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Chiefs of Ontario and Nishnawbe Aski Nation Celebrate Historic Approval of the Ontario Final Agreement by the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal - Chiefs of Ontario

Chiefs of Ontario Responds to 2026 Ontario Budget - Chiefs of Ontario

Chiefs of Ontario Calls on Government to Strike a Commission of Inquiry to Investigate Systemic Spying on First Nations - Chiefs of Ontario

Chiefs of Ontario Stand with the Family of Heather Winterstein and Six Nations Ahead of Coroner’s Inquest - Chiefs of Ontario

MMIWG2s+ Family Gathering

For World Water Day, First Nations Leaders Urge Federal Government to Fulfill Commitments to Reintroduce the First Nations Clean Water Act - Chiefs of Ontario

Youth Opportunities Fund Ontario Trillium FoundationYouth Innovations and Family Innovations

1965 Indian Welfare Agreement Reform Website

Grand Chief Joel Abram: 1965 Indian Welfare Agreement - Program Areas

Chiefs of Ontario – First Nation Employment Services Framework - Northern Communities Survey

Chiefs of Ontario and Nishnawbe Aski Nation Conclude Historic CHRT Approval Hearings for the Ontario Final Agreement - Chiefs of Ontario

The Advocate - Latest Issue

First Nations Trade Agreements & Economic Rights Roundtable

Chiefs of Ontario Urges Immediate Action on Highway Safety After String of Fatal Collisions - Chiefs of Ontario

1965 Indian Welfare Agreement Reform

Fort Frances Agency - First Nation Child Well Being Planning Registration

Bridging the Gap Symposium • Feb 26, 2026

ORIC Roles and Responsibilities for at Large Members

First Nation Employment Services Framework - Thunder Bay Registration

UNDA Dialogue Session: Annual Reporting and Implementation Progress Registration

Canada Ontario Agreement (COA) Executive and First Nations Meeting Registration

Chiefs of Ontario Mark the 10th Anniversary of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission Final Report - Chiefs of Ontario

Ontario Regional Chief Abram Benedict Commends Robinson Huron Waawiindamaagewin Conference Examining Metis Claims in Ontario - Chiefs of Ontario

Sudbury Agency - First Nation Child Well Being Planning Meeting Registration

Chiefs of Ontario First Nation Employment Services Framework Session Registration

Chiefs of Ontario Raises Concerns Regarding Provincial Proposal to Allow Mining Project Proponents to Take Water Without Permit - Chiefs of Ontario

Chiefs of Ontario welcomes court decisions affirming government’s responsibility to ensure adequate housing and safe drinking water for First Nations - Chiefs of Ontario

Chiefs of Ontario Hearing for the Ontario Final Agreement (OFA) Approval

Advocate - Summer 2025 Edition

Chiefs of Ontario call for urgent implementation of 2021 water settlement and legislation as a third of Ontario First Nations face drinking water advisories - Chiefs of Ontario

Ontario First Nations Demand Immediate Action to Address Jordan’s Principle Crisis Following Fall Chiefs Assembly - Chiefs of Ontario

Ontario Regional Chief Abram Benedict and the Keepers of the Circle – 2S/LGBTQQIAPD+ Council Release Joint Statement on Trans Day of Remembrance - Chiefs of Ontario

The People’s Report: First Nations and Diabetes in Ontario

Virtual Overview of Environmental Projects

Chiefs of Ontario Respond to the Tabling of 2025 Ontario Economic Outlook and Fiscal Review - Chiefs of Ontario

Chiefs of Ontario Respond to Canada Strong: Federal Budget 2025 - Chiefs of Ontario

Chiefs of Ontario Marks Anniversary of the Independent Special Interlocutor’s Final Report and Calls for Immediate Action from Canadian Governments - Chiefs of Ontario

Chiefs of Ontario Respond to Auditor General’s Report Highlighting Ongoing Federal Failures to Support First Nations - Chiefs of Ontario

Virtual Dialogue Sessions - Fall Chiefs Assembly 2025 - Registration

Chiefs of Ontario Call for Unity and Urgent Action to Protect First Nations Children

Chiefs of Ontario Stand in Solidarity with Nishnawbe Aski Nation, Demanding Urgent Action from Treaty Partners on Community Safety Crisis - Chiefs of Ontario

Opioid Use, Related Harms, and Access to Treatment Among First Nations in Ontario Annual Update 2013 – 2023 - Chiefs of Ontario

First Nation Employment Services Framework Registration

Chiefs of Ontario Discontinue Judicial Reviews of the Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act - Chiefs of Ontario

First Nations people in Ontario disproportionately affected by opioid crisis, new report shows - Chiefs of Ontario

Chiefs of Ontario Support Joint Police Operations Against Organized Crime, Reiterate Call for Federal Recognition of First Nations Policing as an Essential Service - Chiefs of Ontario

Chiefs of Ontario Releases a Statement on the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation - Chiefs of Ontario

Chiefs of Ontario Fall Chiefs Assembly - Registration

Rights Assertions

Special Education Sharing Forum

Education and Languages Conference 2025

Chiefs of Ontario to Launch Business Directory in 2025 to Protect and Promote First Nation Businesses - Chiefs of Ontario

