Track listing Īll tracks written by Gord Downie unless otherwise noted. All proceeds from the album are being donated to the University of Manitoba's National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation. The centrepiece of the project is Secret Path, Downie's fifth studio album and the final album released during his lifetime. The project was further followed in 2018 by Finding the Secret Path, a documentary film by Downie's brother Mike Downie about the creation of the original project. The concert was aired by CBC Television in October 2017 following Downie's death. ĭownie performed the album in a concert at Roy Thomson Hall on October 21, 2016, which was his last full concert performance in his lifetime and was attended by members of the Wenjack family. All proceeds from the album and book are being donated to the University of Manitoba's National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation. The album was accompanied by a graphic novel of the same name, written by Downie, illustrated by Jeff Lemire, and published by Simon & Schuster as well as an animated television film aired on CBC Television on October 23, 2016. The album Secret Path was the fifth studio album by Gord Downie and the final album released during his lifetime. Released on October 18, 2016, the centrepiece of the project is a concept album about Chanie Wenjack, a young Anishinaabe boy from the Marten Falls First Nation who died in 1966 while trying to return home after escaping from an Indian residential school. Secret Path is a Canadian multimedia storytelling project including a ten-song music album and tour, a graphic novel, an animated television film, and instructional materials. Fifth St., Los Angeles CA 90071 or call (213) 228-7272.The Bathouse Recording Studio, Bath, ON, Canada, Make a donation by check to the Los Angeles Public Library and send it to:.Foundation members receive a variety of benefits with their membership. The Library Foundation is a non-profit organization that raises funds for Library enhancement programs such as adult and early literacy, children and teen reading clubs, technology, and cultural programs. Join the Library Foundation of Los Angeles.For more information click here or talk to your local librarian. Friends groups raise money for improvements to their library through memberships, used book sales and other activities. There is a “Friends of the Library” group for most branch libraries and departments of the Central Library. You can support the Los Angeles Public Library in several ways: With more people than ever before using the library-a record 17 million last year alone-your support helps the Library provide people with the resources they need to succeed and thrive. Through its Central Library and 72 branches, the Los Angeles Public Library provides free and easy access to information, ideas, books and technology that enrich, educate and empower every individual in our city's diverse communities. The Los Angeles Public Library serves the largest most diverse population of any library in the United States. You can read more about this history here as well as check out the Secret Path by Gord Downie. They included the Fort Bidwell School near Chico CA, and the Sherman Institute in Riverside CA, which opened in 1902, and is still in operation today. The United States had numerous schools throughout the country with some in California that ran from the 1880’s all the way up to the present day. The type of “reeducation” that the Secret Path highlights, was not relegated to Canada alone. To that end, all the proceeds from the sale of Secret Path will go to the Gord Downie Secret Path Fund for Truth and Reconciliation via The National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation at The University of Manitoba. Gord was introduced to Chanie Wenjack (miscalled “Charlie” by his teachers) by Mike Downie, his brother, who shared with him Ian Adams’ Maclean’s story from February 6, 1967, The Lonely Death of Charlie Wenjack.”ĭownie hoped Secret Path would bring more attention to the plight of indigenous communities in Canada. “Chanie Wenjack, was a twelve year-old boy who died fifty years ago on October 22, 1966, in flight from the Cecilia Jeffrey Indian Residential School near Kenora, Ontario, walking home to the family he was taken from over 600 miles away. The project focused on the short and tragic life of Chanie Wenjack, an indigenous 12-year-old boy who froze to death trying to escape the Cecilia Jeffrey Indian Residential School. Last year he released a solo project called the Secret Path which included a graphic novel and an animated film. In addition to five solo albums, Downie was very involved with environmental issues and Canada’s indigenous community. Pearl Wenjack, Chanie's sister, with Gord Downie (Alvin Fiddler/Twitter)
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