{"id":42966,"date":"2021-09-29T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-09-29T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.canadahelps.org\/?p=42966"},"modified":"2024-11-04T10:25:30","modified_gmt":"2024-11-04T15:25:30","slug":"the-legacy-schools-program-a-path-to-make-change","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.canadahelps.org\/en\/giving-life\/the-legacy-schools-program-a-path-to-make-change\/","title":{"rendered":"The Legacy Schools Program: A Path to Make Change"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>This blog post was written by Rebecca Hope, Legacy Schools Coordinator, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.canadahelps.org\/en\/charities\/the-gord-downie-chanie-wenjack-fund\/\">Gord Downie & Chanie Wenjack Fund<\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><i>\u201cChanie haunts me. His story is Canada\u2019s story. This is about Canada. We are not the country we thought we were.\u201d<\/i><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><i>Gord Downie<\/i><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.canadahelps.org\/media\/Blog-Inner-blog-image_Orangeshirtday-01.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-42967 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.canadahelps.org\/media\/Blog-Inner-blog-image_Orangeshirtday-01-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.canadahelps.org\/media\/Blog-Inner-blog-image_Orangeshirtday-01-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.canadahelps.org\/media\/Blog-Inner-blog-image_Orangeshirtday-01-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.canadahelps.org\/media\/Blog-Inner-blog-image_Orangeshirtday-01-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.canadahelps.org\/media\/Blog-Inner-blog-image_Orangeshirtday-01.jpg 1250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On today&#8217;s <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/downiewenjack.ca\/national-day-for-truth-and-reconciliation\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">National Day of Truth and Reconciliation<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, how can educating youth about the true history of residential schools in Canada benefit future reconciliation efforts?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">September 30, 2021, marks the inaugural National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. This federal statutory holiday answers call #80 of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission\u2019s 94 calls to action. It is a day of reflection to commemorate and honour the Survivors, their families and communities, and the children who died as a result of the residential school system that existed in Canada until 1996.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Like many Indigenous people, I grew up with knowledge of my Algonquin ancestry but did not know what it meant. My family was disconnected from our Indigenous culture and history. It wasn\u2019t until university, when I learned about colonization and the truth about residential schools, that I recognized the hardships my ancestors faced for me to be here. I believe I would have begun claiming my Indigenous identity much earlier on in life, to honour them, if I had learned about the true history of residential schools in primary and secondary school.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Gord Downie & Chanie Wenjack Fund\u2019s <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/downiewenjack.ca\/our-work\/legacy-schools-programs\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Legacy Schools<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> program is a free national initiative to engage, empower, and connect students and educators to further reconciliation through <\/span><b>awareness, education, and action.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Schools and educators are provided with free toolkits and resources \u2013 everything needed to confidently teach students about reconciliation and the true history of Indigenous Peoples and residential schools.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Legacy Schools toolkit is full of helpful of resources to help aid educators and students on their reconciliation journey. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.canadahelps.org\/media\/Blog-Inner-blog-image_downie-01.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-42969 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.canadahelps.org\/media\/Blog-Inner-blog-image_downie-01-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.canadahelps.org\/media\/Blog-Inner-blog-image_downie-01-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.canadahelps.org\/media\/Blog-Inner-blog-image_downie-01-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.canadahelps.org\/media\/Blog-Inner-blog-image_downie-01-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.canadahelps.org\/media\/Blog-Inner-blog-image_downie-01.jpg 1250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Incorporating this education into classrooms provides youth the opportunity to learn about Indigenous history, culture, and the truth about residential schools with materials they can be confident were properly vetted by our Educator Advisory Committed; a group of dedicated First Nations, Inuit, M\u00e9tis, and non-Indigenous educators. Not only can these resources help empower Indigenous youth to take pride in their identity, they provide Indigenous and non-Indigenous educators a foundation to join the movement towards reconciliation, by inspiring the next generation of youth to take reconciliACTIONs.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/downiewenjack.ca\/our-work\/reconciliactions\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ReconciliACTIONs<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> are meaningful actions that move reconciliation forward. They aim to bring Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples together to create awareness, share and connect, and to learn the truth. They are a catalyst for important conversations and meaningful change, recognizing that change starts with every one of us.