ganky: one word - Digital Edition

A "pilgrimage of penitence"?

ganky: one word is a critical look at Pope Francis' 2022 trip to Canada, in the wake of the discovery of ground anomalies on the sites of former residential school sites – which revealed the potential of thousands of unmarked childrens' graves on these sites.

With the blessing of the federal government and through the administration of various churches, Canada's residential school system created sweeping and devastating inter-generational trauma for scores of Indigenous, Metis, and Inuit people throughout Canada. For many Canadians and the International community, this was the first time they were truly confronted with the scope of the horrors committed through this system, and the enormous role the Catholic Church played in it.

Pope Francis described this trip to Canada as a "penitential pilgrimage"... but who did it seek to serve, exactly? And was it really about "penitence" and healing?

One part info comic, and one part opinion article, ganky: one word seeks to keep the discussion around

This is the digital edition of this 40-page publication.

ganky comix

ganky is a comix collaboration between Alberta-based creators Gord Cummings and Charles Agopsowicz. Each issue of ganky is focused on a topic such as Canadian history, Canadian identity, labour history, immigration, Indigenous reconciliation, and more.