Understanding Métis CFS Governance

The Authority Board meets three to four times a year to be briefed upon and provide direction on matters of importance in child welfare and our Metis CFS System.

Our agencies are also governed by Boards of Directors appointed by MMF through our Metis Minister of Child and Family Services. The Authority Board and Agency Boards of Directors meet jointly a few times each year.

Each year, most often in September, our Authority and agencies each hold a public Annual General Meeting (AGM) to release our annual reports and audited financial statements. Under our governing system, at our agencies' AGMs, our Authority Board votes to decide whether or not they will accept any resolutions or motions made by the agencies as well as the annual report and financial statements. The Manitoba Metis Federation Board of Directors performs these same functions at the Authority's Annual General Meeting (AGM).