Return to Secret Path Live

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Join us as we premiere the ‘Return to Secret Path Live’! This is a special broadcast of the benefit concert that took place during Secret Path Week 2019 at Roy Thomson Hall in Toronto. This unforgettable event brought together the original Secret Path band alongside a number of Indigenous and non-Indigenous artists to recreate Gord’s iconic performances. Register now for this special event.

If you’d like to view the broadcast with your friends or family at another time during Secret Path Week, we invite you to register for a viewing party. A shareable link will be emailed to you following registration.

Don’t miss this – ‘Return to Secret Path Live’ will only be available to view until October 22!

Gord’s Legacy – A Free Virtual Experience to Honour Gord Downie

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***We are calling on our community to submit a video of YOU performing your favourite Gord Downie/Tragically Hip songs and/or poems! More info below***
A HOT TICKET FREE ONLINE EVENT
SATURDAY 17 OCTOBER AT 7PM
FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre, St. Catharines, ON
With the passing of Gord Downie on 17 October 2017, Canadians lost one of our most beloved music icons.
Gord spent his final days shining a light on the reconciliation with this country’s First Peoples. He asked all Canadians to join the call to action. For the past few years, the FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre (PAC) has been honoured to host a group of Canadian artists who have joined our collective reconciliation journey with a concert to promote awareness, education and thoughtful action. This year, with the current realities, we have moved the program online.
We will be inviting special guest artists to share their favourite songs with us. Previous guests have included Tom Wilson, Danny Michel, Royal Wood and more!
We are also calling on our community to submit a video of YOU performing your favourite Gord Downie/Tragically Hip songs and/or poems!
We will choose video submissions to share as part of our virtual concert on Saturday 17 October along with live performances by artists who have been part of previous Gord’s Legacy concerts. We will provide a $75 honorarium to each of the chosen local submissions that will be aired. Local artists who submit a video will also be considered to perform live at future Gord’s Legacy concerts. The goal of this event is to provide an opportunity for a diverse, cross-section of amateur and professional musicians to share in honouring Gord Downie’s music, poetry and artistic work.
FOR SONG SUBMISSION DETAILS, please visit: https://firstontariopac.ca/…/Gord_Downie_Legacy_Concert…
This concert has been an opportunity for our community to come together to raise funds in support of the PAC’s ongoing commitment to the DOWNIE WENJACK FUND.
Inspired by the tragic story of a child who perished in attempts to return home from a Residential School and Gord Downie’s call to build a better Canada, the Gord Downie & Chanie Wenjack Fund (DWF) aims to build cultural understanding and create a path toward reconciliation between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples. The goal is to help improve the lives of Indigenous people by building awareness, education, and connections between all Canadians on the true history of Indigenous people in our country.
Secret Path Week is a national movement commemorating the legacies of Gord Downie and Chanie Wenjack, and takes place annually from October 17-22. This is a meaningful week as October 17th and 22nd respectively mark the dates that Gord Downie and Chanie Wenjack joined the spirit world. We call on all Canadians to use Secret Path Week to answer Gord Downie’s call to action, to “Do Something” by creating a reconciliACTION and furthering the conversation about the history of Residential Schools.
We encourage you to make a donation and tune in to the event LIVE!
DONATE HERE: https://firstontariopac.ca/online/Article/GordDownieFund
This HOT TICKET presentation by the FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre is part of our year-round commitment to Celebration of Nations Indigenous featured programming sponsored by Brock University.

Andrea Jane Reid – Exploring By The Seat Of Your Pants

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Exploring by the Seat of Your Pants is an organization which knocks down classroom walls and take students anywhere in the world, never having to leave their desks. It aims to inspire the next generation of students by bringing science, exploration, adventure, and conservation into classrooms through virtual speakers and field trips with leading experts across the globe.

For Secret Path Week, Exploring by the Seat of Your Pants will be focusing on Indigenous education featuring Indigenous scientists, explorers, artists, activists, and speakers.  This will be a valuable way to engage your class in reconciliation and encourage your students to “Do Something”!

Andrea is a fish biologist, diver, and conservationist. Her research blends many kinds of science to study stressed-out fish around the world: East Africa; Southeast Asia; Oceania; and the Pacific Northwest. She strives to engage Indigenous community members as active participants in the research process and is herself a member of the northern, coastal Nisga’a Nation. Andrea has been awarded a NSERC Alexander Graham Bell Canada Graduate Scholarship and Royal Canadian Geographical Society Grant in support of her work on Pacific salmon bycatch.

Trevor Sanipass – Exploring By The Seat Of Your Pants

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Exploring by the Seat of Your Pants is an organization which knocks down classroom walls and take students anywhere in the world, never having to leave their desks. It aims to inspire the next generation of students by bringing science, exploration, adventure, and conservation into classrooms through virtual speakers and field trips with leading experts across the globe.

For Secret Path Week, Exploring by the Seat of Your Pants will be focusing on Indigenous education featuring Indigenous scientists, explorers, artists, activists, and speakers.  This will be a valuable way to engage your class in reconciliation and encourage your students to “Do Something”!

