Wenjack: A Reading Response Project by College Reine-Marie https://padlet.com/collegereinemarie/wenjack Exploring, discussing and responding to the true story of Chanie Wenjack and the concept of intergenerational trauma. en-us 2021-05-26 15:48:17 UTC 2023-04-09 03:10:12 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f989.png A News Article about Intergenerational Trauma collegereinemarie https://padlet.com/collegereinemarie/wenjack/wish/1561953307 "The intergenerational trauma of First Nations still runs deep", by KEVIN BERUBE of the Globe and Mail

Guiding Question 1:  What is intergenerational (or transgenerational) trauma, and why are First Nations people plagued so severely by this psychological problem?

Guiding Question 2:   What is the impact of intergenerational trauma on First Nations communities today?
]]> 2021-05-26 15:57:26 UTC https://padlet.com/collegereinemarie/wenjack/wish/1561953307 Video Interview #1 with Joseph Boyden collegereinemarie https://padlet.com/collegereinemarie/wenjack/wish/1562076636 NOTE:  this interview includes graphic details related to suicide.  As a result, you may choose to skip this interview and move on to the 2nd one below.

Watch this video on EdPuzzle and answer the questions that pop up as you watch:

Funky 05s: 
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Slick748s:
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Thunderous 03s:
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Smooth 07s:
https://edpuzzle.com/assignments/60ae766f4830604109a0ac4b/watch]]> 2021-05-26 16:25:59 UTC https://padlet.com/collegereinemarie/wenjack/wish/1562076636 Video Interview #2 with Joseph Boyden collegereinemarie https://padlet.com/collegereinemarie/wenjack/wish/1562097080 Part 1: 0:00 to 10:18   TRUTH
Boyden speaks of the legacy of residential schools and intergenerational trauma 
Guiding Question:  How does the telling of the Chanie Wenjack story through this novella help expose the reality of intergenerational trauma?

Part 2:  12:32 to  18:15  RECONCILIATION  
Boyden suggests how to heal the wounds of the past and to move forward as a nation.... a real nation.   
Guiding Question:   How does Camp Onakawana help heal the wounds of intergenerational trauma?]]> 2021-05-26 16:30:52 UTC https://padlet.com/collegereinemarie/wenjack/wish/1562097080 Song: How I Feel collegereinemarie https://padlet.com/collegereinemarie/wenjack/wish/1562158629 Guiding Question:  What lines from this song refer to intergenerational trauma?

A Tribe Called Red are socially engaged musicians telling stories and raising awareness about various forms of social injustice towards Indigenous communities, both past and present.

A Tribe Called Red were part of the artistic collective, including musician/poet Gord Downie, author, Joseph Boyden, and graphic novelist, Jeff Lemire, that coordinated the release of their respective projects with the 50th anniversary of Chanie Wenjack's death (Oct-Nov 2016)

CBC Music named their 2016 album, We are the Halluci Nation, the NUMBER ONE ALBUM OF THE YEAR! 

Before you click "play" below, open the lyrics in the box below:

]]> 2021-05-26 16:45:39 UTC https://padlet.com/collegereinemarie/wenjack/wish/1562158629 Song lyrics: How I Feel collegereinemarie https://padlet.com/collegereinemarie/wenjack/wish/1562173443 Open this Word Doc and read the lyrics while you listen to the song using the link above.]]> 2021-05-26 16:49:12 UTC https://padlet.com/collegereinemarie/wenjack/wish/1562173443 Video clip collegereinemarie https://padlet.com/collegereinemarie/wenjack/wish/1562181834 "Chanie Wenjakck: A Heritage Minute", written by Joseph Boyden]]> 2021-05-26 16:51:15 UTC https://padlet.com/collegereinemarie/wenjack/wish/1562181834 News Article collegereinemarie https://padlet.com/collegereinemarie/wenjack/wish/1562192544 "How Chanie Wenjack chose Jospeh Boyden",  by Joseph Boyden
Guiding Question:   
Boyden refers to Canada as a haunted house.   Explain the efforts of artists such as Boyden, Jeff Lemire, Gord Downie, and so many others to "exorcise demons" so we don't have to live in a haunted house any more.

From Maclean's magazine, an article written by Boyden himself that describes and explains the artistic explosion surrounding last year's  50th anniversary of Chanie Wenjack's death.

]]> 2021-05-26 16:53:59 UTC https://padlet.com/collegereinemarie/wenjack/wish/1562192544 Video Interview collegereinemarie https://padlet.com/collegereinemarie/wenjack/wish/1562894888 Guiding Question:   Why was Gord Downie named the "2016 Newsmaker of the Year"?

From the CBC website, a one-on-one interview with entertainment reporter David Friend that explains WHY Gord Downie was named 2016 Newsmaker of the Year.

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This show includes a mix of musical performance and interviews.
To answer the guiding questions below, pay particular attention to what the DJs say in the interview segments.
0:00 to 6:00:  Introduction and opening song.
6:00 to 8:17:  Interview part 1
17:40 to 19:50: Interview Part 2
22:32 to 23:44:  Interview Part 3

Guiding Question 1:   George Strombo and DJ Bear Witness (seated in the middle) make reference to an international movement that is currently taking place in Canada AND the outside world.  What is this movement that is "exploding across the world"? 

Guiding Question 2:  What do these 3 DJs actually DO in their sets and their concerts to promote change and act as role models?

Enjoy the great music... and the great message!]]> 2021-05-27 13:51:15 UTC https://padlet.com/collegereinemarie/wenjack/wish/1565156748 Podcast collegereinemarie https://padlet.com/collegereinemarie/wenjack/wish/1565192163 From CBC radio's program called "Q" , a conversation between journalist, Candy Palmater, and author/activist, Joseph Boyden, on his recently released novella Wenjack.

"I want the reader to be Chanie"
Guiding Question 1: What is one of the main causes of inter-generational trauma, according to Mr. Boyden?

Guiding Question 2: Why did Boyden decide to tell Chanie's story from the point of view of forest "critters", such as the crow, a pike, and a wood tick?]]> 2021-05-27 13:59:44 UTC https://padlet.com/collegereinemarie/wenjack/wish/1565192163 News Article: "Gord Downie on Chanie Wenjack" collegereinemarie https://padlet.com/collegereinemarie/wenjack/wish/1565257366 Gord Downie announces the release of "The Secret Path" project to the media.]]> 2021-05-27 14:15:33 UTC https://padlet.com/collegereinemarie/wenjack/wish/1565257366 News Article and Video, "We were Trained our Entire Lives to Ignore" collegereinemarie https://padlet.com/collegereinemarie/wenjack/wish/1565290170 From the APTN (Aboriginal People's Television Network), an article that summarizes the national impact of Gord Downie's final concert.

]]> 2021-05-27 14:23:35 UTC https://padlet.com/collegereinemarie/wenjack/wish/1565290170 PDF version of the article above collegereinemarie https://padlet.com/collegereinemarie/wenjack/wish/1566573393 Having trouble accessing the article on the Globe and Mail website above? 
No worries.... just open the PDF below.]]> 2021-05-27 20:22:39 UTC https://padlet.com/collegereinemarie/wenjack/wish/1566573393 Animated Film and album, "The Secret Path" collegereinemarie https://padlet.com/collegereinemarie/wenjack/wish/1569094595 From Gord Downie and Jeff Lemire, an animated film version of their graphic novel/album called "The Secret Path". This film, book and album are Gord Downie's "legacy" project... what he hopes to leave us for us Canadians to remember him by.

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