Funding for this program is provided by the Department of Canadian Heritage (PCH) and administered by the National Association of Friendship Centres (NAFC) with assistance from the regions. The Aboriginal Friendship Centre Program (AFCP) was designed to provide Friendship Centres with stable operational funding from which they could begin to access other funds from a variety of sources to address needs identified by their community. In addition to core components, Friendship Centres have always pursued other service and programming resources. The AFCP provides core funding to the majority of Friendship Centres. This means that new and developing Centres must rely on municipal, provincial and/or federal grants, local fundraising activities and miscellaneous grants and contributions in order to provide programs and services. There remains an unmet need in terms of addressing funding for additional Friendship Centres under the AFCP.
The level of funding available for each Friendship Centre has been steadily declining over the past decade. This reduction has had very serious impacts on individual Centres. The level of resources available under the AFCP has also required that priority funding areas be identified. This has meant that there may be no resources available under specific components listed on this page. Establishing an acceptable funding level for all Friendship Centres and the various components which authorities exist under the AFCP is also an on-going area requiring address.
In 2007-2008, Friendship Centres provided the following number of client contacts and were able to access grants and contributions in the following program areas.
Program Area |
Client Contacts |
Revenues (in $) |
Cultural |
133,958 |
3,568,428.66 |
Family |
166,946 |
15,950,395.58 |
Youth |
310,909 |
14,176,301,76 |
Other |
129,303 |
5,668,235.40 |
Sports & Recreation |
32,750 |
845,954.68 |
Language |
756 |
51,017.96 |
Justice |
31,803 |
4,578,846.23 |
Housing |
25,915 |
5,506,436.00 |
Health |
244,855 |
23,707,829.49 |
Education |
108,194 |
9,390,997.51 |
Employment |
63,864 |
7,817,297.13 |
Economic Dev. |
64,494 |
2,384,715.00 |
Total |
1,313,747 |
$ 93,646,455.40 |
Administration of this program is shared with our regional partners and the contact information is provided below
Region |
Name |
Address |
Phone |
Email |
British Columbia |
Lindsey Martin |
British Columbia Association of Aboriginal Friendship Centres 200 - 506 Fort Street, Victoria, BC V8W 1E6
Fax: (250) 388-5502 |
250-388-5522 |
lmartin@bcaafc.com |
Yukon |
Brian Jackson |
National Association of Friendship Centres
275 MacLaren Street, Ottawa, ON K2P 0L9 |
613-563-4844 |
bjackson@nafc.ca |
Alberta |
Emilea Karhioo |
Alberta Native Friendship Centres Association
10336-121 Street, Edmonton, AB T5N 1K8
|
780-423-3138 |
emilea@anfca.com |
Saskatchewan |
Ashley Kayseas |
Aboriginal Friendship Centres of Saskatchewan
1615-29th street W
Saskatoon, SK
S7L 0N6 |
306-955-0762 |
ash@afcs.ca |
Manitoba |
Adam Blanchard |
Manitoba Association of Friendship Centres
200 - 388 Donald Street, Winnipeg, MB R3B 2J4 |
204-942-6299 |
info@mac.mb.ca
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Ontario |
Chester Langille |
Ontario Federation of Indian Friendship Centres
219 Front Street East, Toronto, ON M5A 1E8
|
416-956-7575 |
clangille@ofifc.org |
Quebec |
Amélie Lainé |
Regroupement des Centres D’Amitié Autochtones du Québec
225 rue Max-Gros-Louis, Wendake, QC G0A 4V0 |
418-842-6354 |
Amelie.Laine@rcaaq.info |
Atlantic (NS, PEI, NB, NFLD, LB) |
Brian Jackson |
National Association of Friendship Centres
275 MacLaren Street, Ottawa, ON K2P 0L9 |
613-563-4844 |
bjackson@nafc.ca |
Northwest Territories / Nunavut |
Harold Barnaby |
NT/NUCFC – Northwest Territories/Nunavut Council of Friendship Centres
Unit 209
4817 – 49 Street
Yellowknife, NT
X1A 3S7
Fax: (867) 669-7064 |
876-669-7063 |
nt_nucfcyk@northwestel.net
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Questions related to AFCP can be forwarded to Brian Jackson at bjackson@nafc.ca
AFCP Criteria and Guidelines can be downloaded here
AFCP Application 2010-2011 can be downloaded here
2010-2011 PTA AFCP Application can be downloaded here
Authentication Letter for Online AFCP Application - click here
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