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A collection of news and internal articles shared regarding the latest updates in discovery, truth, and reconciliation surrounding residential schools.

‘Walk for Wenjack’ awareness event runs in Bell Park Sunday

October 16, 2023

Chanie Wenjack was an Anishanaabe boy born in Ogoki Post on the Marten Falls Reserve Jan. 19, 1954.  “Chanie’s story, tragically, is like so many stories of Indigenous children in this country; he fell victim to Canada’s colonization of Indigenous peoples,” states the About section of the Gordon Downie & Chanie Wenjack Fund website…

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