Indigenous hero: Celebrating a short life on stage

Indigenous hero: Celebrating a short life on stage

Children and families can discover a new hero this spring on a Montreal stage, as a somber story from recent history inspires an uplifting message of hope. The new play Jordan, A Hero’s Journey Home tells a moving tale about young medical patient Jordan River Anderson. In 2005, the boy was only five years old when he passed away in the hospital, due to complications from multiple disabilities. The indigenous child from Manitoba had lived all of …