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(Top row: left-right) Jean Camirand, Roger McGuire,Kevin Muloin, Trent Desaulniers, Peter Ducharme.(Middle row: left-right) Paul Turpin, Aly Alibhai,Jacqueline Barry, Madeline Denhardt, Adena Vanderjagt, Cameron Burgess, Patrick McGuire,William “Torch” Gordon, Robert Graham. (Kneeling:Philip McGuire) Click here for larger picture. MNO Land Use Study for the East West Tie project is now complete following a series of

The province-wide consultations by the Métis Nation of Ontario (MNO) Commission on Métis Rights and Self-Government wrapped up on June 6 in Windsor. I would like to thank everyone who participated over the past 15 weeks and I would like to especially recognize the Commissioners and MNO staff for all of their work to date.

MNO citizen and veteran Ron Gignac (right) being Sworn in by Justice Stephen Hunter (left) as the Chief of Police for Belleville. Click here for largerpicture. Submitted by Joseph Paquette, President of the MNO Veterans’ Council and based on an article by Emily Mountney-Lessard of the Belleville Intelligencer. Original article can be viewed at: http://www.intelligencer.ca/2017/01/12/chief-deputy-chief-officially-sworn-in

Participants in the Healing Blanket WorkshopClick here for larger picture. On April 29, 2017, a Healing Blanket Workshop was held at the MNO office in Midland. It was hosted by the Métis Nation of Ontario (MNO) Georgian Bay Métis Council Women’s Representative Patricia Taylor. The women at the MNO Midland office had a great day

Vimy Ridge monument at the War Museum. Clickhere for larger picture. As part of the Vimy Memorial Project that took place from April 7-9, 2017, the Métis Nation of Ontario (MNO) Veterans’ Council brought Métis veterans from Ontario and British Columbia together with Métis youth for Vimy commemoration events that took place over that weekend

Back row (left-right): Senator Terry Bloom (Peterborough), Councilor Luke Thompson (Peterborough), Women’s Representative Taryn Blackstock (Peterborough), Senator Gary Laframboise (Niagara), Women’s Representative Claire Kearns (Oshawa), Secretary Jeannette Ireland (Oshawa Durham), Councilor Terri Head (Oshawa Durham), President Andy Dufrane (Peterborough), Senator Cecile Wagar (Oshawa Durham), President Derrick Point (Niagara), Chair Kevin Henry (Oshawa Durham). Front row (left-right): Senator Parm Burgie (Ottawa), President Karen Derocher (Credit

MNO Chief Operating Officer Joanne Meyer. MNO Chief Operating Officer Joanne Meyer. The Métis Nation of Ontario (MNO) is proud to announce that effective June 5, 2017, long-time MNO Director of Intergovernmental Relations Joanne Meyer will become the new MNO Chief Operating Officer (COO). The Chief Operating Officer reports directly to the MNO President and

Submitted by MNO Legal Counsel Jason Madden from an article written by Marg Bruineman and published in the The Law Times. Original article can be viewed at: http://www.lawtimesnews.com/201705086130/focus-on/focus-rulings-impact-metis-and-non-status-indians Lawyers for Canada’s Métis and non-status Indians — a group the Supreme Court of Canada described as having long been in jurisdictional limbo — are buoyed by

M E M O R A N D U M To: MNO citizens, Community Councils, PCMNO From: France Picotte, MNO Chair Date: July 17, 2017 Subject: 2017 Annual General Assembly – Special Business Resolutions Click here to view the special business resolutions that were received prior to the deadline set in my previous memo. These

MNO Chief Strategy Officer, Jennifer St. GermainClick here for larger picture. The Métis Nation of Ontario (MNO) is proud to announce MNO citizen Jennifer St. Germain as its first Chief Strategy Officer (CSO). The Chief Strategy Officer will report directly to the MNO President and will work with all MNO senior management positions to develop