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Secret path / [lyrics by] Gord Downie + [graphic novel by] Jeff Lemire.
In Secret Path, Gord Downie's lyrics and Jeff Lemire's illustrations tell the story of twelve-year-old Chanie "Charlie" Wenjack, who died on October 22, 1966, after running away from the Cecilia Jeffrey Indian Residential School and attempting to make his way back to his home, more than 600 km away.
Record details
- ISBN: 1501155946 (pbk.)
- ISBN: 9781501155949 (pbk.)
- Physical Description: 1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations (some colour), maps
- Edition: Simon & Schuster Canada edition.
- Publisher: Toronto, Ontario : Simon & Schuster Canada, 2016.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Includes access code for single download of Secret Path album by Gord Downie. |
| Immediate Source of Acquisition Note: | LSC 26.99 |
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| Genre: | Graphic novels. |
Available copies
- 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.
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- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lakeshore Branch | 741.5 Lemir | 31681002937878 | ADULT GN | Available | - |
- Simon and Schuster
Secret Path is a ten song digital download album by Gord Downie with a graphic novel by illustrator Jeff Lemire that tells the story of Chanie âCharlieâ Wenjack, a twelve-year-old boy who died in flight from the Cecilia Jeffrey Indian Residential School fifty years ago.
Secret Path is a ten song digital download album by Gord Downie with a graphic novel by illustrator Jeff Lemire that tells the story of Chanie âCharlieâ Wenjack, a twelve-year-old boy who died in flight from the Cecilia Jeffrey Indian Residential School fifty years ago.
Chanie, misnamed Charlie by his teachers, was a young boy who died on October 22, 1966, walking the railroad tracks, trying to escape from the Cecilia Jeffrey Indian Residential School to return home. Chanieâs home was 400 miles away. He didnât know that. He didnât know where it was, nor how to find it, but, like so many kidsâmore than anyone will be able to imagineâhe tried.
Chanieâs story is Canadaâs story. We are not the country we thought we were. History will be rewritten. We are all accountable. Secret Path acknowledges a dark part of Canadaâs historyâthe long suppressed mistreatment of Indigenous children and families by the residential school systemâwith the hope of starting our country on a road to reconciliation. Every year as we remember Chanie Wenjack, the hope for Secret Path is that it educates all Canadians young and old on this omitted part of our history, urging our entire nation to play an active role in the preservation of Indigenous lives and culture in Canada.
The next hundred years are going to be painful as we come to know Chanie Wenjack and thousands like himâas we find out about ourselves, about all of usâbut only when we do can we truly call ourselves, âCanada.â
