STREAMING NOW ON CBC GEM. The Secret Path tells the true story of Chanie Wenjack, a 12-year-old boy who died while trying to escape from a residential school and travel back home to his family over 400 miles away. Watch the animated film, a series of shorts on the subject, and the memorable live concert from 2016, right here: https://gem.cbc.ca/category/the-secret-path/featured-all/9b3ea985-cccf-45a8-9c87-8745cbcba48f | CBC
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STREAMING NOW ON CBC GEM. The Secret Path tells the true story of Chanie Wenjack, a 12-year-old boy who died while trying to escape from a residential school and travel back home to his family over 400 miles away. Watch the animated film, a series of shorts on the subject, and the memorable live concert from 2016, right here: https://gem.cbc.ca/category/the-secret-path/featured-all/9b3ea985-cccf-45a8-9c87-8745cbcba48f | CBC
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Chanie Wenjack's death sparked the first inquest into the treatment of Indigenous children in residential schools. While you reflect on this National Truth and Reconciliation Day, take a moment to learn his story. | Historica Canada
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Chanie Wenjack's death sparked the first inquest into the treatment of Indigenous children in residential schools. While you reflect on this National Truth and Reconciliation Day, take a moment to learn his story. | Historica Canada
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Ramada Ramesh on Instagram: "The Secret Path tells the powerful and tragic true story of Chanie Wenjack, a young Indigenous boy who escapes from a Canadian residential school in the 1960s in an attempt to return home. The film explores themes of family, identity, and the devastating impact of the residential school system on Indigenous communities. It's a heart-wrenching story of courage, resilience, and the struggle for belonging in the face of systemic injustice. . . . #instagram #movie #reeli
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Ramada Ramesh on Instagram: "The Secret Path tells the powerful and tragic true story of Chanie Wenjack, a young Indigenous boy who escapes from a Canadian residential school in the 1960s in an attempt to return home. The film explores themes of family, identity, and the devastating impact of the residential school system on Indigenous communities. It's a heart-wrenching story of courage, resilience, and the struggle for belonging in the face of systemic injustice. . . . #instagram #movie #reeli
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The Secret Path: In The Classroom | Short Docs
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Chanie Wenjack’s story is a defining moment in the history of Canada and its reckoning with the residential school system. Born on January 19, 1954, on Marten Falls First Nation (Ogoki Post), Chanie was taken from his family at age nine and sent to the Cecilia Jeffrey Residential School in Kenora, Ontario. In 1966, at just 12 years old, he ran away in hopes of returning home more than 600 kilometres away. On October 22, 1966, Chanie was found beside the railway tracks, where he had died from sta
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Chanie Wenjack was one of thousands of residential school students who didn't survive. His story is remembered in a #HeritageMinute. #OrangeShirtDay
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Sisters of Chanie Wenjack speak about the ongoing pain caused by residential schools
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The sister of Chanie (Charlie) Wenjack works on education resource program connected to Gord Downie’s “The Secret Path”
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“Here, Here and Here” from “Secret Path” in concert - the story of Chanie Wenjack. Today, on #nationaldayfortruthandreconciliation learn how you can help to move reconciliation forward at downiewenjack.ca (Downie Wenjack Fund). | Gord Downie
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In the last year of his life, Gord Downie took on an ambitious project to tell the story of Chanie Wenjack, the 12-year-old boy who died trying to escape a residential school. Downie's brother Mike reflects on why it was so important to the iconic Canadian musician. | CBC News: The National
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Sceneshowtime on Instagram: "We need this kindness back❤️‍🩹 Secret Path (2016) is a haunting animated film based on the tragic true story of Chanie Wenjack, a 12-year-old Indigenous boy who died escaping a Canadian residential school in 1966. Created by Gord Downie, this powerful project combines music, visuals, and storytelling to confront the legacy of systemic abuse and give voice to the silenced. Genre: Animation, Biography, Drama Creator: Gord Downie Voice: Chanie Wenjack’s story, told thr
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Secret Path illustrator Jeff Lemire helped Gord Downie bring Chanie Wenjak's story to life
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Sending best wishes to Gord Downie at The JUNO Awards. With thanks again for bringing Chanie Wenjack’s story to WE Day audiences. Together, we walk the path towards reconciliation. Take the pledge at www.WE.ca | My Legacy Movement
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A group of inmates read Gord Downie’s Secret Path — and discover that they can deeply relate to Chanie Wenjack’s tragic story. Watch more: http://bit.ly/2xyWva0 | CBC Docs
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New Heritage Minute highlights shame of Canada’s residential schools
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Sister of Chanie Wenjack talks brother being inspiration for Gord Downie’s ‘The Secret Path’
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