The Legacy Schools program is a free national initiative to engage, empower and connect students and educators to further reconciliation through awareness, education and action (#reconciliACTION).
All schools across Canada are encouraged to join us by signing up with the registration form below. We provide educational resources and program development for Legacy Schools to help ensure that the unique interests, rights, and perspectives of Indigenous peoples are recognized and implemented in schools and communities across Canada.
Upon signing up as a Legacy Schools, educators will receive a Legacy Schools Toolkit free-of-charge in the fall for the start of the school year (existing schools will receive a booster pack).
These toolkits contain resources to engage students, staff, and the school community and act as a catalyst for their commitment to the work of reconciliation.
In becoming a Legacy School, educators commit to:
1) Understanding the Secret Path graphic novel as a teaching tool (included in the Legacy Schools toolkit).
2) Using the Legacy School resources (located online) in your classroom/school with the support of the Legacy School Toolkit.
2) Inspiring your students to engage in acts of reconciliation through continued awareness, education, and action (reconciliACTIONs).
3) Supporting your class in creating reconciliACTION events, and/or fundraising for local Indigenous organizations and/or DWF.
4) We encourage at least one reconciliACTION to take place during our annual Secret Path Week (October 17-22) with on-going learning and reconciliACTIONs happening throughout the year.
5) Sharing your school events about the impact of the Legacy Schools Toolkit and reconciliACTIONs with DWF.
Please note registrations are only accepted for schools in Canada. We encourage you to consult with your school administration prior to signing up. We also encourage you, with administration approval, to let your whole school know about the program and how as a school community you can help move reconciliation forward.
Feel free to contact LegacySchools@DownieWenjack.ca if you have any questions.
The program was made possible through the generous support of RBC Foundation, in support of RBC Future Launch.
The Gord Downie & Chanie Wenjack Fund gratefully acknowledges the T. R. Meighen Family Foundation for their generous support of the Legacy Schools program. The Legacy Schools program and the contents of the accompanying resource kit are made possible because of their support.
DWF would also like to recognize the Nuclear Waste Management Organization, the Canada Post Community Foundation, and the Winnipeg Foundation for their contributions to the 2020-2021 Legacy Schools program.
Inspired by Chanie’s story and Gord’s call to build a better Canada, the Gord Downie & Chanie Wenjack Fund aims to build cultural understanding and create a path toward reconciliation between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples. Our goal is to improve the lives of Indigenous people by building awareness, education, and connections between all Canadians.
Phone: 1-844-944-4545
E-mail: staff@downiewenjack.ca
Address:
PO BOX 749
OHSWEKEN, ON
N0A1M0