Ontario Final Agreement Implementation – Virtual Information Sessions - Registration

Chiefs of Ontario issue statement on cancellation of herbicide spraying in the North Shore area - Chiefs of Ontario

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New report reinforces utter lack of historical evidence of Métis in Ontario region - Chiefs of Ontario

Chiefs of Ontario Urge Federal Government to Prioritize First Nations Rights, Infrastructure and Partnership - Chiefs of Ontario

Environment Portal | Chiefs of Ontario

First Nations Community Wellness Conference

Chiefs of Ontario Early Learning & Child Care Conference Registration

Chiefs of Ontario Child Welfare Data Symposium Registration

First Nation Employment Framework Registration

Species at Risk: Conservation Conference

Chiefs of Ontario call on healing for residential survivors and their communities not to be forgotten amidst push for economic projects - Chiefs of Ontario

Register: Annual Canada Ontario Agreement (COA) Executive and First Nations meeting

Register: Great Lakes Freshwater Ecosystem Initiative Funding and Workplan Workshop

First Nations Leadership United in Opposition to Liberal Government’s Unprecedented Bill C-5 - Chiefs of Ontario

Chiefs of Ontario issue urgent warning on Bill C-5, the One Canadian Economy Act, and will rally on Parliament Hill - Chiefs of Ontario

2024-2025 Chiefs of Ontario Annual Report - Chiefs of Ontario

The National Inquiry’s 231 Calls for Justice: A Report Card by Chiefs of Ontario

Chiefs of Ontario oppose Métis Nation of Ontario’s ongoing attempts to inflate “citizenship” and grant “harvesting rights” in First Nations territories - Chiefs of Ontario

LETTER - Stop Bill 5: Stand with First Nations and Protect Ontario’s Lands and Waters

First Nations Leadership responds to the passing of Bill 5 with warning of legal and grassroots action - Chiefs of Ontario

First Nations bring Bill 5 concerns to Queen’s Park, call for legislation’s reversal - Chiefs of Ontario

Ontario Leadership Update - Ontario Final Agreement Motion Litigation Registration

First Nation Employment Framework Registration

Annual Chiefs Assembly - Dialogue Sessions Registration

The Chiefs of Ontario support the Saugeen Ojibway Nation in release of new research report: Assessing Métis Historical Claims to Rights in SON Territory - Chiefs of Ontario

Manitoba Métis Federation and Chiefs of Ontario renew calls for government and institutional action in addressing Indigenous identity fraud - Chiefs of Ontario

Twenty-five years after Walkerton, a water crisis persists - Chiefs of Ontario

The Chiefs of Ontario responds to the tabling of 2025 Ontario budget - Chiefs of Ontario

Ontario Regional Chief Abram Benedict Responds to Prime Minister Mark Carney’s Cabinet Appointments - Chiefs of Ontario

The Chiefs of Ontario Food Sovereignty Forum Video

Three quarters of First Nations police in Ontario report facing mental health challenges on the job - Chiefs of Ontario

Registration - First Nation Business Directory: Partnership Assessment Guidelines Virtual Engagement Sessions

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Ontario Regional Chief Abram Benedict and the First Nations Women’s Council Release Joint Statement in honour of Red Dress Day, the National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, and Two-Spirit People (MMIWG2S+)

Mining company pressures and disrespects Onigaming First Nation while in state of emergency over youth deaths - Chiefs of Ontario

Ontario Regional Chief Abram Benedict Extends Congratulatory Remarks to Prime Minister Mark Carney - Chiefs of Ontario

Registration: UNDA Dialogue Session: UNDA and Free, Prior and Informed Consent

First Nations rights cannot be ‘unleashed,’ say First Nations Leadership following province’s proposed development legislation - Chiefs of Ontario

Welcome to the Chiefs of Ontario

50th Anniversary - Annual Chiefs Assembly

Chiefs of Ontario Urge Premier Ford to Respect First Nations’ Rights in Mining Legislation - Chiefs of Ontario

Chiefs of Ontario Dismiss Findings of Métis National Council Expert Panel Report - Chiefs of Ontario

Update on the Ontario Final Agreement - Canadian Human Rights Tribunal Meeting Registration

On World Water Day, First Nations Leadership call on federal parties to implement the First Nations Clean Water Act - Chiefs of Ontario

First Nations Federal Priorities 2025 - Chiefs of Ontario

Ontario Regional Chief Abram Benedict’s response to federal Conservative Party’s commitment to ‘unlock’ the Ring of Fire - Chiefs of Ontario

Pathways to Progress: Chiefs of Ontario’s Federal Priorities for 2025 and the Future of Economic Reconciliation Amid Trade Wars

The Advocate

Documentary - Chiefs of Ontario

Ontario Regional Chief issues statement on provincial election results - Chiefs of Ontario

Media Advisory – Positive collaboration between First Nations and the mining sector - Chiefs of Ontario

Chiefs of Ontario, Nishnawbe Aski Nation, and Canada sign an Ontario Final Agreement to reform child and family services

Ontario Regional Chief Congratulates Francis Verreault-Paul on Election as Regional Chief of AFNQL - Chiefs of Ontario

2023-2024 Annual Report - Chiefs of Ontario