Claims Process Now Open for First Nations Child and Family Services Class Action Settlement
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Assembly of First Nations (AFN) National Chief Holds Press Conference in Advance of Summit with Privy Council Office
(July 15, 2025 – Unceded Algonquin Territory, Ottawa) – National Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak, joined by First Nations leadership, will host a press conference ahead of the Summit between the Prime Minister, the Privy Council Office, and First Nations leaders.…
Assembly of First Nations (AFN) Hosts National Virtual Forum on the Amended Bill C-5, One Canadian Economy
(July 9, 2025 – Unceded Algonquin Territory, Ottawa) – The Assembly of First Nations will host a National Virtual Forum to bring together First Nations leaders for continued dialogue on the federal government’s amended Bill C-5, An Act to enact…
Annual General Assembly Call for Resolutions – New Deadline
RESOLUTIONS are the essential mechanism by which First Nations provide specific direction to the Assembly of First Nations (AFN). Resolutions should be national in scope and can: (1) define a mandate for the AFN; (2) relate to internal matters regarding…
Statement from the National Chief on the Senate’s Approval of Bill C-5, One Canadian Economy Act
(June 27, 2025 – Unceded Algonquin Territory, Ottawa) – National Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak made the following statement today in response to the Senate’s approval of Bill C-5, the One Canadian Economy Act: “We lift up the Senators and Members…
On National Indigenous Peoples Day, National Chief Calls for Accelerated Action on UNDA Implementation
(June 21, 2025 – Unceded Algonquin Territory, Ottawa, Ontario) – On National Indigenous Peoples Day and the fourth anniversary of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act (UNDA) becoming law, National Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak and…
2025 National Forum on the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act (UNDA)
Summary: The Assembly of First Nations (AFN) 2025 National Forum on the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act (UNDA) was held on February 4–5, 2025, on the unceded and ancestral territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh…
National Virtual Forum on Bill C-5, the Building Canada Act
Summary: On June 16, 2025, the Assembly of First Nations (AFN) held a National Virtual Forum on Bill C-5, One Canadian Economy: An Act to enact the Free Trade and Labour Mobility in Canada Act and the Building Canada Act.…
National Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak Testifies to House Standing Committee on Transport, Infrastructure and Communities on Bill C-5
(June 17, 2025 – Unceded Algonquin Territory, Ottawa) –National Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak will testify today to the House Standing Committee on Transport, Infrastructure and Communities on Bill C-5, the One Canadian Economy Act. National Chief Woodhouse Nepinak will bring…
National Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak Testifies to Senate Committee of the Whole on Bill C-5, One Canadian Economy Act
(June 16, 2025 – Unceded Algonquin Territory, Ottawa) –National Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak will testify today to the Senate Committee of the Whole on Bill C-5, the One Canadian Economy Act, to bring forward First Nations concerns over the Building…
Statement from National Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak on G7 Summit
(June 15, 2025 – Unceded Algonquin Territory, Ottawa) – Assembly of First Nations (AFN) National Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak released the following statement today as the G7 Summit begins in Kananaskis, Alberta: “On behalf of the AFN, I must recognize,…