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NWRA President Mike Lepine (right) stands with MP Brian Masse (left) during a rally in 2014. (Photo: Nick Brancaccio) Members of the North Wall Riders Association (NWRA) in Windsor made a generous contribution to the Métis Nation of Ontario (MNO) Veterans Council’s planned pilgrimage to Vimy Ridge in 2017. The NWRA are active towards promoting

Date: October 5, 2015 To: Women of the Métis Nation of Ontario From: WSMNO Re: Two vacancies on the WSMNO Click here for PDF version of this memo In accordance of the Women’s Secretariat of the Métis Nation of Ontario Terms of Reference Article 4.2.3 the Office of the Chief Electoral Officer is accepting nominations

MNO President Lipinski speaking during APTN InFocus. Métis Nation of Ontario (MNO) President Gary Lipinski was a guest on APTN’s InFocus news program on Wednesday, October 7. President Lipinski was part of a panel discussing the historic Daniels v Canada case that goes before the Supreme Court on Thursday, October 8. He also participated in

Liberal Party issues Métis-specific policy platform and responds to Ontario Métis issues In February 2015, in anticipation of the federal election scheduled for October, Métis Nation of Ontario (MNO) President Gary Lipinski wrote each of the leaders of the federal political parties to ask for a meeting to discuss issues of concern to MNO citizens.

Shelly Claus (right) and her husband Joe Claus (left) at the Afghanistan and Peacekeepers Monument in Windsor.Submitted by MNO citizen and veteran Shelly Claus On Sunday, September 6, MNO citizen and veteran Shelly Claus attended a service to honour Canada’s peacekeepers and Afghanistan veterans at the Afghanistan and Peacekeepers Monument in Windsor. Many Métis veterans

MNO Vice-Chair Sharon McBride (centre) with MNO citizen Terry Desjardins (right) and self-identified Métis youth and first-year St. Clair College student Matthew Bombardier (left).Submitted by MNO Vice-Chair Sharon McBride Métis Nation of Ontario (MNO) Vice-Chair Sharon McBride attended the signing of the Indigenous Education Protocol at St. Clair College on Tuesday, September 22, in Windsor.

MNO citizen Bonnie Butlin (Photo source: Natocouncil.ca)Métis Nation of Ontario (MNO) citizen Bonnie Butlin, co-founder and Executive Director of the Security Partners’ Forum (SPF) and International Coordinator of the Women in Security and Resilience Alliance (WISECRA), recently won the 2015 Professional Security Magazine’s Women in Security Award (Security Manager Category), a prestigious award British historian

From left: MNO Historic Sault Ste. Marie Métis Council President Kim Powley, Region 4 PCMNO Councillor Ernie Gatien, MNO North Channel Métis Council President Yvonne Jensen, MNO President Gary Lipinski, PCMNO Youth Representative Mitch Case and MNO Associate Chief Operating Officer Margaret Froh.Submitted by MNO North Channel Métis Council President Yvonne Jensen On September 13,

Jason MaddenWritten by Métis lawyer Jason Madden for Canadian Lawyer On Oct. 8, the Supreme Court of Canada will hear arguments from Canada, Alberta, Saskatchewan, the Métis Nation, First Nations, and other groups in Daniels v. Canada. The Daniels case–initiated by well-known Métis leader Harry Daniels in 1999–will hopefully lead to Canada revisiting its arbitrary

PCMNO Senator Rene Gravelle receiving a plaque from Dr. Roger Strasser, Dean of the Northern Ontario School of Medicine. The plaque was gifted to Senator Gravelle for his years of service to the school. (Source: Kimberley Larkin)From August 18-20, Provisional Council of the Métis Nation of Ontario (PCMNO) Senator Rene Gravelle attended a historic gathering