On Tuesday November 1st, the Toronto Maple Leafs host Connor McDavid and the Edmonton Oilers for the only time this season. They will use the national spotlight this game will have to focus on the ongoing issues for residential school survivors, and increasing problems with suicide, and the missing & murdered indigenous women. Many more issues continue to plague the Indigenous people of Canada, and the Toronto Maple Leafs, MLSE, and The Gord Downie & Chanie Wenjack Fund will use their names and power to bring more awareness and help to these and more issues.
From the press release:
To mark this occasion, a special video will be played at Air Canada Centre that evening featuring Gord Downie’s recent live performance of Secret Path and highlighting The Gord Downie & Chanie Wenjack Fund that has been created to support reconciliation across Canada.