Downie Wenjack Fund Archives - Alan Cross' A Journal of Musical Things

Gord Downie’s legacy, five years after his death

October 17, 2022October 20, 2022 Amber Healy 0 Comments Cancer Research, Chanie Wenjack, Downie Wenjack Fund, Glioblastoma, Gord Downie, Gord Downie and Chanie Wenjack Fund, Lake Ontario Waterkeeper, Secret Path Week, Sunnybrook, The Secret Path, The Tragically Hip, Tragically Hip

Take a moment and remember where you were when the news came out on October 18, 2017. We knew it

The Hip open a Poster Cellar with new art, reissues and “reimagined” pieces

August 28, 2022August 27, 2022 Amber Healy 0 Comments Bob Masse, Canada Day, Collectibles, Downie Wenjack Fund, Man Machine Poem, Posters, The Tragically Hip

Six years after The Tragically Hip took a final bow in Kingston, do you regret not picking up a poster

A Day to Listen: Tune in

June 29, 2021June 29, 2021 Amber Healy 0 Comments #DoSomething, #reconciliACTION, Bell Media, Chanie Wenjack, Corus Entertainment, Downie Wenjack Fund, First Nations, Gord Downie, Gord Downie & Chanie Wenjack Fund, indigenous people, Residential Schools, Rogers Sports & Media, Secret Path, Stingray Radio

The past few weeks have brought the heartbreaking but, sadly, not unsurprising news that hundreds upon hundreds of children have

Twin Flames honour Gord Downie with inspired Grace Too cover

July 24, 2020July 23, 2020 Amber Healy 0 Comments #DoSomething, #reconciliACTION, Downie Wenjack Fund, First Nations, Gord Downie, Gord Downie & Chanie Wenjack Fund, Legacy, The Tragically Hip, Twin Flames

It was on a five-hour drive from the Quebec-Ontario border that Twin Flames really listened, deeply, to The Tragically Hip’s

Celebrating Gord Downie’s Birthday with Acoustic Hip from Starpainters

February 2, 2020February 2, 2020 Amber Healy 0 Comments Chanie Wenjack, Downie Wenjack Fund, Gord Downie, Gord Downie & Chanie Wenjack Fund, Strictly Hip

Gord Downie would’ve celebrated his 56th birthday on February 6. As has become tradition, Buffalo’s Strictly Hip is throwing a

Answer Gord Downie’s Call to #DoSomething This Secret Path Week

October 17, 2019October 16, 2019 Amber Healy 0 Comments #DoSomething, #reconciliACTION, Downie Wenjack Fund, Gord Downie, Gord Downie & Chanie Wenjack Fund, Secret Path, Secret Path Week, Walk for Wenjack

By now, most of us are familiar with the story of Chanie Wenjack, the 12-year-old boy who tried to walk

Events Music News

Sam Roberts, Buffy Sainte-Marie among singers for Secret Path Live

September 21, 2019September 23, 2019 Amber Healy 0 Comments #DoSomething, #reconciliACTION, Barenaked Ladies, Broken Social Scene, Do Make Say Think, Downie Wenjack Fund, Gord Downie, July Talk, Legacy Schools, Roy Thomson Hall, Sam Roberts, Secret Path, Secret Path Week, Tanya Tagaq, The Stills, Whitehorse, William Prince

It’s a roster that would make any label giddy, and it’s all in the name of the Gord Downie &

Country Day: Honouring the Hip and Indigenous People

July 5, 2019July 4, 2019 Amber Healy 0 Comments #courageforgord, Downie Wenjack Fund, FamilyBand, Gord Downie & Chanie Wenjack Fund, Reconciliation, Strictly Hip

Now that Canada Day is over, it’s time to look forward to the another big blockbuster summer event: Country Day.

Bringing the Walk for Wenjack to Toronto

October 11, 2018October 11, 2018 Amber Healy 0 Comments Chanie Wenjack, Downie Wenjack Fund, Gord Downie, Mike Downie, Secret Path Week, The Secret Path, The Tragically Hip, Walk for Wenjack

Shortly after Gord Downie released The Secret Path in 2016, Rob Ferreira and a group of friends decided to retrace

Residential school survivors heed Downie’s call to ‘Do Something’

October 6, 2018October 5, 2018 Amber Healy 1 Comment Bawaajigewin Aboriginal Community Circle, Chanie Wenjack, Downie Wenjack Fund, Durham, Gord Downie, Joel Clements, Oshawa, Reconciliation, Residential Schools, Secret Path

In one of his last few public appearances, Gord Downie issued a call to the nation: “Do Something.” The last

UPDATED: Honouring the ‘Legacy’ of Gord Downie

October 1, 2018September 30, 2018 Amber Healy 0 Comments Bruce McCulloch, Chanie Wenjack, Damnhait Doyle, Danny Michel, Downie Wenjack Fund, Gord Downie, Kevin Fox, Matthew Barber, Tom Wilson, Trent Severn

Hard to believe, but we’re quickly approaching one year since we lost Gord Downie. A number of tribute events marking

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