AFN Special Chief’s Assembly

AFN Special Chief’s Assembly

December 3-5th 

Rogers Centre (formerly Shaw Centre), Ottawa, Ontario
Hybrid (In-Person and Online)

Tuesday December 3, 2024
Time (EST) Activity
7:00 AM Sunrise Pipe Ceremony – Main Plenary Hall
7:30 AM Registration
Regional Caucus
9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
CIRCLE of TRADE
8:30 AM Opening Protocols
• Grand Entry
• Opening Prayer – Knowledge Keepers
• Welcome by Host Official – Chief Greg Sarazin, Pikwakanagan
• Territorial Welcome – Ontario Regional Chief Abram Benedict
• Opening Remarks – National Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak
• Honouring
• Adoption of Rules of Procedures for Assemblies
• Adoption of Agenda
• Update on Panel 13
• National Youth Council – Isaiah Bernard, NYC Co-Chair
11:30 AM Resolutions
• Organizational
12:00 PM Lunch
1:00 PM Plenary: Economic Reconciliation
2:00 PM Resolutions
• Economic Development
• Environment
3:30 PM Plenary: First Nations Citizenship
Resolutions
• Citizenship
5:00 PM End of Day
5:30 PM National Chief’s Parliamentary Reception (Westin Ottawa)

Wednesday December 4, 2024
Time (EST) Activity
7:00 AM Sunrise Pipe Ceremony – Main Plenary Hall
7:30 AM Registration
Regional Caucus
9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
CIRCLE of TRADE
9:00 AM Guest Speaker: The Right Honourable Justin Trudeau, Prime Minister (TBC)
9:30 AM Guest Speakers: TBC
• The Honourable Dominic LeBlanc, Minister, Public Safety
• The Honourable Patty Hajdu, Minister, Indigenous Services Canada
• The Honourable Gary Anandasangaree, Crown Indigenous Relations
• The Honourable Minister Arif Virani, Justice
11:15 AM Panel: Human Trafficking Task Force
12:00 PM Lunch
1:00 PM Plenary: Indigenous Justice Strategy and Policing Reform
1:45 PM Resolutions
• Rights and Justice
• Health
• Lands
5:00 PM End of Day

Thursday December 5, 2024
Time (EST) Activity
7:00 AM Sunrise Pipe Ceremony – Main Plenary Hall
7:30 AM Registration
Regional Caucus
9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
CIRCLE of TRADE
9:00 AM Guest Speakers: Federal Opposition Party Leaders (TBC)
10:00 AM Plenary: Update on Long-Term Reform of First Nations Child
and Family Services
11:00 AM Resolutions
• Children and Family
• Social Programs
• Housing
12:00 PM Lunch
1:00 PM Resolutions
• Support
4:00 PM • Closing Remarks by National Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak
• Closing Prayer
• Closing Ceremony
7:00 PM AFN Winter Celebration (Rogers Centre)