Trevor is Mi’kmaq First Nations from the community of Eskasoni, Cape Breton Island (Unama’ki); he currently resides with his family in Lower Sackville, Nova Scotia. He is a very proud, direct descendant of the last hereditary Grand Chief John Denny Jr. Trevor is Indigenous Liaison with the Nova Scotia Department of Justice Correctional Services and served as a probation officer with the department for many years. Trevor is also an in-demand motivational speaker, a champion of diversity, and a role model for Indigenous and non-Indigenous people, including youth. He is known for sharing his culture, knowledge, and wisdom with Indigenous and non-Indigenous communities throughout the Atlantic Provinces. An advocate for healthy, active living, Trevor is well-known as a champion arm wrestler who placed 8th in the World Championships. He was named 2019 Coach of the Year by the Mi’kmaw Sport Council of Nova Scotia. He is also an associate producer and consultant for a television series called “Arm Nation” which first aired in the fall of 2018 on APTN. Trevor has written several books, some of which will soon be published by Nimbus.

Tasha Hubbard and Jade Tootoosis – Exploring By The Seat Of Your Pants

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Exploring by the Seat of Your Pants is an organization which knocks down classroom walls and take students anywhere in the world, never having to leave their desks. It aims to inspire the next generation of students by bringing science, exploration, adventure, and conservation into classrooms through virtual speakers and field trips with leading experts across the globe.

For Secret Path Week, Exploring by the Seat of Your Pants will be focusing on Indigenous education featuring Indigenous scientists, explorers, artists, activists, and speakers.  This will be a valuable way to engage your class in reconciliation and encourage your students to “Do Something”!

More info coming soon!

Webinar: Resources for Talking About Secret Path Week in Your Classroom

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Date: Thursday, October 8th
Time: 5:00 pm Atlantic | 4:00 pm Eastern | 3:00 pm Central | 2:00 pm Mountain | 1:00 pm Pacific
Presenters: Lisa Prinn, The Gord Downie & Chanie Wenjack Fund and Rebecca Smith, Learning Bird

Register here – http://bit.ly/LB-SP-webinar

Secret Path Week is a national movement commemorating the legacies of Gord Downie and Chanie Wenjack. It takes place annually from October 17th to 22nd. During this week, Canadians are encouraged to “Do Something” to further the conversation about the history and impact of Residential Schools in Canada.

As educators, this is a perfect time to start, or continue, the conversation in our classrooms. In this webinar, you’ll take on the role of a student as you learn how Secret Path digital resources can be used in your classroom. The session will also provide opportunities for discussing with the presenters and attendees how you can adapt these materials to a virtual, physical, or blended classroom.

The resources we will highlight in this webinar are geared towards high school students (grades 9-12), however, some activities, resources, and support materials discussed may be appropriate for middle school students as well.

LEGACY – A Tribute to Gord Downie

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A fundraising concert in support of The Gord Downie & Chanie Wenjack Fund, we welcome you to join Tom Wilson, Twin Flames, Phil Davis’ Drum Circle and Hoop Dancer, Kevin Fox and more for a special evening to celebrate the man, the music, and his enduring legacy.

In his final days, Canadian icon Gord Downie spent his time shining a light on reconciliation with Canada’s First Peoples. Performing their own versions of your favourite Gord Downie / Tragically Hip songs, and telling stories, these artists will join in our collective reconciliation journey to promote awareness, education, and thoughtful action.

Tickets available at https://burlingtonpac.ca/events/legacy-a-tribute-to-gord-downie-livestream/.

Practically Hip at Blue Mountain (Tribute to the HIP): A Drive-In Concert

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A Tribute to the Legendary Band – The TRAGICALLY HIP.
Canada’s number one Tragically Hip Tribute ​for over 20 years!
Opening Performance by MATT MORSON
Tickets available now – click here to purchase.
A portion of proceeds will be donated to the Gord Downie & Chanie Wenjack Fund
With Oct. 17th 2017 – the final day of lead singer Gord Downie’s life – we will remember and honour him by enjoying the music he left behind – Three Years to the Day!
Don’t Miss this – a Tribute to Remember!
Tickets On Sale NOW from $59 per car. We are limited to the first 150 VEHICLES. (Trucks & SUV’s to be in Back two Sections D&E).
Notes: This is a Drive In Style Show, please stay within your vehicle range and always stay 2m from others not in your group.

 

DWF LIVE with Michael Etherington

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Join @DownieWenjack on Facebook, Twitter, or YouTube live at 2:00pm EDT as we chat with Michael Etherington, speaker and Indigenous-relations consultant.

DWF LIVE connects viewers to Indigenous and non-Indigenous artists to build awareness, education, and connection. These sessions inspire us all to answer Gord Downie’s call to “Do Something”, even during times of isolation, to make Canada a better place for Indigenous peoples.

These 30 – 60-minute online sessions are open to all ages through DWF’s social media accounts @DownieWenjack. The DWF LIVE sessions also work to help support artists during these difficult times.

DWF LIVE with Buffy Sainte-Marie

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Join @DownieWenjack on Facebook, Twitter, or YouTube live at 3:30pm EDT as we chat with Buffy Sainte-Marie.

DWF LIVE connects viewers to Indigenous and non-Indigenous artists to build awareness, education, and connection. These sessions inspire us all to answer Gord Downie’s call to “Do Something”, even during times of isolation, to make Canada a better place for Indigenous peoples.

These 30 – 60-minute online sessions are open to all ages through DWF’s social media accounts @DownieWenjack. The DWF LIVE sessions also work to help support artists during these difficult times.