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Executive Assistant to the Chairperson and President
Deadline to apply: January 3, 2025, 4:30 pm CST. [More...]
Curriculum Developer and Education Specialist
Deadline to apply: January 2, 2025, 4:30 pm CST. [More...]
Policy Analyst and Technical Writer
Deadline to apply: December 13, 2024, 4:30 pm CST. [More...]
16 Days of Activism: Come Together, Act Now to End Violence Against Indigenous Women, Girls, and 2SLGBTQQIA+ People
November 25, 2024 - The National Family and Survivors Circle [More...]
National Family and Survivors Circle Inc. Calls for Immediate Action and Accountability on MMIWG2S+ through National and International Oversight
October 4, 2024—On this National Day of Action for Missing [More...]
Communications Director and Strategist
Deadline to apply: August 8, 2024, 4:30 pm CST. [More...]
Calls for Transformative Action in Response to Guilty Verdict in First-Degree Murder of Four Indigenous Women: Rebecca Contois, Marcedes Myran, Morgan Harris and Mashkode Bizhiki’ikwe
July 12, 2024 The National Family and Survivors Circle Inc. [More...]
Implementation of the 231 Calls for Justice: Action, Accountability, and United Nations Oversight Now
June 3, 2024 Today marks five years since the release [More...]
National Day of Action on MMIWG2S+: Holding Space for Rights Holders in Implementing the 231 Calls for Justice
October 4, 2023 This National Day of Action on Missing [More...]
Collaborative Action on Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, and 2SLGBTQQIA+ People Results in a Transformed Canada
PRESS RELEASE – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE JUNE 3, 3023 WINNIPEG [More...]
NFSC Calls for Greater Collaboration to Achieve Transformative Outcomes in Addressing the MMIWG2S+ Nation-wide Emergency
PRESS RELEASE – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MAY 5, 2023 WINNIPEG [More...]
Federal Budget 2023 Makes Concrete Commitments to Addressing the National Crisis of MMIWG2S+
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 28, 2023 OTTAWA - The National [More...]
NFSC Statement on Report Regarding RCMP Abuse and Refusal to Investigate
February 15, 2023 On February 10, 2023, APTN published an [More...]
NFSC Recognizes the 2023 Women’s Memorial March
February 14, 2023 Today, February 14th, marks the 32nd annual [More...]
NFSC Welcomes Federal Announcement on the Path Forward for Accountability on MMIWG2S+
January 11, 2023 The National Family and Survivors Circle (NFSC) [More...]
Police Must Stop Devaluing the Lives of Indigenous Women, Girls, and 2SLGBTQQIA+ People
December 14, 2022 Over ten days have passed since Winnipeg [More...]
More Must Be Done to Stop Serial Killers Who Target Indigenous Women
December 2, 2022 On Thursday, December 1st, the Winnipeg Police [More...]
NFSC: Police Abuse of Indigenous Women, Girls, and 2SLGBTQQIA+ People Must End
November 4, 2022 On November 1, 2022, APTN released information [More...]
Wellness Bundles
The National Family and Survivors Circle (NFSC) is providing Wellness [More...]
This National Day of Action, Canada Cannot Afford to Wait
October 4, 2022 Today is the National Day of Action [More...]
On #NDTR, “Reconciliation is not a spectator sport”
September 30, 2022 On National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, [More...]
Gender Equality Week 2022 Statement
September 22, 2022 As Gender Equality Week draws to a [More...]
NFSC Statement on the Impact of Indian Residential Schools on 2SLGBTQQIA+ People and Exclusion during the Pope’s Visit to Canada
July 26, 2022 WINNIPEG – The National Family and Survivors [More...]
NFSC Statement on Interim Report of Standing Senate Committee on Aboriginal Peoples
June 24, 2022 The National Family and Survivors Circle welcomes [More...]
A Spotlight on the National Day of Action for Families of MMIWG, Survivors of Gender-Based Violence, and Indigenous Women, Girls and 2SLGBTQQIA+ People
Friday, June 3rd, 2022, was the first anniversary of the [More...]
June 3rd, 2022: A Day of Action for Families of MMIWG, Survivors of Gender-Based Violence, and Indigenous Women, Girls and 2SLGBTQQIA+ people
Friday, June 3rd, 2022 marks the first anniversary of the [More...]
NFSC Statement on Arrest of Suspect in Rebecca Contois’ Murder
On Thursday, May 19, 2022, the National Family and Survivors [More...]
NFSC Statement: The FAFIA Report on the Toxic Culture of RCMP and the Police Failure to Investigate Chelsea Poorman’s Death
March 17, 2022 Recently, the Canadian Feminist Alliance for International [More...]
NFSC Calls on All Canadians to Take Action on the National Day of Awareness and Action for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, and 2SLGBTQQIA+ People
PRESS RELEASE – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 5th, 2022 WINNIPEG [More...]
Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls and 2SLGBTQQIA+ People left out of Federal Budget 2022
PRESS RELEASE – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 8, 2022 OTTAWA [More...]
The National Family and Survivors Circle Calls for Immediate Supports to Victims of Gender-Based Violence
PRESS RELEASE – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 24, 2022 WINNIPEG [More...]
NFSC Concerned About High Number of Incomplete Investigations of MMIWG Cases by the Thunder Bay Police Service
PRESS RELEASE – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 19, 2022 WINNIPEG [More...]
Reflecting on the National Action Plan Process To-Date
Last week marked two major milestones for the National [More...]
Read the National Action Plan to Address MMIWG2S+
2021 Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, and 2SLGBTQQIA+ [More...]
Join Us for the Launch of the National Action Plan!
Today marks the launch of the National Action Plan [More...]
Read NFSC’s Complete Contribution to the National Action Plan
The Path Forward - Reclaiming Power and Place [More...]
Lisez notre contribution complète au Plan d’action national
La voie à suivre : réclamer notre pouvoir et [More...]
Please Join Us for a Virtual Event!
Please join the National Family and Survivors Circle today (June [More...]
Media Protocol: How to Respectfully Cover Families & Survivors
Media Protocol for Journalists Covering National Family and Survivors Circle [More...]
The National Action Plan Launches June 3rd, 2021
National Family and Survivors Circle welcomes release of the National [More...]
NFSC welcomes Budget 2021 commitment
Earlier this week, Federal Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland delivered the [More...]
National Inquiry’s Final Report: Reclaiming Power & Place
The National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and [More...]
Unity Video — Families & Survivors
These are the families and survivors of missing and murdered [More...]
Unity Video — Grandmother’s Circle
Watch the stories of the Grandmothers’ Circle of Canada’s historic [More...]
National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls’
Toll-free Support Phone Line
For immediate mental and emotional wellness support, the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls’ toll-free support phone line is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The service is available in English, French, Cree, Ojibway and Inuktitut.
First Nations and Inuit
Hope for Wellness
Help Line
First Nations and Inuit Hope for Wellness Help Line provides culturally-grounded assessment, referrals, support in times of crisis, and suicide intervention. Services are available 24 hours a day, seven days a week in English, French, Ojibway, Cree and Inuktitut.