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The Faculty of Medicine’s Youth Summer Programs (MED YSP) is accepting applications for the 2016 Aboriginal Scholarships. The program runs from July 3 to July 30, 2016, and is open to students currently enrolled in Grade 10 or 11. A modular-based approach allows students to experience a diverse set of four subject areas and flexibility

Get creative! The James Bartleman Aboriginal Youth Creative Writing Award is accepting written submissions from all Aboriginal students in Ontario aged 18 and under! $2,500 will be presented to each winner. Deadline: May 31 of each year Published: March 16, 2016

MNO citizen and conference presenter Maria Vandenbrand (left) and MNO Kenora Métis Council Secretary Nina Henley at the 2016 PDAC Conference. The Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) held their 2016 convention on March 6 to 9 at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre in Toronto. PDAC is a national association representing the mineral exploration

The National Aboriginal 2016 census pamphlet. Every five years, Canada conducts a Census Program, a project that provides a statistical portrait of the country. In 2016, the Census Program will begin gathering information in May. Census data is used to help planning and decision making for Canadian citizens. For Aboriginal communities, census data is used

MNO Historic Sault Ste. Marie Métis Council participants in local Powwow: (left to right) Wade Smale, Ken Smale (Councillor), Virginia Rydal, Shari Smale (Treasurer), Kneeling in front Steve Gjos (Secretary), Ken Figures (Councillor), Meagan Gjos (Youth Representative), Kim Powley (President) and John Konawalchuk (Chair). Submitted by Steve Gjos, Secretary for the MNO Historic Sault Ste.

The Moss Park Armory in Toronto. It was with great sorrow that Métis Nation of Ontario (MNO) Veterans’ Council President Joe Paquette attended the military service conducted for his friend and regimental Sgt. Maj. Scott “Paddy” Paterson, CD, held on February 20 at the Moss Park Armory in Toronto. Paterson served in the Queen’s Own

Métis youth with one of the Wood Duck boxes they helped prepare for the next nesting season Submitted by Larry J. Ferris, Chair of the MNO Georgian Bay Métis Council MNO Georgian Bay Métis Council youth group held its first outing since the recent election of the new council. The new council interim Youth Representative

The Provincial Urban Aboriginal Forum will be held in Toronto, ON, at the Sheraton Centre Hotel from March 22-23, 2016. The Forum will share stories of wise community practices in relationship building, networking, collaboration, partnerships, collective impact and community development, as well as provide an opportunity to inform the Ministry of Aboriginal Affairs’ development of

Since the announcement on Saturday, March 5, that MNO President Gary Lipinski is retiring from Métis politics there has been an outpouring of tributes and thanks to him for his decades of service to the Métis Nation. Click here for more information about President Lipinski’s retirement announcement. Among these tributes were official statements from Ontario

“Eight Years of Successes and Results by Working—Together” MNO President Gary Lipinski March 5, 2016 (Toronto, ON) — Today, after over two decades of holding political offices within the Métis Nation of Ontario (MNO) and two successful terms in the MNO’s highest elected office, MNO President Gary Lipinski announced that he will not be seeking