Métis youth receives 2016/2017 Aboriginal Award from Conestoga College
MNO citizen Kate Piereder (left) receiving the 2016/2017 Aboriginal Award presented by ConestogaCollege Aboriginal Services Manager MyeengunHenry (right). Click here for larger picture. On February 18, 2017, Métis Nation of Ontario (MNO) citizen Kate Piereder, was presented the 2016/2017 Aboriginal Award for achievement at the Seventh Annual Pow Wow at Conestoga College. Kate is a
Celebrating and recognizing historic ties between Métis and First Nations peoples
MNO PDWMC President Andy Dufrane (centre)with Mary Lynch-Taylor (left), Trustee; and Jack Nigro (right), Superintendent; both with theKawartha Pine District School Board. Click herefor larger picture. The Métis Nation of Ontario (MNO) Peterborough and District Wapiti Métis Council (PDWMC) hosted a Friendship Feast at the Holiday Inn in Peterborough on Friday, March 24, 2017. The
Region 9 Visits CS Wind Canada
(Front row: left-right) MNO Region 9 PCMNO Councilor Peter Rivers, CS Wind Project ManagerSK Yoon and MNO Clear Waters Métis Council President Jerry Clarke. (Back row: left-right) MNOGrand River Métis Council (GRMC) Senator CarolLévis, MNO Windsor-Essex Métis Council (WEMC) President Donna Grayer, MNO Niagara Region Métis Council (NRMC) President Derrick Pont, MNO GRMC Treasurer Leslie
Métis youth host inaugural Spring Festival in Thunder Bay
Scenes from the Thunder Bay Spring Festival (top:letf-right) Commissioner on the MNO Commissionon Métis Rights and Self-Government Paul Robitaille, MNO Thunder Bay Métis Council President Jean Camirand and Spring Festival Organizer Madeline Denhardt (bottom) Festivalparticipants creating beadwork and playing atraditional Métis game. (Pictures by David Harel)Click here for larger picture. On March 18, 2017, over
Métis youth survey
The Métis Nation of Ontario(MNO) has developed a Métis youth survey to provide a deeper understanding of Métis community youth needs in Ontario related to high school completion, post-secondary education and transition to employment. This will enable the MNO to develop and/or enhance programs that the community deems important. Please note that you do not
MNO Youth Council launches #beadworkrevolution to foster Métis pride and cultural revival
All Métis youth are invited to send in photos of their beadwork, to be entered into a draw for bead supplies. Métis have long been known for our beautiful floral beadwork, so much so that we were known by the Lakota people as “the flower beadwork people.” For so long, Métis communities in Ontario were
MNO Windsor-Essex Métis Council and local museum educate public about Métis
Members of the MNO WEMC who worked with the Chumzuk Museum (left-right) MNO Veterans’Council Women’s Representative Shelly Claus,Senator Jim Turner, Women’s RepresentativeSharlene Lance, President Donna Grayer and Morgan Baillergeon. Click here for larger picture. The Métis Nation of Ontario (MNO) Windsor-Essex Métis Council (WEMC) worked with the Chumzuk Museum in Windsor to develop a small
Métis Dance Club performs at Sault Ste. Marie cultural festival
MNO Historic Sault Ste. Marie Dance Club studentsperforming at the Bon Soo Festival. Click here forlarger picture. On February 20, 2017, The Métis Dance Club of the Métis Nation of Ontario (MNO) Historic Sault Ste. Marie Métis Council (HSSMC) performed to a packed audience at The Machine Shop in Sault Ste. Marie. The performance was
Métis youth singing in the Louis Riel opera
Joanna Burt. Click here for larger Picture. Métis youth Joanna Burt will be making her debut with the Canadian Opera Company (COC) in the role of Louis Riel’s sister Sara in the upcoming COC production of Louis Riel. Hailing from Lindsay, Ontario, Joanna has been part of Métis Nation of Ontario (MNO) Summer Youth Cultural
MNO Great Lakes Métis Council Governance and Finance Training
Members of the MNO GLMC who participated in theGovernance and Finance Training (Front: left-right)Women’s Representative Carla Macdonald, OfficeCoordinator Susan Schank, Chair Robert LeClair,Secretary Helen Marietta (Back: left-right) TreasurerJamie Coture, Councillor Patrick VanWyck, Councillor Murray Hillyer, President Pete Coture andSenator Ralph Wolf Thistle. Click here for largerpicture. On March 4 -5, 2017, The Métis Nation of