Suzanne Rochon-Burnett Volunteer Award
About Suzanne Rochon Burnett

Dr. Suzanne Rochon-Burnett
Dr. Suzanne Rochon-Burnett was a founding member of The Métis Nation of Ontario, the first Vice-Chair of the MNO and a board member of the Métis Nation of Ontario Cultural Commission. She was named to the Order of Canada and the Order of Ontario. She was a member of the Canada Council and the Board of Directors of TVOntario. She was awarded an Honorary Doctorate by Brock University, served on Brock's Board of Trustees and the Dean's Advisory Council for the Faculty of Business. She was a recipient off the Lifetime Achievement Award by the National Aboriginal Achievement Foundation and was the first woman inducted in the Aboriginal Business Hall of Fame. She spent her lifetime promoting Aboriginal artists and was a fiercely proud Métis woman. Sadly Suzanne passed away on April 2, 2006. The Métis Nation of Ontario is proud to name her as the first recipient of the Suzanne-Rochon Burnett Volunteer of the Year Award in recognition of her outstanding service to the Métis Nation.

In 2006 Suzanne Rochon-Burnett was inducted into the Canadian Aboriginal Business Hall of Fame.
The footage has been donated with many thanks to the Canadian Council for Aboriginal Business (www.ccab.com)

Do you know of someone who has gone above and beyond for the Métis community? Do you know someone who is always doing for others or volunteering their time? Here is your opportunity to honour them for all they have done.
Volunteer Award nomination form [PDF format]