Recent changes

To improve the process of applying for a secure status card:

• you can now take your own photo and submit it straight from your smartphone using the SCIS Photo App
• you need to provide only 1 piece of valid acceptable identification instead of 2
• you no longer need to provide a birth certificate
• the guarantor list has been substantially expanded
• you no longer need to submit a statutory declaration or police report to replace a lost, stolen, damaged or destroyed status card

Click on the link to see the full website and download the application:

https://www.sac-isc.gc.ca/eng/1100100032380/1572461388012

Please click on the link to download and print. Please send applications to eto@wrfn.ca or fax to Bessie Chasse at 867-862-7806

Canada Residents Only

Assistance can be provided by WRFN Health Department, if you are sure you want to attend please contact Kelli Backstrom at health@wrfn.ca please ensure you check the deadlines on each poster.

Space is limited!

WRFN Staff will be returning to the office on July 2, 2020 at 8:30 am. The offices will not available to the public unless they book an appointment with the receptionist (867-862-7802 ext. 0) for the department you would like to meet with, this includes the Social Assistance Office. If you have any questions about the re-opening plan please contact Sid VanderMeer at 867-862-7802 ext. 102 or email executivedirector@wrfn.ca

Please click on the PDF document to download and review the approved plan.

Join the Lands and Resources Department on one of our upcoming trips this summer! The first trip will be a fly-in camp to Tepee Lake from July 20-24th. During this camp we will explore the surrounding area, have cultural workshops, and go on hikes.
Our second trip will be sometime during the first two weeks of September (the  exact dates will be announced soon). This camp will be a harvest camp at Coffee Creek. During this week we will be hunting and exploring the surrounding area. There may be an option to fly elders in who are interested in attending. 
As both these trips are limited in space, please contact the Lands Department as soon as possible to let them know if you are interested in attending! You can reach them at 867-668-4121 or naturalresources@wrfn.ca.

If you are planning to harvest Morel Mushrooms in the Snag, Yukon area, please review White River First Nation’s Morel Mushroom Harvesting Guidelines. White River First Nation will require you to contact our Lands and Resources Department (in Whitehorse) to fill out your Morel Mushroom Harvest Permission Form before you are planning to travel to Beaver Creek, Yukon. You can reach our Lands Department by phone 867-668-4121 or email: naturalresources@wrfn.ca.

Please see guidelines and permission form below.

Click on the link to read about this exciting up-coming event in Beaver Creek, Yukon

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/white-river-solar-project-1.5462069?fbclid=IwAR0yV6RAI_pdWiySsRA-MVUXShiv2klemhD7yBVbFQEF9WbSWZeIWR6CATA