July, 2024 - Assembly of First Nations

Assembly of First Nations Negotiates $47.8 Billion Commitment for Long-Term Reform to First Nations Child and Family Services

July 11, 2024 by sidlee

(July 11, 2024 – Unceded Algonquin Territory, Ottawa) – Assembly of First Nations (AFN) National Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak announced today that the First Nations Parties to the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal complaint on discrimination in the First Nations Child and Family Services Program (FNCFS) have secured a commitment from the Government of Canada to […]

National Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak Congratulates Lieutenant-General Jennie Carignan on Appointment as the New Chief of Defence Staff

July 5, 2024 by sidlee

(July 5, 2024 – Unceded Algonquin Territory, Ottawa) – Assembly of First Nations (AFN) National Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak released the following statement today congratulating Lieutenant-General Jennie Carignan on her appointment as the new Chief of Defence Staff: “I extend my congratulations to Lieutenant-General Jennie Carignan for her appointment as the new chief of Defence […]

First Nations Leaders Gather in Montréal to Advance Priorities at the Assembly of First Nations Annual General Assembly

July 2, 2024 by sidlee

(July 2, 2024 – Unceded Algonquin Territory, Ottawa, Ontario) – The Assembly of First Nations (AFN) will host its Annual General Assembly (AGA) from July 9-11, 2024, in Montréal (Tiohtià:ke), Québec, on the ancestral and unceded territory of the Kanien’kéha Nation. This year’s theme for the AGA is “Strengthening Our Relations,” which will serve as […]