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The world renowned Cirque du Soleil is bringing its blend of stagecraft, thrilling acrobatics and cultural pageantry to an original production created for the opening ceremony of the TORONTO 2015 Pan Am Games. Cirque du Soleil is looking for motivated and enthusiastic children to participate as a volunteer in their performance. They are hoping to

Submitted by: Joseph Paquette, MNO Veterans’ Council President Joseph Paquette (right), MNO Veterans’ Council President, presents Guy Mandeville, MNO Veterans’ Council Chair, C.D., with an Eagle feather. The Métis Nation of Ontario (MNO) Veterans’ Council held an annual meeting on November 1, 2014 in Ajax. During the meeting, Guy Mandeville, C.D., veteran and MNO Veterans’

Submitted by: Joseph Paquette, MNO Veterans Council President, and Hank Rowlinson, MNO Manager of Community Relations Veterans Michael Hurteau (left) and Steve Callaghan, MNO Sudbury Métis Council Secretary, at the Annual General Meeting. On December 10, 2014, the MNO Sudbury Métis Council held their Annual General Meeting. At this meeting, MNO Veteran Michael Hurteau was

Original story by: Jonathan Migneault; adapted from a story in Subury Northern Life: http://www.northernlife.ca/news/localNews/2014/12/14-laurentian-canoes-Sudbury.aspx From front, Laurentian University School of Architecture second-year students Sophie Amacky, Maxine Blais, Alex Gunnewiek, Ali Modl and Denis Lemieux worked nine hours per week for a month to complete the birch bark canoe they are holding over their heads. (Source:

Submitted by: Jon Rochon, MNO Windsor Essex Métis Council President Participants at the Louis Riel Day celebration in Windsor. On November 16, 2014, the Métis Nation of Ontario (MNO) Windsor Essex Kent Métis Council (WEKMC), the MNO staff in the Windsor office and residents from Windsor and local Métis communities, gathered to celebrate Louis Riel

On November 20, 2014, over 7,000 students, educators and guests gathered at the Kitchener Memorial Auditorium for the We Day Waterloo Region celebration. Gerald Lavallee and Genevieve Routhier, Métis Nation of Ontario (MNO) 2014 Canoe Expedition participants, were among the speakers that addressed the crowd. Gerald and Genevieve spoke about the challenges they met on

Submitted by: Barb Lair, MNO Grand River Métis Council Chair Jennifer Parkinson (left), MNO Grand River Métis Council President, and Barb Lair, MNO Grand River Métis Council Chair, lead a workshop at the Aboriginal Teaching Circles. (Source: MPP Cambridge – Kathryn McGarry) From September 30 to October 1, 2014, the Métis Nation of Ontario (MNO)

Submitted by Hank Rowlinson, MNO Manager of Community Relations Children at the Sudbury Métis Council Christmas dinner. On December 6, 2014, the Métis Nation of Ontario (MNO) Sudbury Métis Council (SMC) Annual General Meeting (AGM) was attended by over 230 citizens. In attendance was the following PCMNO members: France Picotte, Chair; Sharon McBride, Vice-Chair; Juliette

The year 1885 was very difficult for Ontario Métis. During that year the Northwest Resistance took place where Métis took a stand and fought for Métis rights and the Métis way-of-life. The Canadian government suppressed the resistance and executed Métis leader Louis Riel for treason. Ontario Métis were also labeled as traitors and for generations

Submitted by: Joanne Meyer, MNO Director of Intergovernmental Relations (L-R) Barbra Lair, MNO Grand River Métis Council Chair, Marcel Lafrance, Region 3 PCMNO Councillor; Juliette Denis, Region 5 PCMNO Councillor; John Beaucage; Cameron Burgess, Region 2 PCMNO Councillor; Pauline Richardson, Region 7 PCMNO Councillor; and, Richard Cuddy, MNO Credit River Métis Council President. In early