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Thursday, May 11, 2023

Welcome Darcy Gray!

May 10, 2023:  The Rebuilding First Nations Governance (RFNG) research project is very pleased to announce that Darcy Gray has joined the team as National Community Research Director. Darcy will play a leadership role to help ensure our partner community research requirements are matched with expertise and resources and help regional researchers... More

Friday, May 5, 2023

The Pathfinders Series: Carol McCauley & Cindy Tom

THE PATHFINDERS: Upper Nicola Band’s Elder Carol McCauley and Cindy Tom-Lindley on getting involved as citizens The Rebuilding First Nations Governance Project is chatting with movers and shakers advancing First Nations’ inherent right to self-government in Canada. Part Q&A and part F.A.Q., The Pathfinders features members of our project... More

Friday, January 27, 2023

Welcome Dr. Giuseppe Amatulli!

RFNG is very pleased to welcome Dr. Giuseppe Amatulli to the project team. As post-doctoral Research Fellow, he’ll play a key role in our program of research and analysis.   Giuseppe completed his PhD in socio-legal anthropology from Durham University (U.K.) in 2022, with his doctoral research focussed on the Doig and Blueberry River First... More

Monday, January 9, 2023

The Pathfinders Series Feature: David Newhouse

THE PATHFINDERS: David Newhouse talks First Nations self-government in the city and off-reserve The Rebuilding First Nations Governance Project is chatting with movers and shakers advancing First Nations’ inherent right to self-government in Canada. Part Q&A and part F.A.Q., The Pathfinders features members of our project and others talking... More

Wednesday, December 7, 2022

The Pathfinders Series Feature: Chris Robertson

THE PATHFINDERS: RFNG’s Chris Robertson on forging the path to self-government for your community  The Rebuilding First Nations Governance Project is chatting with movers and shakers advancing First Nations’ inherent right to self-government in Canada. Part Q&A and part F.A.Q., The Pathfinders features members of our project and others... More

Friday, November 4, 2022

Inherent Rights Youth Leaders Gather for First IRYI Storytelling Session

FIRST NATIONS YOUTH AND ELDERS GATHER FOR FIRST INHERENT RIGHTS YOUTH INITIATIVE STORYTELLING SESSION Written by Ben Sylvestre A thin trail of smoke streamed into the frame of Elder Jerry Fontaine’s video feed. An unseen bundle of medicines burned in the smudge bowl on the table before him. Two-dozen people videoing-in from First Nations... More

Thursday, November 3, 2022

The Pathfinders Series Feature: Julie Williams

THE PATHFINDERS: RFNG’s Julie Williams on how self-government is about living a life authentic to First Nations’ values The Rebuilding First Nations Governance Project is chatting with movers and shakers advancing First Nations’ inherent right to self-government in Canada. Part Q&A and part F.A.Q., The Pathfinders features members of our... More

Thursday, October 13, 2022

The Pathfinders Series Feature: Dwayne Nashkawa

THE PATHFINDERS: Nipissing First Nation’s Dwayne Nashkawa on what it means to transition out of the Indian Act The Rebuilding First Nations Governance Project is chatting with movers and shakers advancing First Nations’ inherent right to self-government in Canada. Part Q&A and part F.A.Q., The Pathfinders features members of our project... More

Saturday, September 10, 2022

The Pathfinders Series Feature: Amsey Maracle

THE PATHFINDERS: RFNG’s Amsey Maracle on youth leadership and why First Nations self-governance matters The Rebuilding First Nations Governance Project is chatting with movers and shakers advancing First Nations’ inherent right to self-government in Canada. Part Q&A and part F.A.Q., The Pathfinders features members of our project and... More

Wednesday, August 24, 2022

RFNG Summer 2022 Update

  PROJECT UPDATE August 2022 Volume 1 No. 2 Community work As the summer of 2022 comes to a close, the Rebuilding First Nations (RFNG) project team hopes you’ve had time to relax, recuperate from the stresses of the last two years, and to enjoy the close company of family and friends. With more... More

Tuesday, August 2, 2022

Lawmaking for Nation Rebuilding

How First Nations are reclaiming their right to self-government by making their own laws Ben Sylvestre In addition to this article, RFNG is producing a range of in-depth case studies based on its Spring 2022 Lawmaking Workshop to be released over the coming weeks. To view all currently available entries in this series, please... More

Monday, July 11, 2022

RFNG Co-Director Frances Abele Appointed to the Order of Canada

RFNG co-director Frances Abele appointed to the Order of Canada Ben Sylvestre The Rebuilding First Nations Governance Project’s co-director Frances Abele has been appointed to the Order of Canada for her contributions to public policy as a leading scholar of northern and Indigenous political development. Governor General Mary Simon recently... More

Monday, February 28, 2022

Around a Sacred Fire: Indigenous Youth and Medicine People Connect for Change

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Wednesday, November 10, 2021

How Dal’s Naiomi Metallic has turned law into a tool for reconciliation

How Dal's Naiomi Metallic has turned law into a tool for... More

Friday, September 10, 2021

Rebuilding First Nations Governance Unveils New Logo

  September 2021 -- Rebuilding First Nations Governance (RFNG) is pleased to launch its stunning new logo created by X-ing Design. The project encompasses a diversity of First Nations cultures, languages, and histories from coast to coast, focussed on the little understood topic of governance. We asked Megan Currie, creative director of X-ing... More

Tuesday, July 13, 2021

Chief Cadmus Delorme Has Been a Voice for Change

Chief Cadmus Delorme Has Been a Voice for... More

Wednesday, March 31, 2021

Carleton Partners in Major National Project to Rebuild First Nations Governance

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Tuesday, March 16, 2021

Carleton’s Faculty of Public Affairs Interview with Chief Darcy Gray

Building Community in Difficult... More

Tuesday, February 23, 2021

New Webinar Series Introduces the Pillars for Self-Government in Canada

Effective self-governance is critical to the survival, health and well-being of First Nations people. It is a central pillar in reconciliation and in the creation of a new nation-to-nation relationship with the Crown. It is crucial to the long-term governance of Canada. Join us March 3, 2021 at noon ET for the first in... More

Tuesday, February 9, 2021

Centre for First Nations Governance Press Release

Six Year Project: Transition to Self-Determining... More

Sunday, September 6, 2020

Feature Article

New SSHRC award provides $2.5 million to support Indigenous drive to... More

Wednesday, September 2, 2020

News Release

Frances Abele Receives SSHRC Funding to Investigate Transforming the Indian... More

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