Since 1981, the Association des francophones du Nunavut (AFN) has been the political voice of Francophones in Nunavut. It is one of 12 advocacy organizations across the country whose primary mission is to ensure the political representation of Francophones from official language minority communities through language rights issues in a number of areas, including education, health, the economy, immigration, women, parents, youth, early childhood and French-language services for the community in general, while promoting the French fact through the preservation of culture and heritage.
It also ensures that the authorities and institutions subject to Nunavut’s Official Languages Act respect their linguistic obligations.
AFN is a membership association open to everyone throughout the territory. To date, it has nearly 300 individual members.