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AFN 2025 Election Priorities Report, “Prosperity for All”
Summary: The 45th General Federal Election is taking place on April 28, 2025. The AFN’s 2025 Election Priorities Report, titled “Prosperity for All: First Nations Priorities for the 2025 Federal Election,” outlines the commitments and actions needed from the next…
Assembly of First Nations (AFN) Bulletin – Measles Prevention and Resources
Summary: Canada is currently experiencing unusually high levels of measles, with more than 200 cases since the start of 2025. This is more than the total number of cases reported in all of 2024. The increase is linked to outbreaks…
Assembly of First Nations (AFN) Bulletin – Key Ridings Where First Nations Votes Can Determine the Outcomes
Summary: The 45th General Federal Election is taking place on April 28, 2025. The AFN has identified 36 federal ridings across Canada where First Nations electors could decide the outcomes of the April 2025 general election. This analysis used Census…
Assembly of First Nations (AFN) Bulletin – 45th General Federal Election
Summary: The 45th General Federal Election is taking place on April 28, 2025. The AFN is providing information to help make the voter registration and voting process more accessible for First Nations. First Nations and Elections Canada Returning Officers are…
Claims Process Now Open for First Nations Child and Family Services Class Action Settlement
Summary: On April 19, 2023, the Assembly of First Nations (AFN), the Moushoom and Trout Class Action plaintiffs reached a final settlement agreement, totalling more than $23.34 billion. This agreement intends to compensate those harmed by discriminatory underfunding of the…
Assembly of First Nations (AFN) Bulletin – AFN Executive Committee Adopts Resolutions from the December 2024 Special Chiefs Assembly
Summary: From December 3-5, 2024, the Assembly of First Nations (AFN) held a Special Chiefs Assembly (SCA) on the traditional unceded territory of the Anishinabe Algonquin Nation, in Ottawa, Ontario. Resolutions that were not brought to the floor for debate…
Assembly of First Nations (AFN) Bulletin – Unfinished Promises: Inadequate Federal Resources Hindering First Nations Education Progress
Summary: On January 17, 2025, the AFN released its K-12 First Nations Education Transformation Costing Analysis Report. The K-12 First Nations Education Transformation Costing Analysis Report highlights the limited progress in finalizing REAs and the need for greater collaboration between…
Assembly of First Nations (AFN) Bulletin – Claims Process Launch for First Nations Child and Family Services and Jordan’s Principle Settlement
Summary: The Federal Court has approved a launch date for the first claims period to begin for those affected by discrimination in the First Nations Child and Family Services Program and narrow application of Jordan’s Principle class action settlement. This…
Assembly of First Nations (AFN) Bulletin – Update on Canada’s Mandate on Long-Term Reform of First Nations Child and Family Services
Summary: Canada has informed the AFN that Canada’s mandate does not permit further national-level negotiations of the First Nations Child and Family Services (FNCFS) long-term reform. Canada intends to proceed with negotiations with Chiefs of Ontario (COO) and Nishnawbe Aski…
Assembly of First Nations (AFN) Bulletin – AFN calls for Urgent and Transformative Climate Action Led by Indigenous Peoples following COP29: UN Climate Change Conference 2024
Summary: The AFN sent a delegation to the 29th Conference of the Parties (COP 29) for the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Baku, Azerbaijan, from November 11-22, 2024. COP 29 was an opportunity to advance the leadership…