Apply now for the One Awards – Hydro One Scholarship

The One Awards acknowledge and share the ingenuity of Hydro One employees and the potential of aspiring professionals to the joint benefit of Hydro One and the people of Ontario. Hydro One is looking for outstanding students who demonstrate the traits that make them the innovative, diverse orgranization that they are. With this belief in

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Powley Day Message from MNO President Froh

Every year on September 19th, the Métis Nation of Ontario (MNO) and Métis communities across the province mark Powley Day to remember the decade long fight led by the MNO with Steve and Roddy Powley for recognition of Métis harvesting rights in the R. v. Powley case. In its landmark, unanimous decision issued on September

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The MNO assists a Métis student in entering the workforce

Submitted by: Paula Bouchard, MNO Regional Employment and Training Coordinator Métis youth Riley Saunders. Riley Saunders is a recent high school graduate from the community of Nipigon in northwestern Ontario who self-identifies as Métis. Interested in the prevention and treatment of disease, Riley immediately began looking for a unique career in health care. One job

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President Froh featured in U of T Magazine

Original article published in U of T Magazine by Megan Easton: http://magazine.utoronto.ca/all-about-alumni/the-stars-are-aligning-for-our-nation-margaret-froh-metis-nation-of-ontario-megan-easton/ Métis Nation of Ontario President Margaret Froh. Click here to view a larger version of the picture. Barely six weeks after being elected president of the Métis Nation of Ontario, Margaret Froh (LLB 1996) found herself on a canoe trip on the Ottawa

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Keeping up with the MNO Summer Youth Cultural Program

The Métis Nation of Ontario (MNO) Summer Youth Cultural Program (SYCP) staff have already been very busy this summer! After completing a week-long training in Thunder Bay at the end of May, these Métis youth have taken their knowledge of Métis history, culture and way-of-life back to their local communities. Some of the activities the

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MNO citizen works alongside Ugandan youth organization

Supervisor Babirye Prossy (left), and Intern Courtney Vaughan (right) represent the Centre for Youth Driven Development Initiatives in the 2015 World Aids Day Commemoration Celebration in Wakiso District, Uganda. Click here to view a larger version of the picture. Courtney Vaughan is an MNO citizen and this summer worked as a Métis Nation of Ontario

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MNO Veterans’ Council Representative attends the United Nations National Peacekeepers Day

Submitted by: Shelly Claus, MNO Veterans’ Council Women’s Representative Participants at the United Nations National Peacekeepers’ Day flag raising. (L-R) Parade Marshall Fern Taillefer; Shelly Claus, MNO Veterans’ Council Women’s Representative; Base Commander Col. Leam McGarey; UN veteran Joe Claus; Brigadier General Hayter; and, BCWO Charette. Click here to view a larger version. This summer,

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MNO SYCP team participates in the Teddy Bear Picnic

Submitted by: Courtney Vaughan, MNO SYCP Facilitator The MNO Sault Ste. Marie SYCP staff at the Teddy Bear Picnic in Sault Ste. Marie. (L-R) Courtney Vaughan, Facilitator; Warren McFadden, Facilitator; Riley Smith, Lead; Abby Denning, Facilitator; Sarah Bibeau, Lead; and, Julia Simon, Facilitator. Click here to view a larger version. For the second year in

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