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Submitted by MNO Credit River Métis Council President Karen Derocher Grade 3 students from Guardian Angel Catholic Elementary School, in Brampton, participated in a MNO dot art painting workshop on Feb. 27. Click here for a larger version of the picture. About 50 Grade 3 students from Guardian Angel Catholic Elementary School learned all about

Are you a Métis youth over the age of 18 who is currently enrolled in post-secondary education or interested in post-graduate studies? If so, this symposium is for you! Click here to download the application. The Métis Nation of Ontario, in partnership with the University of Ottawa, will be hosting a symposium, Ways of Knowing:

Submitted by MNO Education Officer Michael V. Smith MNO Infinite Reach Facilitators met for a gathering in Toronto on Jan. 27-28. Pictured are: (back row left to right) Kristyna Frenken-Francis, Sheila Grantham, Tomas Lucas, André Nault, Leah Prisque, Alexis Chapman, Cassidy Eames, Cassidy Press, Connor McNamara, Katie Gervais, Liam Blore, Megan Southwell, Breton Burke, Elijah

MNO President Margaret Froh (right) attends the second Métis Nation Permanent Bilateral Mechanism Leaders Meeting on March 19 on Parliament Hill. Also in attendance were the Presidents of all the Métis National Council governing members, including Métis Nation British Columbia President Clara Morin Dal Col (left). Click here to view a larger version of the

Submitted by MNO Education Officer Anne Trudel MNO citizen Rebekah Trudel takes the top spot on the podium at the Junior Canadian Wrestling Championship in Montreal earlier this month. Click here to view a larger version of the picture. Métis Nation of Ontario (MNO) citizen Rebekah Trudel is a National Junior Champion in wrestling after

MNO citizen Yvonne Boyer (photo courtesy of Brandon University) Click here to view a larger version of the picture. For the first time, a Métis Nation of Ontario (MNO) citizen has been appointed to the Canadian Senate. Yvonne Boyer has more than two decades of experience practising law and will be sworn in on Tuesday,

Submitted by MNO Great Lakes Métis Council Office Coordinator Susan Staves Twenty-seven people attended a course on wilderness survival techniques held by the MNO Great Lakes Métis Council (GLMC), on Feb. 24. (Back row from left to right) Ed Olsen, R. Sandy Bell, Patrick Stranks, Summer McWatch, Jim Stranks, MNO GLMC Senator Ralph Wolf Thistle,

Submitted by MNO Credit River Métis Council Women’s Representative Darlene Lent Volunteers at a MNO Credit River Métis Council healing blanket workshop included, (left to right) Karen Derocher, Debra Keaney, Darlene Lent, Jim Tolles, Kyl Morrison, Barb Welburn and Natalie Lucas. Click here to view a larger version of this picture. A number of volunteers

Submitted by MNO Community Relations Coordinator Glen Lipinski The MNO Niagara Region Métis Council (NRMC) and MNO staff were honoured with a Canada 150 Award on March 1, at the MNO office in Thorold. Included in the photo (left to right) are Donna Labbe, Rebecca VanderSanden, Amanda Pont-Shanks, MNO NRMC President Derrick Pont, Glen Lipinski,

The Métis Nation of Ontario (MNO) acknowledges the respect shown to the Métis Nation and Métis Nation governments from Ontario –Westward through the specific investments outlined in the 2018 federal budget. The MNO welcomes the progressive commitments to a gender-based budget approach and the much needed investments in Indigenous children and youth. Distinction-based investment strategies,