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Former MNO Senator Bob McKay (right) is awarded the Métis Nation of Ontario (MNO) Suzanne Rochon-Burnett Volunteer of the Year Award at the 2014 MNO Annual General Assembly by former MNO President Gary Lipinski (left). Click here to view a larger version of the picture. Former Métis Nation of Ontario (MNO) Senator Bob McKay was

Métis veteran Richard Lefebvre places a poppy on the MNO wreath, he had previosly placed on the National War Memorial in Ottawa, during National Remembrance Day ceremonies on Friday, November 11. With excerpts from: http://www.legion.ca/honour-remember/national-memorial-ride/ Every year on November 11, Métis from across the homeland participate in Remembrance Day ceremonies. It is very important for

Michael Hutchinson (left), Face To Face host, and Margaret Froh (right), Métis Nation of Ontario President.(Picture courtesy of aptn.ca). Click here to view a largerversion of the picture. On November 8, 2016 at 6:30 p.m., Métis Nation of Ontario (MNO) President Margaret Froh was featured on APTN’s Face To Face―a sit down interview show with

Submitted by: Joseph Paquette, MNO Veterans’ Council President (L-R) Shelly Claus (left) (MNO Veterans’ Council Women’s Representative) and Sharlene Lance (MNO Windsor-Essex-Kent Metis Council Women’s Representative). Click here to view a larger version of thepicture. Over the past year, fundraising for the Métis Nation of Ontario (MNO) Veterans’ Council’s Vimy Ridge Project have been going

Submitted by: Joseph Paquette, MNO Veterans’ Council President (L-R) Joseph Paquette (MNO Veterans’ Council President), Her Honour Elizabeth Dowdeswell, O.C., O.Ont. (Lieutenant Governor of Ontario), Dr. Alis Kennedy, O.Ont., C.D., O.M.C. (MNO Veterans’ Council Senator), and Guy Mandeville, C.D. (MNO Veterans’ Council Chair). Click hereto view a larger version of the picture. On October 5,

(L-R) Jennifer Lord (MNO Manager of Strategic Initiatives), Cora Bunn (WSMNO Representative), Sharon Cadeau (WSMNO Spokesperson), Pearl Gabona (WSMNO Representative and Commissioner on the MNO Commission on Métis Rights and Self-Government), Suzanne Jackson (WSMNO Representative), and Joan Riggs (Facilitator). Click here to view a larger version of thepicture. From October 22-23, 2016, the Women’s Secretariat

Participants at the 2015 Louis Riel Day celebration in Toronto. The full picture caption can be found at the bottom of the page. Click here to view a larger version of the picture Louis Riel was the great Métis leader executed by the Canadian government for leading the Northwest Resistance in defense of Métis rights

  MNO Community Council members with TREC Education Programs Manager. (L-R): Kevin Henry (Oshawa, Chair); Barbara Card (Peterborough, Councillor); Leah Brown (Niagara, Secretary/Treasurer); Scott Lloyd (Highland Waters, President); Candace Lloyd (Highland Waters, Secretary/Treasurer); Luke Thompson (Peterborough, Councillor); Taryn Blackstock (Peterborough, Women’s Representative); Andy Dufrane (Peterborough, President); Claire Kearns (Oshawa, Women’s Representative); Cecile Wagar (Oshawa, Senator);

Submitted by: Steve Gjos, MNO Historic Sault Ste. Marie Métis Council Secretary (L-R) Phil Prentiss (MNO Historic Sault Ste. Marie Métis Council [HSSMMC] Councillor), Mitch Case (MNO Youth Council President and PCMNO Youth Representative), Art Bennett (Region 4 Captain of the Hunt), John Konawalchuk (MNO HSSMMC Chair), Shari Smale (MNO HSSMMC Treasurer), Steve Gjos (MNO

Submitted by: Reta Gordon, MNO Honourary Senator and Benny Michaud, MNO Ottawa Region Métis Council President The MNO Ottawa Region Métis Council: (L-R) Iain Best (Youth Representative), Marie-Louise Perron (Councillor), Benny Michaud (President), Parm Burgie (Senator), Amanda Kisch (Women’s Representative) and Tony Belcourt (Councillor and founding MNO President). (Photo provided by Jennifer Lord, MNO Manager