Month: September 2023
AFN Acknowledges National Day for Truth and Reconciliation and Calls for Accelerated Action Towards Reconciliation
(Ottawa, Unceded Algonquin Territory, Ontario) – Today, the Interim Assembly of First Nations (AFN) National Chief, Joanna Bernard, is acknowledging the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, also known as Orange Shirt Day, and urging the Government of Canada to advance progress towards fully implementing the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s (TRC) 94 Calls to Action. […]
Read more »AFN Calls for Immediate Action on Systemic Racism in Healthcare and Justice for the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Men, Boys, and Two Spirit People
/(Ottawa, Unceded Algonquin Territory, Ontario) – As the Dubois family concludes their journey from Regina to Ottawa, the Assembly of First Nations (AFN) Interim National Chief Joanna Bernard is urgently calling on the Government of Canada to confront the glaring systemic racism in the healthcare system and to establish a National Inquiry into the Missing […]
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Assembly of First Nations (AFN) Delegation Calls for Acknowledgement of First Nations’ Rights, Laws, and Knowledge Systems at UN SDG and Climate Ambition Summits in New York
(Ottawa, Unceded Algonquin Territory, Ontario) – The Assembly of First Nations (AFN) is sending a delegation to this week’s upcoming United Nations (UN) Summits on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)and Climate Ambition in New York. Led by Regional Chief Cindy Woodhouse, the delegation is carrying a clear message: the UN cannot adopt a Political Declaration on […]
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AFN and AFN 2SLGBTQQIA+ Council Condemns Pronoun Use Policy in Schools
/Ottawa, ON – The Assembly of First Nations (AFN) and AFN 2SLGBTQQIA+ Council condemns the pronoun policies introduced by the Ministries of Education in New Brunswick and Saskatchewan. In Saskatchewan, students under 16 need parental consent to use preferred names and pronouns. New Brunswick’s Policy 713 requires students below 16 wanting to discuss pronouns without […]
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