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Participants of the MNO High Land Waters Governance and Finance Training session. Front row, from left: Pearl Gabona, Candace Lloyd, Gwendalyn Lloyd-Gomez, Trudy Conner. Back row, from left: Robert Lloyd, Ralph Wolf Thistle, Marlon Lloyd, Scott Lloyd, Jim Conner.Submitted by Glen Lipinski, MNO Community Relations Coordinator The Métis Nation of Ontario (MNO) High Land Waters

MNO citizen Thomas Doherty (centre) being presented the Innovative Practice Award by Sonia Prevost-Derbecker (left) and Roberta L. Jamieson (right) of Indspire. (Photo: Darrin Potter)Submitted by Jade Bourbonnière, MNO Education and Training Operations Coordinator On November 13, Métis Nation of Ontario (MNO) citizen Thomas B. Doherty received the Innovative Practice Award during the 2015 Guiding

Bob Borre (left), President of Royal Canadian Legion Branch 82, holding a certificate of appreciation with Joseph Paquette (right), President of the MNO Veterans’ Council.Submitted by MNO Veterans’ Council President Joe Paquette The Métis Nation of Ontario (MNO) Veterans’ Council recently presented a certificate of appreciation to the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 82 in Port

MNO Veterans’ Council Sergeant-at-arms Rob Baskey (left) and MNO Veterans’ Council President Joseph Paquette (right).Submitted by MNO Veterans’ Council President Joseph Paquette During the 2015 Métis Nation of Ontario (MNO) Annual General Assembly (AGA), the MNO Veterans’ Council held their annual general meeting where Rob Baskey was sworn in to his new position as the

From left: MNO Veterans’ Council President Joseph Paquette; Derrill Henderson, National Secretary, Hong Kong Veterans Association of Canada; Brian Forbes, B. Comm., LL.B., Chairman, National Council of Veterans Association in Canada; Paul Baiden, MMM, OStJ, S.C., CD, National Chairman, Canadian Naval Air Group; MNO Veterans’ Council Senator Dr. Alis Kennedy, O.Ont., CD, OMC.Submitted by MNO

From left: Belleville Chief of Police Cory MacKay, Donald Gebhardt, CD, Yvonne I.L. Gebhardt and MNO Veterans’ Council President Joseph Paquette.Submitted by MNO Veterans’ Council President Joe Paquette On September 25, the Métis Nation of Ontario (MNO) Veterans’ Council, in collaboration with the Belleville Police Service, presented the Louis Riel Medal and certificate to four

Self-identified Métis Ted Norris (left), Her Royal Highness, the Countess of Wessex (centre) and MNO TYRMC President Tera Beaulieu (right).On November 12, Métis Nation of Ontario (MNO) Toronto and York Region Métis Council (TYRMC) President Tera Beaulieu attended a working lunch with the Honourable Elizabeth Dowdeswell, Lieutenant-Governor of Ontario, and Her Royal Highness, the Countess

MNO citizen Maria Vandenbrand at the Canadian Aboriginal Minerals Association’s 23rd Annual Conference.Submitted by Joanne Meyer, Director of Intergovernmental Relations On November 23, Métis Nation of Ontario (MNO) citizen Maria Vandenbrand spoke on the Youth Panel during the Canadian Aboriginal Minerals Association’s (CAMA) 23rd Annual Conference in Vancouver, British Columbia. Vandenbrand went to college for

Brian Kon (centre) with Mayor of Niagara Falls Jim Diodati (right) and City Clerk Dean Iorfida (left).Submitted by MNO Niagara Region Métis Council Chair Amanda Pont-Shanks On December 8, Métis Nation of Ontario (MNO) citizen Brian Kon received the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA) Champion Award and was named an AODA Champion by

Richard Pringle (right), Manager Community Investment at Hydro One, and MNO Veterans’ Council President Joseph Paquette (left).Submitted by MNO Veterans’ Council President Joe Paquette During the 2015 Annual General Assembly (AGA) in Midland, the Métis Nation of Ontario (MNO) Veterans’ Council launched the release of a new book, Fighting For Canada Before There Was A