Walk For Wenjack

On October 22, Hilltop will be participating in the Walk for Wenjack. Hilltop has been a Legacy School for the The Gord Downie & Chanie Wenjack Fund (CWF) for a couple of years. Mrs. Sanderson's Leadership class is organizing the walk this year. 

For more information on the Walk for Wenjack, please see the information below from the Walk for Wenjack website: 

Everybody has their own reason to Walk for Wenjack. For some, it may be a moment to honour Chanie. For others, it may be an opportunity to raise awareness of the true history of residential schools. Each Walk for Wenjack is unique.  

Organized by a dedicated team of volunteers and champions, Walk for Wenjack is a grassroots event that started in 2016. The first walk retraced the steps of Chanie Wenjack, starting at the Cecilia Jeffrey Indian Residential School in Kenora, ON, and continued to Redditt, ON for a ceremony representing Chanie’s final resting spot near Farlane, ON.  Since then, Walk for Wenjack has provided Indigenous and non-Indigenous people in Canada with the opportunity to participate in Secret Path Week in a meaningful way.