Partner Roles and Responsibilities

First Nations University and Health Canada share responsibility for the day-to-day operations of the NFNECP, which consist primarily of administrative tasks. The Assembly of First Nations is not involved with the administration of the Program.

First Nations University of Canada

The mission of the First Nations University of Canada is to enhance the quality of life, and to preserve, protect and interpret the history, language, culture and artistic heritage of First Nations. The First Nations University of Canada is a First Nations’ controlled university-college, which provides educational opportunities to both First Nations and non-First Nations university students selected from a provincial, national and international base.

The First Nations University of Canada (FNUniv), represented by the Science Department, is responsible for the co-administration of the NFNECP as well as the management of the NFNECP proposal selection process. FNUniv also contributes to program development (especially with respect to youth integration, capacity building/enabling, education, and ensuring a Program balance between conventional western scientific rigour and Indigenous approaches to research).

Health Canada

Health Canada provides funding for the NFNECP and provides evaluation and technical services through the life of projects. These activities include developing contribution agreements, project data warehousing, program/project monitoring, program development, ensuring the scientific merit of projects, and various communication functions.
 

Assembly of First Nations

The AFN’s primary role with respect to the NFNECP is to provide guidance to the development of the program from a First Nations cultural and political perspective. The AFN provides a voice for the program consistent with their mandate as an advocacy organization concerned with First Nations rights and empowerment.