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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

The Honourable Elizabeth Dowdeswell, Lieutenant Governor of Ontario (left) with Mélanie-Rose Frappier (centre); and Maria Topalovich, Board Member, Ontario Heritage Trust (right) following the presentation of the Lieutenant Governor’s Ontario Heritage Awards. (Picture by Tessa Buchan, courtesy of the Ontario Heritage Trust). On February 27, 2015, Métis youth Mélanie-Rose Frappier was presented with the Lieutenant

Submitted by: Kelly Campagnola, MNO TYRMC Women’s Representative and Tera Beaulieu, MNO TYRMC President (L-R) MNO TYRMC Chair Todd Ross, PCMNO Region 8 Representative Anita Tucker and MNO TYRMC President Tera Beaulieu at the Toronto Strawberry Ceremony for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women. On February 14, 2015, the Métis Nation of Ontario (MNO) Toronto and

John Patrick Kelly, 1934 – 2015I was very saddened to hear of the passing of MNO citizen and Métis veteran John Kelly who died peacefully on February 24, 2015. John was the brother of MNO Executive Senator Reta Gordon and MNO Ottawa Region Métis Council Senator Lois McCallum and is predeceased by his brother MNO