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

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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

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Warriors Helping Warriors

MNO GLMC Senator Ralph Wolf Thistle presentsa gift of Métis art to Navaho Marine Veteran SpartaInstructor Philip Folsom. Click here for largerpicture. This is the story of how Métis Nation of Ontario (MNO) Great Lakes Métis Council (GLMC) Senator Ralph Wolf Thistle took on post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and addiction. PTSD is an anxiety disorder

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Métis Youth wins Gold

Métis youth Chasity King holds upthe 2017 Sault St. Marie Junior GirlsYouth Bowl Provincial ChampionsBanner. Click here for larger picture. Métis Nation of Ontario (MNO) Labour Market Manager Tammy Webb is very proud of her niece Chasity King. On February 26, 2017, Chasity competed at the provincial level in the Youth Bowl Canada (YBC) competition

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Turtle Rattles made in Midland

The final production of turtle rattles made at the MNO GBMC. Click here for larger picture. On February 21, 2017, Métis Nation of Ontario (MNO) Community Wellness Coordinators Tracy Bald and Tera Lynn Moreau Vivian, alongside with MNO Family Wellbeing Coordinator Kayla Duquettte, hosted a Turtle-Rattle-Making workshop. The event took place at the MNO Georgian

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MNO President Froh welcomes investment in Métis self-government announced in federal budget

MNO President Margaret Froh Métis Nation of Ontario (MNO) President Margaret Froh welcomed the announcements in the March 22 federal budget that will provide greater support for Métis families, communities and government within the Métis Nation of Ontario (MNO). The 2017 budget commits significant funding to build the governance capacity of the Métis National Council

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Métis youth experience adventure at Discovery Harbour

(Front: left-right) MNO GBMC Chairperson Larry J.Ferris, Susan Fraser, Robyn Fraser, MNO GBMCSenator Ken Fraser, Makayla Beauchamp, (middle:left-right) Owen Riddy, Grace Riddy, Brandon Howe,Jacob Martin, Devin Latondress, Evan Logue, (back: left-right) Carl Ferris and Jocelyn Howe.Click here for larger picture. On March 1 and 2, 2017, the Métis Nation of Ontario (MNO) Georgian Bay Métis

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Another awesome MNO March Break Camp

Participants in the 2017 MNO Infinite Reach MarchBreak Camp. Front row(s) (left-right): Michael Smith,Wanda Botsford, Emily (CEC Staff), Senator VernaPorter-Brunette, Heather Bell, Melody Chislett-Morris, Reagan Sicard, Rebekah Trudel, Riley Richmond, Sarah McCaveney, Nicole Beck, JainnaHaitse and Gloree Hersom. Standing (left-right):Senator Robert Lloyd, Vic Brunelle, Steve GautreauSenator Alis Kennedy, Kiel Cress, Shelby (CEC Staff), Karen Cox-Gourdon

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Storying Together

(Left-right) MNO TYRMC placement students EliseSt. Germain and Gabriele Simmons with Trish Starling, MNO TYRMC President Tera Beaulieu andSheila Laroque. Click here for larger picture. For the first time ever, the Métis Nation of Ontario (MNO) Toronto and York Region Métis Council (TYRMC) has accepted placement students from a nearby university. This pairing is meant

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MNO Council holds a quilt fundraiser

(Left-right) MNO HSSMC Women’s RepresentativeShirley Loubert and MNO HSSMC Senator BrendaPowley hold up the wolf quilt. Click here for largerpicture. On February 14, 2016, the Métis Nation of Ontario (MNO) Historic Sault Ste. Marie Métis Council (HSSMC) completed the wolf quilt, which they had started on January 6, 2015. Betty Sims, wife and mother of

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