The NAFC’s Policy Team works with community partners and different levels of government to ensure the needs and priorities of the Friendship Centre Movement are heard. Drawing on the expertise of the NAFC’s network of service-delivery experts, the Policy Team writes, researches, and provides recommendations for policy and legislative reform on a range of issues, including but not limited to:
- Child Welfare
- Languages
- Reconciliation
- Employment
- Housing and Homelessness
- Criminal Justice
Contact the Policy Team!
- Bridget Bowman, Communications & Policy Manager - bbowman@nafc.ca
- VACANT, Senior Policy Analyst
- Yasmin Strautins, Policy Analyst - ystrautins@nafc.ca
Past Submissions and Testimonies
- April 2021: Urban Indigenous perspectives on the Legislative Proposal regarding the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous peoples [PDF - 532 KB]
- 16 September 2020: Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women & Girls Inquiry: Summary of Findings for Urban Indigenous Peoples [PDF, 205 KB]
- 19 May 2020: Standing Committee on Finance
- Government’s Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic
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- 13 May 2020: Standing Committee on Indigenous and Northern Affairs
- Government’s Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic
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- 21 April 2020: Standing Committee on Health
- Briefing on the Canadian Response to the Outbreak of the Coronavirus
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- May 14, 2019: Standing Committee on Indigenous and Northern Affairs
- Bill C-92, An Act respecting First Nations, Inuit and Métis children, youth and families
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- March 19, 2019: The Standing Senate Committee on Aboriginal Peoples
- Bill C-91, An Act respecting Indigenous languages
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- February 26, 2019: Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage
- Bill C-91, An Act respecting Indigenous languages
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- May 9, 2018: Standing Senate Committee on Aboriginal Peoples
- The New Relationship Between Canada and First Nations, Inuit, and Métis
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- June 2, 2016: Standing Committee on Indigenous and Northern Affairs
- Suicide Among Indigenous Peoples and Communities
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- March 8, 2016: Standing Committee on Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development
- Briefing and Friendship Centre Movement Priorities
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- April 30, 2002: Standing Senate Committee on Aboriginal Peoples
- Access, provision, and delivery of services, policy and jurisdictional issues, employment and education, access to economic opportunities, youth participation and empowerment, and other related matters