The Wigwam Conspiracy: why are Canada 150’s Indigenous people stuck in time? (Co-authored with Erica Violet Lee).But where is the ‘real change’ for Indigenous peoples? (co-authored with Shiri Pasternak) A different PM Trudeau, same buckskin jacket.Wholesale Rapid Removal Of The Indian Act Without Alternatives Will Be Met With Resistance.After AFN national chief election, apathy and resignation remain (co-authored with Vanessa Watts).Canada’s Indigenous Rights Framework: A (Bad) Proposal Emerges.She’s a fierce advocate for all students to have access to all the books. She’s currently a member of the ECIS Libraries Special Interest Group committee. in Curriculum and Instruction, and a graduate certificate in School Library Media. in English and Secondary Education, an M.S. Linda Hoiseth is the high school librarian at the American School of Dubai and has previously worked at schools in the US, Japan, Kuwait, Malaysia, Poland, Peru, Qatar, and India. When Mary is not working or reading she enjoys going to the beach, baking and reading.Ĭurator of the second #IntlYALitMonth at Global Literature in Libraries Initiative: Linda Hoiseth Mary loves YA Lit and her deepest secret is that she is into all things fae. She has been teaching internationally for 13 years and currently she is the middle school and high school librarian at ACS Abu Dhabi. Mary Lawson is originally from Ontario, Canada. He lives in Toronto, Canada, with his wife and son, and their troublesome pug, Lola. Jeff has also written extensively for both Marvel and DC Comics. Jeff has won numerous awards, including an Eisner Award and Juno Award in 2017. Jeff Lemire is the award winning, New York Times bestselling author of such graphic novels as Essex County, Sweet Tooth, The Underwater Welder, and Roughneck, as well as the co-creator of Descender with Dustin Nguyen, Black Hammer with Dean Ormston, Gideon Falls with Andrea Sorrentino, and many others. Gord Downie learned about the story of Chanie Wenjack and was inspired to write The Secret Path to help tell Chanie’s story, and the story of thousands of children like him. Gord Downie (Febru– October 17, 2017), was a Canadian rock icon and an advocate for Indiginous rights. * Book purchases made via our affiliate link may earn GLLI a small commission at no cost to you. Publisher: Simon and Schuster Canada (2016) This book would be appropriate for grades 7 and up as a starting place for understanding residential schools, the abuse of Indigenous people and the impact on children and families. The Secret Path is a part of Canadian History it is dark and it needs to be talked about. The atrocities committed against Indigenous people was not something many Canadians were aware of or talked about. I was still in high school when children were still being taken from their families and sent to Indian Residential Schools in Canada. Listening to the soundtrack and reading this graphic novel is an emotional experience for the senses. The Secret Path is an immersive graphic novel with songs that can be accessed online or downloaded when you purchase the book.ĭownie was inspired by the life of Chanie Wenjack, a young boy that escaped a residential school and attempted to make the 600 km journey back to the family that he was separated from. This graphic novel is set to the poetry and music of Canadian rock icon and Indigenous peoples advocate, Gord Downie. The Secret Path is an entry point for discussing and learning about residential schools and the unimaginable abuse of Indigenous people in Canada. “Gord Downie began Secret Path as ten poems incited by the story of Chanie Wenjack, a twelve year-old boy who died fifty years ago on October 22, 1966, in flight from the Cecilia Jeffrey Indian Residential School near Kenora, Ontario, walking home to the family he was taken from over 400 miles away.” Review by Mary Lawson Secret Path by Gord Downie and Jeff Lemire
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