Aboriginal governance and leadership

We tried to develop a profile of national study of the leadership of the boards of board members and of the kinds of decisions they directors of Canada’s 117 Aboriginal Friendship make, and to understand how boards function. [...] Aboriginal Governance and Leadership: Volunteers in the Friendship Centres of Canada 1 In response to the increasing urbanization of The National Association of Friendship Aboriginal people, members of their communities Centres created Friendship Centres to assist in the adjustment Today there are 117 Centres and seven provincial and from reserve to urban life. [...] Aboriginal peoples; and • to represent the needs of local Friendship Centres across the country to the federal government and to the public in general. [...] According to the NAFC’s constitution, “Senators are individuals who are recognized for representing a set of values which reflect past developments of the Friendship Centre Movement while allowing the current leadership and membership the right to define their own direction.” 4 Senators participate in the meetings of the board of directors to provide guidance, advice, and to respond to contentious [...] One source of information for this • Contextual: The board understands and takes might have been the files of the National Association into account the culture, norms, and values of the of Friendship Centres in Ottawa.