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Members of the Original Voices Youth Circle. Click here forLarger picture. After feeling culturally isolated and misunderstood in their local high schools across Ottawa, several Métis, First Nations and Inuit youth banded together to improve the educational experiences of Indigenous youth in Ottawa. Along with the Métis Nation of Ontario’s (MNO’s) Ottawa Métis Family Wellbeing

MNO staff, citizens and community guests attending the Grand opening ceremony. Click here for larger picture. The new Métis Nation of Ontario (MNO) office in Blind River was officially opened On June 27, 2017. The office will serve as the headquarters for the MNO Métis Family Wellbeing program and for the MNO North Channel Métis

Katelyne Stenlund carrying the torch during theCanada Summer Games Torch Relay near Kenora.Click here for larger picture. On June 24, 2017, Métis Nation of Ontario (MNO) citizen Katelyne Stenlund carried the Roly McLenahan torch in the Canada Summer Games Torch Relay on its route near Kenora. Katelyne is the daughter of Theresa Stenlund, the Region

(Left-right): SYCP Facilitator Marie Chalykoff, SYCPFacilitator Cassidy Houston, MNO Thunder BayMétis Council Senator Ken Simard and SYCP LeadCasandra Gravel. Click here for larger picture. On June 21, 2017, Métis Nation of Ontario (MNO) Thunder Bay Métis Council (TBMC) Senator Ken Simard and MNO Summer Youth Cultural Program (SYCP) members Marie Chalykoff, Cassidy Houston and Casandra

21 August, 2017 Ontario and the Métis Nation of Ontario (MNO) are pleased to announce that collaborative work has resulted in the identification of historic Métis communities located throughout Ontario. In the spirit of reconciliation, the province and the MNO have been working together to determine whether historic Métis communities existed in given areas in

August 22, 2017 Métis are recognized as one of three distinct Aboriginal peoples in Canada with rights protected by section 35 of the Constitution Act, 1982. Since then the Supreme Court of Canada has released a series of judgments that urge governments and Indigenous peoples to work together to achieve reconciliation, which includes the reconciliation

Members of the MNO Canoe Expedition with MNO Acting President Picotte as well as Ministers Bennett and Zimmer and MP Nault at the beginning of the MNO Annual General Assembly In Kenora. (Left to right on the ground) Dr. Carolyn Bennett, federal Minister of Indigenous Affairs, Noles Dennhart, Robert Nault, Member of Parliament for Kenora, Chris McLeod, Samantha Cuddy, Alex

The first of three ceremonial canoes during the opening of the MNO Annual General Assembly in Kenora. Visible in the front are Acting MNO Chair Sharon Cadeau (centre), Acting MNO President France Picotte (left), federal Minister of Indigenous Affairs Dr. Carolyn Bennett (right) and behind Dr. Bennett, PCMNO Region 1 Councilor Theresa Stenlund and to

With information from a story by: Robert Benzie of the Toronto Star. Original story can be viewed at: https://www.thestar.com/news/queenspark/2017/08/08/premier-kathleen-wynne-will-join-mtis-youth-on-voyageur-expedition.html Members of the 2017 MNO Canoe Expedition with Premier Wynne and other dignitaries. Premier Wynne is second on the left in the back row; on her right is her spouse Jane Rounthwaite, to her right MNO

Employees of Community Legal Services with Mayor Jim Watson of Ottawa showing their supportfor Indigenous Rights. Click here for larger picture. In 2017, the Ottawa Community Legal Services took action to support Indigenous communities in Ottawa by closing their offices for the first time on National Aboriginal Day (NAD) on June 21. In a letter