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Ontario Aboriginal Housing Services is pleased to notify you that an RFP is now open for New Rental Housing Developments under the 2014 and 2015 allocation. The “First Nation, Inuit, Métis Urban and Rural 2014/20 Housing Program” is intended to target gaps where significant demonstrated need has been identified, but provision of Aboriginal Housing through

Submitted by: Richard Cuddy, Credit River Métis Council President Richard Cuddy, MNO Credit River Métis Council President, and his group showcase their healing blanket. Below is the first-hand account of Richard Cuddy, MNO Credit River Métis Council (CRMC) President’s participation in a training session on violence against aboriginal women: On August 21, 2014, I took

Métis youth take part in Métis Voyageur games at the Fort France Métis Fall Celebration held on September 7. On September 7, the Métis Nation of Ontario Sunset Country Métis Council and MNO staff from the Fort Frances office held a Métis Fall Celebration. Although celebrating the beginning of the harvest, it was a warm

Hosted by MNO Oshawa and Durham Region Métis Council Submitted by: Ted McNally The Métis Heritage Celebration was held from June 12-22 by the MNO Oshawa and Durham Region Métis Council. The Métis Nation of Ontario (MNO) Oshawa and Durham Region Métis Council, would like to apologise to any unsuspecting motorists, traveling north on Simcoe

Tony Belcourt being invested into the Order of Canada as an Officer by His Excellency, the Right Honourable David Johnston, Governor General of Canada. Photo Credit: Sgt Ronald Duchesne, Rideau Hall ©HerMajesty The Queen in Right of Canada represented bythe Office of the Secretary to the Governor General (2014). On September 12 former Métis Nation

MNO Senator Bob McKay and Suzanne Tardif, a member of the Aboriginal Education Advisory Council, with his OPSBA Achievement Award and Award of Excellence. Congratulations to Métis Nation of Ontario (MNO) Senator Bob McKay who has been chosen as the recipient of two Ontario Public School Board’s Association (OPSBA) awards, the 2014 Achievement Award and

Submitted by: HooJung Jones HooJung Jones (left) and Don Kennedy (right) who are committee members of the KVA Unit 26 Memorial Project standing beside the RCN Ships in Korea Memorial Monument. Métis Nation of Ontario (MNO) citizen Don Kennedy, who is a retired Canadian Armed Forces Major and an honourary Korean War veteran, was the

Submitted by: Robin Pilon Maddy Pilon (centre with flowers) at the GetReel Film Festival with some of the GetReel Film Camp students. It was ‘lights, camera, action!’ in Trenton, Ontario this summer with a new youth film camp in the city run by Métis Nation of Ontario (MNO) citizen Maddy Pilon. A second year Ryerson

Submitted by: Marsha Depotier, MNO Victims Services Coordinator MNO Bancroft Healing and Wellness staff assisted with the Women’s Sharing Circles. They are seen here Awakening Métis Healing Blankets. The Métis Nation of Ontario (MNO) Victim Services Program recently concluded a series of Women’s Sharing Circles that began in the spring of 2014. Circles were held

The Métis Nation of Ontario (MNO) held its 21st Annual General Assembly (AGA) August 23-25 in Thunder Bay. The video above features pictures and video from the AGA and workshops and other events held before the AGA started. This included a workshop on violence against Aboriginal women and the conclusion of the MNO Canoe Expedition.