Founded in 1999, the First Nations Child & Family Caring Society (Caring Society) is a national nonprofit organization providing reconciliation-based public education, research, and support to promote the safety and well‑being of First Nations children, young people, families, and Nations. Ongoing discrimination against First Nations communities has resulted in concurrent inequities in various public services that hamper the ability of First Nations children and youth to receive the access to services they need, when they need them.

The Caring Society believes that First Nations children and youth are entitled to culturally based and equitable services immediately, as they request them. Guided by the Caring Society’s Bearrister, Spirit Bear, 1 we also believe that all children and young people have a right to be meaningfully engaged in matters about them, including reconciliation. The Caring Society has created reconciliation-based initiatives, resources, and public education and engagement campaigns for all people living in Canada to address systemic discrimination in Canadian law, policy, conduct, and education affecting First Nations children, youth, and families. These opportunities call upon everyone to stand alongsi