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Adapted from an article in the Sudbury Star: http://www.thesudburystar.com/2015/03/08/young-busy-frappier-uses-sport-to-ease-stress Melanie-Rose Frappier. Where to begin with the resume of Métis youth Melanie-Rose Frappier? The 18-year-old Grade 12 student from École secondaire Sacre-Cœur has received several awards and honours over the years including most recently the Lieutenant Governor’s Ontario Heritage Award for Youth Achievement this past February.

MNO President Lipinski with Special Representative PelletierOn March 13, 2015, MNO President Gary Lipinski met with Benoit Pelletier who has been appointed as the Federal Government’s Special Representative in the ongoing review of Canada’s current Specific Claims Policy. Mr. Pelletier is a former Minister in the Quebec Government and is currently a professor at the

Adapted from an article from the Toronto Public Library: http://torontopubliclibrary.typepad.com/news_releases/2015/02/author-cherie-dimaline-named-toronto-public-library-2015-writer-in-residence-aboriginal-experience.html Cherie Dimaline and guests attend a public event in the North York Central Library auditorium to announce Cherie’s plans for residency. (L-R) The Honourable David Zimmer, MPP for Willowdale and Minister of Aboriginal Affairs; Cherie Dimaline; Giles Benaway; Lee Maracle; guest; and Deborah Richardson, Deputy

Submitted by: MNO staff The MNO Sudbury Métis Council at the Governance and Finance training. Back row. (L-R) Daniel Boulard, Councillor; Robert Coutu, Councillor; Richard Sarrazin, President; Heidi Elstub, Councillor; Bill Lefebvre, Councillor; Denis Lefebvre; Councillor. Front row. (L-R) Maurice Sarrazin, Chair; Bernadette Picco, Women’s Representative; John Haiste, Councillor; Cecile Coutu, Senator. The Métis Nation

(Source: Aboriginal Arts & StoriesFacebook page.) Aboriginal Arts & Stories is the largest and most recognizable creative writing competition in Canada for Aboriginal youth. The contest is open to Canadians of Aboriginal ancestry (Status, Non-Status, Inuit and Métis) between the ages of 11-29. To enter, create a writing or art piece that explores a moment

The Honourable Michael Gravelle, Minister of Northern Development and Mines, with MNO representatives at the 2015 PDAC. (L-R) Joel Henley, MNO KMC President; Marcel Lafrance, PCMNO Region 3 Councillor; Minister Gravelle; Nina Henley, MNO KMC Secretary; Juliette Denis, PCMNO Region 5 Councillor; Theresa Stenlund, PCMNO Region 1 Councillor; and Ernie Gatien, PCMNO Region 4 Councillor.

Adapted from an article from: http://www.metisnation.ca/index.php/news/metis-nation-delegates-participate-in-national-roundtable-on-missing-murdered-indigenous-women-girls Métis Nation delegates participate in National roundtable on missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls. (L-R) Clément Chartier, MNC President; Muriel Stanley Venne, MNA Women Representative; Melanie Omeniho, WMN President; Angie Crerar, Métis elder; Jennifer Lord, MNO Manager of Victim Services; Clara Morin-Dal Col, Provincial Chair for Métis Women

Adapted from an article from: http://www.toronto2015.org/news/archive/to2015-unveils-one-of-a-kind-medals-a-unique-product-of-the-americas/1192 The TORONTO 2015 Pan Am/Parapan Am Games gold medal. Métis Nation of Ontario (MNO) citizen and visual artist Christi Belcourt played a key role in the development of the medals that will be awarded at the upcoming TORONTO 2015 Pan Am/Parapan Am Games (TO2015). The medals were unveiled at

On February 27, 2015, the Métis Nation of Ontario’s (MNO) 2014 Canoe Expedition participants—Jeremy Brown, Kenora; Heather Bunn, Fergus; Elizabeth Clapin, Manotick; Amilia DiChiara, Thornhill; Kyle Grenier, Midland; Emily Ingram, Sault Ste. Marie; Gerald Lavallee, North Bay; Geneviève Routhier, Sault Ste. Marie; and Josh Szajewski, Kenora—were presented with the Lieutenant Governor’s Ontario Heritage Award at