Month: December 2025
Assembly of First Nations National Chief Expresses Support for Plan Submitted to Human Rights Tribunal to Reform First Nations Child and Family Services
(December 22, 2025 – Assembly of First Nations National Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak expressed support in principle for the plan submitted today by the National Children’s Chiefs Commission (NCCC) and the First Nations Child and Family Caring Society (Caring Society) to the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal on long-term reform of First Nations Child and Family […]
Read more »National Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak Recognizes 10th Anniversary of Truth and Reconciliation Commission Final Report, Presses for Urgent Action
/(December 15, 2025 – Unceded Algonquin Territory, Ottawa) — On the 10th anniversary of the release of the Final Report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada (TRC) and its 94 Calls to Action, Assembly of First Nations (AFN) National Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak today called for urgent action on the report’s recommendations: “Ten […]
Read more »Assembly of First Nations Expresses Support for First Nations in Response to Landmark Federal Court Rulings on First Nations Housing & Water Rights National Chief Reiterates Her Calls for Closing the Infrastructure Gap
/(December 09, 2025 – Unceded Algonquin Territory, Ottawa, Ontario) – Assembly of First Nations (AFN) National Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak stated her support for the recent Federal Court decisions in St. Theresa Point First Nation, Sandy Lake First Nation class action, Shamattawa First Nation and other First Nations class action, affirming that Canada has a […]
Read more »More than $267 Million in Compensation Paid to Class Members of Federal Settlement Acknowledging Discrimination in First Nations Child and Family Services Program and Jordan’s Principle
/(December 1, 2025 – Unceded Algonquin Territory, Ottawa) — National Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak, along with the court-appointed Claims Administrator, Deloitte, announced today that more than $267 million in Compensation has been paid to Class Members who experienced discrimination in Canada’s First Nations Child and Family Services Program. “We have reached a historic milestone in […]
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