
Chanie Wenjack was a young indigenous boy who died trying to escape a residential school, who became the centre of Downie's Secret Path project. The fund is a part of Downie's legacy and commitment to Canada's First Peoples. On October 13, 2016, Downie and his brother Mike, along with the Wenjack family, announced the founding of the Gord Downie and Chanie Wenjack Fund to support reconciliation between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples.

A documentary film, Long Time Running, about the Tragically Hip's summer 2016 cross-Canada farewell concert tour, premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in September 2017. Downie also appeared in Michael McGowan's 2008 film, One Week. Colin James is also featured in the episode. Downie was also featured in the sitcom Corner Gas in the episode "Rock On!" in which the Tragically Hip are shown as a local band practising in the main character's garage. More recently, he and other members of the band appeared in the episode of Trailer Park Boys entitled "Say Goodnight to the Bad Guys", in which he is harassed while eating a bologna sandwich at a singles dance.
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Downie also appears in the Trailer Park Boys movie The Big Dirty, in which he and Alex Lifeson play a pair of police officers.
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Downie also made a cameo appearance in the 2008 indie drama Nothing Really Matters, directed by Jean-Marc Piché. That's really compelling to me." The album consists of ten songs.ĭownie had cameo appearances in Men with Brooms, in which the Tragically Hip play a curling team. You do it for the company but I'm genuinely shocked by the themes and things you touch based on the music you're singing to. They're writing all the music and I'm writing all the lyrics and we're coming up with some neat stuff. He commented on working with the Sadies, saying, "I enjoy getting together with those guys it's a whole other universe. In 2014, Downie released an album with the Sadies called And the Conquering Sun.

In 2008, Downie appeared as a guest vocalist on City and Colour's single "Sleeping Sickness". Terfry composed the track and with the help of Charles Austen, his co-writer, decided Downie's vocals would be the best fit for their song. Terfry collaborated with Downie on the song "Whispers of the Waves" off the album 20 Odd Years. His most famous Canadian collaborations are with Richard Terfry (better known as Buck 65), Dallas Green of City and Colour and Alexisonfire, the Sadies and Fucked Up. In addition to his solo works, Downie collaborated with several fellow Canadian and international artists.
