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Nishnawbe Aski Nation launches housing courses with Toronto Metropolitan University and Wahsa Distance Education Centre

Construction project management and tendering and procurement courses which are designed to address the specific housing and learning needs in northern First Nations communities. Today, Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN), with Wahsa Distance Education Centre and Toronto Metropolitan University’s (TMU) Together Design Lab and Faculty of Community Services, announced two new housing courses freely available to…

NAN Rejects Ontario’s Attempts to Deny Clean Water for First Nations; Supports Bill C-61

THUNDER BAY, ON: Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN) Grand Chief Alvin Fiddler firmly rejects and condems Ontario’s assertion that Bill C-61: An Act respecting water, source water, drinking water, wastewater and related infrastructure on First Nation lands will “undermine competitiveness” or “delay project development”, as referenced in the letter sent to federal Minister Julie Dabrusin by Ontario…

NAN Rejects SIU Report Clearing Police in 2024 Shooting of Bruce Frogg in Kenora

THUNDER BAY, ON: Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN) Grand Chief Alvin Fiddler has issued the following statement rejecting the Special Investigations Unit (SIU) report released today, clearing Ontario Provincial Police of criminal conduct in the 2024 shooting death of Bruce Frogg: “Today we extend our most heartfelt condolences and sympathy to the family and friends of Bruce…

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Nishnawbe Aski Nation is a political territorial organization representing 49 First Nation communities within northern Ontario. It represents the legitimate, socioeconomic, and political aspirations of its First Nation members of Northern Ontario to all levels of government in order to allow local self-determination while establishing spiritual, cultural, social, and economic independence.