

Community assessments of Mishkeegogamang Ojibway Nation and Webequie First Nation in remote northwestern Ontario have identified a number of solutions to the urgent problems faced by the communities. Read the Report...
Wawatay News Online
K-Net A portal site of Keewaytinook Okimakanak, a non-political Chiefs Council serving communities in northern Ontario.
Aboriginal Healing Foundation
Association of Native Child and Family Service Agencies of Ontario
Canadian Coalition for the Rights of Children
Caring for First Nations Children Society
Centre of Excellence for Child Welfare
Chapin Hall Centre for Children
Child Rights Information Network
Child Welfare League of America
Child Welfare League of Canada
First Nations Child & Family Caring Society of Canada
First Nations Education Steering Committee
Many Hands One Dream: Redefining Aboriginal Children's Health
National Clearinghouse on Child Abuse and Neglect
National Indian Child Welfare Association
National Youth in Care Network
Native Child and Family Services of Toronto
Ojibway and Cree Cultural Centre
Ontario Coalition Against Poverty
Ontario Federation of Indian Friendship Centres
Public Health Agency of Canada, Child Maltreatment
Reconciliation in Child Welfare
Secretariat of National Aboriginal and Islander Child Care
Sub-Group on Indigenous Children and Young People
United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child
See list on More about Communities page
William W. Creighton Youth Services
Wasaya Group Inc.
Centre of Excellence for Child & Youth Mental Health
Christian Horizons
Family and Children's Services of Guelph & Wellington County
Feed the Children (FTC) Canada
Kinark Child & Family Services
Laidlaw Foundation
Office of Child and Family Service Advocacy
Ontario Association of Children's Aid Societies
Ontario Libraries Association
Rotary District 7040
Ryerson University
Save the Children Canada
The Ontario Trillium Foundation
UNICEF Canada
In 2009, twenty years after the Convention on the Rights of the Child was adopted with the promise of providing the best we have to give as a nation for all our children, the health conditions of Canada’s Aboriginal children are not what we would expect in one of the most affluent countries in the world. It is time to do more – see UNICEF Canada’s report on Aboriginal child health and take action!
Assembly of First Nations
Canada, Aboriginal Canada Portal
Chiefs of Ontario
Ontario First Nations
Nishnawbe Aski Nation
The NAN Tribal councils are:
Muskegowuk Council
Keewaytinook Okimakanak
Shibogama First Nations Council
Wabun Tribal Council
Windigo First Nations Council
Independent First Nations Alliance
Indian and Northern Affairs Canada
Ontario Ministry of Community and Social Services
Ontario, Ministry of Children and Youth Services
Indian Residential Schools Resolution Canada
Indian Residential Schools Survivor Society
Nishnawbe Aski Nation Residential Schools Project
Shingwauk Project
A Lost Heritage: Canada's Residential Schools
CBC Archives
"Therefore, on behalf of the government of Canada and all Canadians, I stand before you, in this chamber so central to our life as a country, to apologize to aboriginal peoples for Canada's role in the Indian residential schools system."
Read the full apology. For more coverage, go to Nation Talk
"The Canadian government formed the Truth and Reconciliation Commission as part of the Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement to understand how people were affected by the residential school experience." To learn more, go to FAQ Aboriginal Truth and Reconciliation Commission.
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