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OUR MISSION is to improve the quality of life for Aboriginal peoples in an urban environment by supporting self-determined activities which encourage equal access to, and participation in, Canadian Society; and which respect and strengthen the increasing emphasis on Aboriginal cultural distinctiveness.
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News and Events
School supplies for First Nations families
The Fredericton Native Friendship Centre, in co-operation with the Royal Bank, is providing free school supplies in preparation for the start of the school year Sept. 6.
No corporate support forth-coming for new friendship centre
June Edition Alberta Sweetgrass - On the first day of spring, the Cold Lake Native Friendship Centre kicked off its fund raising campaign for a new building with a traditional feast. About 50 people, including Cold Lake’s mayor and representatives from Cold Lake First Nations and the Canadian Forces Base were in attendance.
Timmins Native Friendship Centre earns provincial award
July 14,2011 Timmins, ON Providing economic and social programs and resources to the Aboriginal community has proved to one thing for the Timmins Native Friendship Centre: A formula for success.
That success was recently recognized for the second-straight year.
Improving the urban Aboriginal experience
April 13, 2011 - The policy lens is not quite keeping pace with the shift in the demographics of where the needs of aboriginal people are,” said Jeffrey Cyr, executive director of the National Association of Friendship Centres. “They’re not having the policy conversation about … how to respond to it, how to integrate and construct services amongst levels of government.
NAFC Releases Tobacco Cessation Resources for Aboriginal Youth
April 7, 2011 Ottawa, ON – The National Association of Friendship Centres (NAFC) is pleased to announce its new, updated youth tobacco cessation toolkit and accompanying facilitator’s guide. These resources have been in development since 2009. Funded by Health Canada, these resources have been created with the guidance of a multi-stakeholder steering committee which included the NAFC’s Aboriginal Youth Council, the Aboriginal Nurses Association of Canada, the National Aboriginal Health Organization and the Canadian Council for Tobacco Control. Engagement with various Aboriginal youth was key to providing the NAFC with feedback at various stages of the project. The resource documents were also pilot tested at sixteen Friendship Centres across Canada in the fall of 2010.
The RCAAQ welcomes Minister Geoffrey Kelley to its office to highlight International Women's Day
Wendake, Tuesday March 8, 2011 - The Regroupement des centres d'amitié autochtones duquébec (RCAAQ) will be receiving the visit of Minister responsible for Native Affairs, Mr. GeoffreyKelley during International Women’s Day. The RCAAQ takes this opportunity to express its pride in being nominated for the Prix Égalité with La Légende d’Aigle-Doré, conte atikamekw, a work that encourages egalitarian relations between young urban aboriginal citizens of Quebec of both genders.
Announcement of New NAFC Executive Director
February 14, 2011 Ottawa, Ontario – The Board of Directors of the National Association of Friendship Centres (NAFC) is pleased to announce the appointment of Jeffrey Cyr to the position of Executive Director. Mr. Cyr will begin his tenure effective February 28, 2011.
Aboriginal Leader Barb Ward-Burkitt Honoured with 2010 Order of British Columbia
August 6, 2010 - Coast Salish Territory/Victoria, BC – The BC Association of Aboriginal Friendship Centres (BCAAFC) is pleased to announce that on October 21, 2010 in Victoria, BC, Barb Ward-Burkitt, Executive Director of the Prince George Native Friendship Centre will receive the 2010 Order of British Columbia for her outstanding contributions to her community.
Honouring the Spirit of Senator Mary Richard
September 9, 2010 Ottawa, ON - Senator Mary Richard was a proud Métis woman and long time advocate for Aboriginal and human rights. She was a Mother, Grandmother, Sister, Auntie, Friend and “Boss of Everybody”.
Proposed 2011 Voluntary Short-Form Census.
November 3, 2010 Ottawa, ON - In July the NAFC sent correspondence to the office of the Prime Minister of Canada, (letter forwarded to Minister of Industry) and to the Acting Chief Statistician at Statistics Canada. The letters reference NAFC Resolution 10-02 and identified discrepancies with the proposed 2011 voluntary short-form census as it pertains to Aboriginal data collection. In both letters the NAFC encourages the government to re-instate the long-form census and improve upon the long-form census criteria so to better capture the urban Aboriginal population within the survey.
Joint Statement in Response to Canada’s Endorsement of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
November 16, 2010 Ottawa, ON - On November 12th the Canadian government endorsed the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. We urge the government to move ahead with the implementation of its provisions in a principled manner that fully respects their spirit and intent. The Declaration is more than an aspirational instrument. Governments, courts and other domestic and international institutions are increasingly relying on the Declaration to interpret Indigenous peoples’ human rights and related state obligations. It establishes minimum standards for the survival, dignity, security and well-being of Indigenous peoples.
Improving the lives of urban Aboriginal Peoples
November 18, 2010 Ottawa, ON - Jean Crowder, Member of Parliament for Nanaimo-Cowichan and Co-Chair of the All Party Friendship Centre Caucus. For over half a century, Friendship Centres have played a pivotal role in the lives of Aboriginal people living in towns and cities. Beginning around the 1950’s, more and more Aboriginal peoples began moving from their reserves, inlets, villages and settlements to Canada’s cities and towns in search of a better living conditions, namely jobs and educations.
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