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Many of the nearly 3,000 Legacy School participants have answered Gord Downie\u2019s call to \u201cDo Something\u201d by taking reconciliACTION. Here are just a few examples: <\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.canadahelps.org\/media\/Blog-Inner-blog-image_Jamesstone-01-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-42973 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.canadahelps.org\/media\/Blog-Inner-blog-image_Jamesstone-01-1-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.canadahelps.org\/media\/Blog-Inner-blog-image_Jamesstone-01-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.canadahelps.org\/media\/Blog-Inner-blog-image_Jamesstone-01-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.canadahelps.org\/media\/Blog-Inner-blog-image_Jamesstone-01-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.canadahelps.org\/media\/Blog-Inner-blog-image_Jamesstone-01-1.jpg 1250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><i>James Short Memorial School, AB<\/i><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Every year during <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/downiewenjack.ca\/our-work\/secret-path-week\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Secret Path Week<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Oct. 17-22), the week we honour the legacies of Gord Downie and Chanie Wenjack, Legacy Schools across Canada participate in local Walks for Wenjack. The goal of a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/downiewenjack.ca\/our-work\/walk-for-wenjack\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Walk for Wenjack<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is to collectively walk the 600km Chanie needed to travel when he escaped residential school to return home.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kindergarteners at James Short Memorial School in Alberta worked hard, doing laps around their dry pond with their teacher every day, to complete their Walk for Wenjack with a goal of 900km! Despite the pandemic making it hard for them to complete laps together, they did it! Students were inspired to reach their goal to honour Chanie and his courage.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.canadahelps.org\/media\/Blog-Inner-blog-image_bag-project-01.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-42975 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.canadahelps.org\/media\/Blog-Inner-blog-image_bag-project-01-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.canadahelps.org\/media\/Blog-Inner-blog-image_bag-project-01-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.canadahelps.org\/media\/Blog-Inner-blog-image_bag-project-01-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.canadahelps.org\/media\/Blog-Inner-blog-image_bag-project-01-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.canadahelps.org\/media\/Blog-Inner-blog-image_bag-project-01.jpg 1250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><i>Lynnmour\u00a0X\u00e17elcha Elementary School, BC<\/i><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lynnmour\u00a0X\u00e17elcha staff and students embraced the opportunity to be a Legacy School.\u00a0They brought traditional knowledge into the classroom to learn more about the Skwxw\u00fa7mesh and\u00a0S\u0259lilw\u0259ta\u026c\u00a0peoples, whose traditional lands they live and learn on.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They\u00a0also embarked on a weaving project, where\u00a0every person in the school learned\u00a0about traditional weaving,\u00a0then used\u00a0that gifted knowledge to weave their own quarter bags.\u00a0\u00a0Quarter bags are an important item that is still used in ceremonies,\u00a0and\u00a0weaving is an important skill that has provided clothing, blankets, mats, and other important survival and cultural tools for the Skwxw\u00fa7mesh and\u00a0S\u0259lilw\u0259ta\u026c\u00a0peoples.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A\u00a0display of\u00a0weavings\u00a0was\u00a0created\u00a0to remind everyone that\u00a0respecting and\u00a0embracing traditional\u00a0knowledge\u00a0of Indigenous Peoples\u00a0is\u00a0highly\u00a0valued at\u00a0Lynnmour\u00a0X\u00e17elcha.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><b>Building a Path Towards Reconcilliation\u00a0<\/b><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Legacy Schools program fills a void that many Indigenous and non-Indigenous people in Canada lacked in their education: an opportunity to learn the truth about Canada\u2019s history and to honour the experiences of Indigenous communities which have often been ignored. People in Canada will no longer be able to say <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2018I had no idea this happened\u2019<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> when the news of recovered bodies at former residential school sites breaks on the news. This will forever be a part of our collective identity and together, through the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation and by participating in programs like the Legacy Schools program, we can begin to build a path towards reconciliation.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>On September 30 and throughout the year, we ask all people in Canada \u2013 What will you do to further reconciliation and make change in your community?<\/strong><\/p>\n<h4><strong>Learn more and make a donation in support of the <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.canadahelps.org\/en\/charities\/the-gord-downie-chanie-wenjack-fund\/\"><strong>Gord Downie & Chanie Wenjack Fund <\/strong><\/a><strong>today. Visit <a href=\"https:\/\/downiewenjack.ca\/\">downiewenjack.ca<\/a>\u00a0to learn more.<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This blog post was written by Rebecca Hope, Legacy Schools Coordinator, Gord Downie &#038; Chanie Wenjack Fund \u201cChanie haunts me. 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