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FNLC Celebrates the 20th Anniversary of the Leadership Accord: Launches FNLC Website
(Xʷməθkʷəy ̓ əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱ wú7mesh (Squamish) and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh)/Vancouver, B.C.) Twenty years ago, on March 17, 2005, the political executives of the Union of BC Indian Chiefs (UBCIC), the First Nations Summit (FNS), and the BC Assembly of First...
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Office of the Premier – News Release
Office of the Premier - News ReleaseNovember 25, 2022 - Office of the Premier Historic changes to B.C. child-welfare laws lay path to upholding Indigenous jurisdiction British Columbia is changing provincial legislation to remove barriers for Indigenous Peoples...
BC First Nations Tripartite Children & Families Working Group – Discussion Paper
Discussion PaperNovember 24, 2022 - BC First Nations Tripartite Children and Families Working Group DEVELOPING A NEW FUNDING MODEL AND APPROACH FOR BC FIRST NATIONS CHILDREN & FAMILIES INTRODUCTION Since time immemorial, First Nations have provided for the...
Office of the Premier – News Release
November 25, 2022 - Office of the Premier Premier Eby commits to maintaining individualized autism funding, engaging in deeper consultation for a new funding and service model for children and youth with support needs VICTORIA Í´Premier David Eby and Mitzi Dean,...
FNLC Applauds Increased Age for Supports to Youth from Government Care
March 17, 2022 (Xwməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh)/Vancouver, B.C.) The First Nations Leadership Council (FNLC) applauds the announcement by the Ministry for Child Development (MCFD) Minister, Mitzi Dean, that youth raised...
Historic help for youth from care will support strong transitions to adulthood
March 15, 2022 Young people in government care will have access to new and increased supports until the age of 27. Budget 2022 investments will better support them as they transition to adulthood. “Young people transitioning from government care deserve to have the...
Wabaseemoong Independent Nations, Canada, and Ontario sign historic child and family services coordination agreement
March 10, 2022 — Wabaseemoong Independent Nations, Treaty 3, 1873 Territory, Ontario — Indigenous Services Canada When all partners and orders of government work together to put the interests of Indigenous children first, everyone benefits. Most importantly, when...
Report Examines Anishinaabeg Governance and Family Law
March 2, 2022 Nogojiwanong (Peterborough, ON) - The Niijkiwendidaa Anishnaabekwewag Services Circle (NASC) is pleased to release a new report that shines light on Anishinaabeg kinship-centred governance and family law. The report aims to help Anishinaabeg and other...
FNLC Optimistic that Agreements-in-Principle First Real Step in Reforming Discriminatory First Nations Child and Family Services System
 January 11, 2022 (Xwməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh)/Vancouver, B.C.) After more than thirty years of advocacy and litigation, the First Nations Leadership Council (FNLC) welcomed last week’s announcement that there has...
Indigenous Child and Family Agreement in Principle Information Session
January 6, 2022 On January 5, 2022 The Assembly of First Nations and Government of Canada announced preliminary details of the largest class action settlement in Canadian history. The Agreement in Principle includes compensation for young First Nations people harmed...
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Office of the Premier – News Release
November 25, 2022 - Office of the Premier Premier Eby commits to maintaining individualized autism funding, engaging in deeper consultation for a new funding and service model for children and youth with support needs VICTORIA Í´Premier David Eby and Mitzi Dean,...
FNLC Applauds Increased Age for Supports to Youth from Government Care
March 17, 2022 (Xwməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh)/Vancouver, B.C.) The First Nations Leadership Council (FNLC) applauds the announcement by the Ministry for Child Development (MCFD) Minister, Mitzi Dean, that youth raised...
Historic help for youth from care will support strong transitions to adulthood
March 15, 2022 Young people in government care will have access to new and increased supports until the age of 27. Budget 2022 investments will better support them as they transition to adulthood. “Young people transitioning from government care deserve to have the...
Wabaseemoong Independent Nations, Canada, and Ontario sign historic child and family services coordination agreement
March 10, 2022 — Wabaseemoong Independent Nations, Treaty 3, 1873 Territory, Ontario — Indigenous Services Canada When all partners and orders of government work together to put the interests of Indigenous children first, everyone benefits. Most importantly, when...
Report Examines Anishinaabeg Governance and Family Law
March 2, 2022 Nogojiwanong (Peterborough, ON) - The Niijkiwendidaa Anishnaabekwewag Services Circle (NASC) is pleased to release a new report that shines light on Anishinaabeg kinship-centred governance and family law. The report aims to help Anishinaabeg and other...
FNLC Optimistic that Agreements-in-Principle First Real Step in Reforming Discriminatory First Nations Child and Family Services System
 January 11, 2022 (Xwməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh)/Vancouver, B.C.) After more than thirty years of advocacy and litigation, the First Nations Leadership Council (FNLC) welcomed last week’s announcement that there has...
First Nations Leadership Council Honours Gitanmaax’ Successful Assertion of Inherent Jurisdiction over their Children
November 1, 2021 (Xwməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh)/Vancouver, B.C.) The First Nations Leadership Council (FNLC) stands in full support and solidarity with the Gitanmaax in their assertion of inherent jurisdiction over...
FNLC Disgusted as Canadian Government Continues to Deny Fighting First Nations Children in Court while Filing an Appeal that States Otherwise
Ocotber 29, 2021 (Xwməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh)/Vancouver, B.C.) The First Nations Leadership Council (FNLC) is disgusted, yet not surprised, to learn of Canada’s decision today to appeal the Federal Court ruling of...
Smartphones keep youth in care connected to family, services
October 14, 2021Ministry of Children and Family Development VICTORIA - Over the next two months, nearly 4,000 youth in government care will receive an iPhone to help keep them connected to friends and family, and provide better access to online services, resources and...
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