Parkcrest and Chaffey-Burke Schools are celebrating\u00a0Canada\u2019s 150th\u00a0birthday by completing an exciting project. This project involves recognizing the contributions of a group of iconic Canadian musicians,\u00a0Gord Downie and the Tragically Hip.\u00a0 Their songs are all about Canadian identity and culture.<\/p>\n
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Gord Downie is a Canadian hero.\u00a0 On Monday, June 19th, he was appointed to the Order of Canada for his work on Indigenous issues.\u00a0 Gord was recently diagnosed with brain cancer.\u00a0 Parkcrest and Chaffey-Burke sold t-shirts to raise money for cancer research on Gord\u2019s behalf. Altogether both schools have raised over $700.<\/p>\n
Parkcrest and Chaffey-Burke Elementary also learned one of the HIP\u2019s songs\u00a0\u201cAhead by a Century\u201d,\u00a0which was videoed by the Burnaby Learning Technology team and has been submitted as our contribution to the “Canada 150th”\u00a0event.\u00a0 The song was also performed by the grade two and three students at\u00a0Primary Days of Music. When Mr. Downie first heard about this project he was so impressed and happy he actually phoned Ms. Chow, one of the people who came to film us, in person to ask about how he could get a copy of the link to add to the Tragically Hip\u2019s Facebook page.<\/p>\n
This is the direct\u00a0link to Chaffey is Hip:<\/p>\n
https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=4TMfJazKtlo&feature=youtu.be<\/a>\u200b
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