![]() ![]() ![]() Members of Downie’s family will receive the Slaight Award May 9 in Toronto, during the annual Canadian Music and Broadcast Industry Awards gala. “His legacy continues to resonate through his music and lyrics and, most importantly, through the growth and enterprise of the Gord Downie & Chanie Wenjack Fund.” “Gord Downie was an inspiration to all Canadians,” Gary Slaight, CEO of Slaight Communications, said in a news release. The fund launched the Legacy Schools Program in 2018, which provides resources for students to learn the history of the residential school system and set up their own reconciliation projects.ĭownie also spent many years working with the Lake Ontario Waterkeeper environmental organization and supported other charities with his Tragically Hip band mates. Donations to the Gord Downie Fund for Brain Cancer Research can be made through Sunnybrook Foundation by phone, mail or online. Wenjack’s story also inspired Downie’s 2016 Secret Path album, accompanied by a graphic novel by Jeff Lemire and an animated film. He graduated from NORTHWESTERN COLLEGE OF CHIROPRACTIC in 1986. Downie has extensive experience in Obstructive Lung Disease and Sleep Apnea. Proceeds will be donated to The Gord Downie Secret Path Fund for Truth and. Gordon Downie, MD is a pulmonologist in Mount Pleasant, TX and has over 36 years of experience in the medical field. The fund was established in 2016 in honour of the 12-year-old Indigenous boy, who fled a residential school near Kenora, Ont., and tried to walk nearly 600 kilometres home, dying of starvation and exposure along the way. Deluxe edition with: 88-page book 180g vinyl. Before then, he passionately advocated for reconciliation between Indigenous and other Canadians, founding the Gord Downie and Chanie Wenjack Fund with his brothers and Chanie’s family. 17 at age 53 following a battle with brain cancer. The lead singer of the Tragically Hip died of brain cancer in October 2017 at the age of 53. There are few Canadian rock icons as beloved as Tragically Hip frontman Gord Downie, who died on Oct. Gord Downie will posthumously receive the Allan Slaight Humanitarian Spirit Award for the work he did in the final years of his life on behalf of Indigenous Canadians. ![]()
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