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Dr. Brenda Macdougall, Chair of Métis Researchat the University of Ottawa, speaking at a LouisRiel Day event in 2012. Click here for largerpicture. The Métis Nation of Ontario (MNO) and the University of Ottawa recently established a formal working group to facilitate greater collaboration and encourage ongoing communication between the MNO and the Chair of

MNO GRMC members with Lieutenant Governor Dowdeswell and First Nation Elder MacDonald (left-right): Senator CarolLévis, Elder Lois MacDonald, the Honourable Elizabeth Dowdeswell, President Jennifer Parkinson and Treasurer LeslieMuma. Click here for larger picture. Members of the Métis Nation of Ontario (MNO) Grand River Métis Council (GRMC) had the honour to be invited to a City

Rebekah TrudelClick here for larger picture. MNO citizen Rebekah Trudel of Sault Ste. Marie is enjoying great success as a high school Steelhawk athlete, in particular as a wrestler. Most recently, on March 3, 2017, in Brampton, Rebekah won a gold medal at the Ontario Federation of School Athletic Associations (OFSAA) wrestling championships. OFSAA is

MNO President Margaret Froh attending the Crown-Métis Nation Summit on April 14. (Left to right) Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Minister of Indigenous and Northern Affairs Carolyn Bennett, President Froh, Treasury Board President Scott Brison, Vice-President of the Métis Nation – Saskatchewan Gerald Morin and Minister of Justice and Attorney General Jody Wilson-Raybould. Click here to

(Front row: left-right) Brian Kon, Niki Ann Brideau, Laura Burey, Giselle Legiehn (Back row: left-right) Reg Bernier, Garry Laframboise, Derrick Pont, Pierre Carre. Click here for larger picture. On March 18-19, 2017, The Métis Nation of Ontario (MNO) Niagara Region Métis Council (NRMC) participated in a Governance and Finance Training session in Fort Erie. Training

MNO and MNBC contingents at the National War Memorial following the National ceremeny to remeber the Battle of Vimy Ridge. (Front:left-right) Brittney Bertrand, veteran Eldon Clairmont, Lissa Smith MNBC Vice President and MNBC Veteran Minister, Jessica Curry, veteran Todd Ross, Veteran Robert Desjardins, PCMNO Post-Secondary Representative Katelyn LaCroix, veteran Shelly ClausMNO Veterans’ Council Women’s Representative,

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

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

(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

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