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Released on October 18, 2016, [2] the centrepiece of the project is a concept album about Chanie Wenjack, a young Anishinaabe boy from the Marten Falls First Nation who died in 1966 while trying to return home after escaping from an Indian residential school. [3]
Songs about school have probably been composed and sung by students for as long as there have been schools. Examples of such literature can be found dating back to Medieval England. [ 1 ] The number of popular songs dealing with school as a subject has continued to increase with the development of youth subculture starting in the 1950s and 1960s.
Pages in category "Songs about school" The following 70 pages are in this category, out of 70 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
Monique Couvson was at Columbia University working on her master’s thesis on residential juvenile correctional facilities when her interactions with the young people in those centers led her to ...
A school song, alma mater, [1] school hymn or school anthem is the patronal song of a school. In England, this tradition is particularly strong in public schools and ...
The CBC commissioned David Boulanger to write a song dedicated to residential school survivors. His mother, Cathy Boulanger, and friend, Winnipeg's Poet Laureate Duncan Mercredi were both survivors and participated in the song's composition. The band's third album, The Black List, was nominated as Best Aboriginal Album at the Juno Awards of 2013.
Sleeping Children Awake is both a personal record of Canada’s history and a tribute to the enduring strength of Native cultures. Phil Fontaine, then Grand Chief of the Assembly of First Nations and a residential school survivor, was quoted at the opening of the video stating that "first step in healing is disclosure."
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