All 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...
Read MoreFirst Nations Summit calls on Premier to act on the Representative for Children and Youth’s progress report
Coast Salish Traditional Territory/West Vancouver – The First Nations Summit calls on Premier Gordon Campbell...
Read MoreFirst Nations Leadership Council urges full implementation of the recommendations of the Savannah Hall Inquest
Coast Salish Territory (Vancouver, BC) – The First Nations Leadership Council is encouraged by the...
Read MoreFirst Nations Summit Applauds Turpel-Lafond Nomination for Appointment as BC Representative for Children and Youth
(Vancouver, BC) The First Nations Summit strongly supports the nomination of Judge Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond...
Read MoreFirst Nations Summit distressed over disproportionate rate of aboriginal child deaths identified in BC Coroners Service Report
Coast Salish Territory (West Vancouver) – The Leadership of the First Nations Summit is distressed...
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