First Nations Leadership Council Strongly Supports RCY Report Condemning Wide-Ranging and Biased Plecas Review
(Coast Salish Territory/Vancouver) Senior First Nations leadership in BC are thanking Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond, BC’s...
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BC First Nations Applaud Canadian Human Rights Tribunal: Federal Government must take immediate action to address inequalities in First Nations Child and Family Funding
Coast Salish Traditional Territory (Vancouver) – First Nations Summit leaders are applauding today’s decision by...
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An Open Letter from the First Nations Leadership Council to Premier Christy Clark regarding the release of the Plecas Report
FIRST NATIONS LEADERSHIP COUNCIL For Immediate release: December 14, 2015 An Open Letter from the...
Read MoreMinistry of Children and Families misguided in decision to appeal BC Supreme Court decision
Coast Salish Territory/Vancouver, BC – The First Nations Summit (FNS) is deeply disappointed in the...
Read MoreAll Chiefs Task Force on Children and Families calls for an All Chiefs Meeting on Children and Families pending Human Rights Tribunal Ruling on First Nations Child Welfare
(Coast Salish Territory/Vancouver, BC, May 1, 2015)‐The All Chiefs Task Force on Children and Families...
Read MoreFirst Nations Summit welcomes Jordan’s Principle Report – Urges Federal Government to take action
Coast Salish Territory/Vancouver – The First Nations Summit is welcoming the report released today by...
Read MoreGovernments must address disproportionate poverty rates of First Nations children in BC
Coast Salish Territory (Vancouver, BC) – First Nations Summit leaders are once again calling on...
Read MoreFederal unilateralism will not achieve reconciliation in First Nations education
(Coast Salish Territories / Vancouver) The political leadership of the Union of BC Indian Chiefs,...
Read MoreB.C., First Nations Sign Children And Families Protocol
VICTORIA – The Ministry of Children and Family Development and the political executive of the...
Read MoreFirst Nations respond to startling Canada and BC Auditor General Reports on Aboriginal Child Protection Services
Coast Salish Traditional Territory/West Vancouver, B.C. –The First Nations Summit acknowledges the startling findings and...
Read MoreFirst Nations Summit urges provincial government to immediately adopt and implement recommendations contained in the Representative for Children and Youth child death investigation report
Coast Salish Territory/Vancouver – The First Nations Summit commends Mary Ellen Turpel- Lafond, the independent...
Read MoreFirst Nations Chiefs unite to give rise to Indigenous Child at the Centre Action Plan
Coast Salish Territory/ North Vancouver –First Nations Chiefs from across B.C. gathered at the Chief...
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