Tikinagan Child and Family Services welcomes the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal’s (CHRT) approval of the Ontario Final Agreement (OFA)
Tikinagan Child and Family Services welcomes the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal’s (CHRT) approval of the Ontario Final Agreement (OFA)
Tikinagan Child and Family Services celebrates with First Nations on the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal’s (CHRT) decision to approve the Ontario Final Agreement (OFA) on the First Nations Child and Family Services Program, announced on Monday, March 30, 2026. The CHRT decision comes more than a year after the OFA was approved by Nishnawbe-Aski Nation and Ontario Chiefs in February 2025.
This milestone reflects the dedication and perseverance of everyone involved in advancing the OFA, especially our Chiefs, whose leadership helped secure this agreement.
We welcome the incredible opportunity the OFA presents both to Tikinagan and our First Nations, including:
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- Enhanced supports in our First Nations
- Returning responsibility of their children and families
- Funding for First Nations for services like Post-Majority and Prevention
- Strengthening Tikinagan’s services and collaboration with our 30 First Nations
While the OFA introduces new changes, our work continues to be grounded in Mamow Obiki-ahwahsoowin—“everyone working together to raise our children.” The purpose of the OFA has already been in place with at Tikinagan for many decades, including accountability, working together, and planning the best outcomes for our children in care.
Rooted in our First Nations mandate, Tikinagan remains committed to working in partnership with our communities. We value the collaboration that will help drive meaningful and transformational change to end discrimination against First Nations children and families. We are encouraged by the strength and determination our communities have shown in moving this work forward. The belief that the answers lie within our communities has always guided the work of our agency — past and present, and now the future.
As we take the next steps together with our First Nations, our focus still remains on the safety and wellbeing of our children and the healing of our families. This work involves everyone connected to a child—parents, First Nations leadership, community members, and extended family.