find out about ourselves, about all of usâ€”but only when we do can we truly call ourselves, â€œCanada.â€

Proceeds from Secret Path will be donated to The Gord Downie Secret Path Fund for Truth and Reconciliation via The National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation (NCTR) at The University of Manitoba.
Country USA
Brand Simon & Schuster
Manufacturer Simon & Schuster
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 9781501155949
ReleaseDate 2016-10-18
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781501155949

Country	USA
Brand	Simon & Schuster
Manufacturer	Simon & Schuster
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	9781501155949
ReleaseDate	2016-10-18
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781501155949

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