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Call to Action # 4: Child Welfare (1-5)

Assembly of First Nations Meetings on Child Welfare

January 19, 2021

AFN will be hosting a series of gatherings focused on First Nations child and family well-being:

  • Jan. 19, 2021 – Introduction to an Act respecting First Nations, Métis and Inuit children, youth and family (the Act)
  • Feb. 9, 2021 – Navigating Indigenous Child and Family Services legislation
  • March 2, 2021 – Asserting Jurisdiction under an Act respecting First Nations, Métis and Inuit children, youth and family (the Act)
  • March 30, 2021 – Upholding the Best Interests of First Nations Children
  • April 13, 2021 – First Nations Child and Family Services Funding Reform – Towards a Needs Based Funding Approach