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The Gord Downie & Chanie Wenjack Fund is part of Gord Downie’s legacy and commitment to reconciliation. #ReconciliACTION #DoSomething #SecretPathWeek
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December 19, 2025 at 5:21 PM
This holiday season, take #reconciliACTION by purchasing gifts from DWF’s #HolidayGiftGuide This guide features Indigenous-owned businesses, with options for all budgets and preferences. There is something meaningful for every person on your list!

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November 18, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Practice and learn a few Anishinaabemowin phrases from "Gchitwaawendaagod Kiing, The Land is Sacred", read by author Bomgiizhik Isaac Murdoch. Let's keep Indigenous languages alive! 📢 💬

#Anishinaabemowin #IndigenousLanguages #DoSomething
November 17, 2025 at 8:11 PM
This holiday season, take #reconciliACTION by giving gifts that make a difference. DWF’s third annual Holiday Gift Guide features a curated selection of meaningful items, including products from Indigenous-owned businesses!

Shop now: downiewenjack.ca/holiday

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November 17, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Want to learn more about the treaties where you live or visit? 
 
Websites such as Whose.Land and Native-Land.ca are excellent resources for learning about local treaties and for helping you craft an authentic land acknowledgment or welcome. 
 
#TreatiesRecognitionWeek #Treaties #ReconciliACTION 
November 3, 2025 at 9:01 AM
November 2 – 8 is #TreatiesRecognitionWeek in Ontario.

Want to learn more about the treaties where you live or visit?

Websites such as Whose.Land and Native-Land.ca are excellent resources for learning about local treaties and for helping you craft an authentic land acknowledgment or welcome.
November 2, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Send us your reconciliACTIONs and WIN!

📸 Share your photos, videos, lessons, presentations & displays that celebrate Indigenous cultures and demonstrate how you're moving reconciliation forward.

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October 31, 2025 at 1:39 PM
On October 22, 1966, Chanie Wenjack, a 12-year-old Anishinaabe boy, died after escaping the Cecilia Jeffrey Residential School in Kenora, Ontario. He tried to walk over 600 kilometres to his home community in Ogoki Post.

Learn more about Chanie’s Story by watching The Secret Path secretpathweek.ca
October 22, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Today, on the anniversary of his passing, we honour Gord Downie – fearless artist, poetic visionary, and bridge-builder – who used his voice to not only shape the landscape of Canadian music, but to call on all of us to “Do Something” to move reconciliation forward. secretpathweek.ca
October 17, 2025 at 8:01 AM