Archive - Sep 10, 2009

AFN National Chief challenges First Nation students and families to lead the way by completing school

AFN press release 

AFN National Chief Issues "Back to School" Statement to First Nations Students and Families

     OTTAWA, Sept. 8 /CNW Telbec/ - Assembly of First Nations National Chief Shawn Atleo today issued the following statement:

     "Today marks the day when many students across the country are returning to school. And for some, it will be their first day of school, the start of a new journey.

Canada remains the only country not supporting the UN's Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples

UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples: Canadian government isolated as global implementation moves ahead

12 September 2009

A new report released today shows governments and institutions around the world are moving ahead with implementation of a human rights instrument that the minority government of Canada has denounced as “unworkable.”