The Wake the Giant initiative supports Indigenous students who travel to Thunder Bay to attend school. It's goal is to make the city a more welcoming place. Dennis Franklin Cromarty High School teacher Greg Chomut, who is one of the festival organizers, said 150 DFC students were among the attendees.
Posted: Sep 17, 2023 12:53 PM EDT | Last Updated: 3 minutes agoThe 2023 Wake the Giant festival welcomed students from Dennis Franklin Cromarty to Thunder Bay, ringing in another school year.
Chomut says he has seen the positive impact the festival makes on students who are coping with change. Saffron Fiddler, a jingle dress dancer from Sandy Lake First Nation, said she kept coming back year after year because it's a positive force for First Nations youth in the city.
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