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      • Refer an Educator
      • Artist Ambassador Workshop for Indigenous History Month
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      • Register your School
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      • Update Educator Contact Information
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      • 2022 Virtual Programming
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      • 2021 Virtual Programming
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      • 2022: Indigenous Perspectives on the Pope’s Apology
      • 2021: What this means for reconciliation in Canada
      • 2021: A Day for Truth and Reconciliation
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Join the Legacy Schools Program

From February 13 to March 31, 2023, when you sign up for the Legacy Schools program as an educator or youth group leader, you will be entered into a draw to win one of fifteen prizes! Already in the program? Refer someone else and you’ll BOTH be entered to win!

Prizes include:

One of six Gord Downie & Chanie Wenjack Fund sweaters valued at $60 each

One of five gift cards worth $20 each from Bangin’ Bannock

One $100 gift card from Emily Kewageshig’s Giizhig Studio

One $100 gift card from Goodminds

One $100 gift card from Patrick Hunter Art & Design

One $100 gift card from Nish Tees

To enter, simply complete the registration form below. If you are referring someone, they will be prompted to enter your information in the referral section. The fifterrn winners will be selected by random draw in April 2023.

The more referrals you make, the greater your odds of winning, so refer as many colleagues as you can!

 
Official Contest Rules

Legacy Schools Registration Form

In registering for the Legacy Schools program, you are committed to:

  1. Understanding the Secret Path graphic novel as a teaching tool (included in the Legacy Schools toolkit).
  2. Using the Legacy School resources in your classroom/school with the support of the Legacy School Toolkit.
  3. Inspiring others to engage in acts of reconciliation through continued awareness, education, and connection (reconciliACTIONs).
  4. Supporting others in creating reconciliACTION events, and/or fundraising for local Indigenous organizations and/or DWF.
  5. We encourage at least one reconciliACTION to take place annually during Secret Path Week (October 17-22) with on-going learning and reconciliACTIONs happening throughout the year.
  6. Sharing your experiences about the impact of the Legacy Schools program and reconciliACTIONs with DWF.

Please note registrations are only accepted within Canada. We encourage you to consult with your school/club administration prior to signing up. We also encourage you, to let your colleagues and community know about DWF and the Legacy Schools & Legacy Spaces programs to help move reconciliation forward.

Feel free to contact: LegacySchools@DownieWenjack.ca with any questions.

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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 peoples in Canada.

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