Indigenous Politics coverage of the AFN National Chief 2018 Election and AFNAGA

Updated June 16, 2018 (Turtle Island)

Indigenous Politics, 2018 AFN Coverage by Joshua Brass Fraser ᐆᑕ ᑫᐁᐘᑎᓅᐠ 

The Assembly of First Nation (AFN) will hold its 39th Annual General Assembly from July 24 - 26, 2018 in Vancouver. They will take place on traditional  territories of the Squamish, Musqueam, and Tseil-Waututh peoples of the Coast Salish Nations. 

This year is also an election cycle for the Assembly of First Nations National Chief. As it stands today, Indigenous Politics is aware of four First Nations candidates for National Chief. 

Timeline for AFN National Chief Candidate process:

• May 30, 2018 - Nominations are open 
• June 19, 2018 - Nominations close 
• July 25, 2018 - Elections take place during AFNAGA

To find out more information, visit the AFN website. 

THE CANDIDATES

We will be adding more information about the candidates and their platforms as we receive it, please feel free to share any fact-based information with links to us about these candidates at our e-mail address. 

A NOTE ON RESPECTFUL DIALOUGE: While we understand that people have strong feelings and are supportive of certain candidates, we ask that you stick to the facts and the topics. Personal and lateral violence will not be tolerated on our blog or any of our social media platforms. We reserve the right to ban/block people from our social media accounts if necessary.

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Joshua Brass Fraser (Peepeekisis, Treaty 4) who is Cree, Tsuut'ina and Anishinaabe is the Publisher of the Indigenous Politics Blog.  

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Ontario Provincial Election 2019 #OntarioVotes

June 2018

BACKGROUND

Indigenous Politics (#IndigPoli) is please to provide Indigenous specific coverage of the Ontario Provincial Election 2018. The writ was dropped for this election was on Wednesday, May 9th 2018 which signalled the start of the 2018 Ontario Provincial Election. Voters will go to the polls on June 7, 2018 to elect 124 Members of the Provincial Parliament (MPPs). 

We will endeavour to populate the list of Indigenous candidates, if you know of any Indigenous candidates who are First Nation, Metis or Inuit please let us know by sending us an e-mail. 

ONTARIO ELECTORAL DISTRICS WITH LARGE INDIGENOUS POPULATION

Although there are many ridings with large Indigenous populations, Ontario created two new northern riding designed with the hopes to increase Indigenous representation in the Ontario Legislature. To get an idea of the First Nations votes, one can look at the Ontario Electoral District maps which shade in beige First Nations in the various ridings. 

Also, there is significant amount of First Nation, Metis and Inuit peoples in Ontario's urban centres/cities based on the 2016 Census of Canada. Please see graph below provided by that shows the Indigenous population in various Ontario metropolitan areas. You can click on map to enlarge. 

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INDIGENOUS CANDIDATES FOR 2018 PROVINCIAL ELECTION

As mentioned there are 20 reported Indigenous candidates, 6 from NDP, 3 from Liberal and 1 from Progressive Conservative. If you know of an Indigenous candidate not on our list, please send us an e-mail with details. The Indigenous Ancestry for the various candidates were provided directly by candidate, or from their individual websites or alternately from the political party they represent. 

Charles Fox Algoma-Manitoulin ONTARIO LIBERAL Anishinaabe (Bear Skin Lake) Twitter: votecharlesfox Facebook: votecharlesfox votecharlesfox.ca		Gaëtan Baillargeon Mushkegowuk—James Bay ONTARIO LIBERAL   Anishinaaabe-Cree (Constance Lake) Twitter: gates1980 Facebook: Gaetan4MJB gaetanbaillargeon.ca
Karen Kejick Kenora - Rainy River ONTARIO LIBERAL Anishinabee (Iskatewizaagegan) Twitter: Karen4NWO Facebook: Karen4NWO karenkejick.ca		Ethel LaValley Renfrew–Nipissing–Pembroke ONTARIO NDP Algonquin (Pikwàkanagàn) FB: Ethel-Lavalley-NDP-Campaign ethellavalley.ontariondp.ca
Sean Conway Peterborough – Kawartha’ ONTARIO NDP Anishinaabe (Curve Lake) Twitter: seanconwayndp Facebook: seanconwayndp seanconway.ontariondp.ca		Sol Mamakwa Kiiwetinoong ONTARIO NDP Oji-Cree (Kingfisher Lake) Twitter: solmamakwa Facebook: solmamakwandp solmamakwa.ontariondp.ca
Guy Bourgouin Mushkegowuk-James Bay ONTARIO NDP Metis Facebook: guybourgouinondp guybourgouin.ontariondp.ca		Jordan McGrail Toronto Centre ONTARIO NDP Indigenous (TBD) Twitter: JMcGrailONDP FB: JordanMcGrailONDPCKL jordanmcgrail.ontariondp.ca
Suze Morrison Chatham-Kent–Leamington ONTARIO NDP Mixed Indigenous and "Settler" Twitter: delsuez Facebook: votesuz jordanmcgrail.ontariondp.ca		Clifford Bull Kiiwetinoong ONTARIO PC Anishinaabee (Lac Seul) Twitter: VoteBull2018 Facebook: CliffordBullPC www.cliffordbull.ca