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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.

A: Overview Videos on Suzanne Rochon-Burnett

From the 2006 Canadian Council for Aboriginal Business biography video - Watch the video

From the 2004 National Aboriginal Achievement Awards biography video - Watch the video

B: Suzanne in Her Own Words

Her speech from the CCAB Awards Diner after being inducted into the Business Hall of Fame, February 15th, 2006 - Watch the video

Her speech from the MetisRadio.fm launch, March 10, 2005 - Watch the video

Her Acceptance Speech after receiving an honourary degree from Brock University Watch Part 1 and Watch Part 2

C: Words About Suzanne from Others

Michele-Elise Burnett Reich at Suzanne Rochon Burnett's Memorial Service, May 7th, 2006 Watch the video

Tony Belcourt at Suzanne Rochon Burnett's Memorial Service, May 7th, 2006
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Dr. Martin Kussy at Suzanne Rochon Burnett's Memorial Service, May 7th, 2006
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Francine Gingras at Suzanne Rochon Burnett's Memorial Service, May 7th, 2006
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Dr. Mike Manley-Casimir at Suzanne Rochon Burnett's Memorial Service, May 7th, 2006 Watch the video

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A Proud Métis Remembered
Family and friends gathered on Sunday at the Pond Inlet at Brock University to remember the life of Suzanne Rochon-Burnett, a proud Métis, successful broadcaster and business woman who died April 2 at age 71. From the Welland Tribune >>

Métis Nation Mourns Passing of Suzanne Rochon-Burnett
OTTAWA (April 4, 2006) - The Metis Nation of Ontario sadly announces the passing of Suzanne Rochon-Burnett, a revered Metis woman and one of the Metis Nation and Canada’s most successful and accomplished citizens. Suzanne was called to the Spirit World in Welland on Sunday, April 2, 2006, her only daughter, Michele-Elise Burnett at her bedside.
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