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Submitted by Kevin Whalen The Whalen family after successfully harvesting a bull moose. The Whalen family, as members of the Métis Nation of Ontario (MNO) Sault Ste. Marie Métis community, couldn’t think of a better way to celebrate the 11th anniversary of the Powely Case other than calling out and harvesting an enormous bull moose

MNO will continue to coordinate the Ontario Aboriginal Responsible Gambling Program The Ministry of Health and Long Term Care (MOHLTC) has reconfirmed funding support to the Métis Nation of Ontario (MNO) for the coordination and evaluation of the Ontario Aboriginal Responsible Gambling Program (OARGP) until March 31, 2017. The eight member organizations of the OARGP

Submitted by: Huguette Trottier-Frappier Original article by Paul de la Riva, The Sudbury Star http://www.thesudburystar.com/ur/story/924766?utm_source=addThis&utm_medium=addthis_button_email&utm_campaign=Sacr%C3%A9-C%C5%93ur+student+to+share+leadership+at+We+Day+Toronto+%7C+News+%7C+UR+%7C+Sudbury+Star#.VCraOxtxukI.email Mélanie-Rose Frappier. Métis youth Mélanie-Rose Frappier, a grade 12 student at Sudbury’s École secondaire du Sacré-Cœur, was one of the young leaders invited to share their passion and leadership at We Day in Toronto. During this national event that mobilized

Submitted by: A.G. Gauthier Participants of the MNO Ottawa Region Métis Council Powley Day event at the University of Ottawa. This Powley Day, September 19, the Métis Nation of Ontario (MNO) Ottawa Region Métis Council and members of the Métis community gathered to acknowledge Steve Powley, a leader among Ontario’s Métis people. Powley Day commemorates

During the 2012 Métis Nation of Ontario (MNO) Annual General Assembly (AGA) a film crew from APTN’s program Warrior Games covered the Métis Voyageur Games, which are a long established tradition at AGAs, to feature in an episode on the program. The Warrior Games episode on the Voyageur Games was recently aired on APTN and

Submitted by Susan Schank, Office Coordinator for the MNO Great Lakes Métis Council Métis youth taking part in the MNO Great Lakes Métis Council’s Youth Art Program. The Métis Nation of Ontario (MNO) Great Lakes Métis Council has recently launched a new initiative to reconnect youth with their Métis traditions and culture, the Youth Art

Submitted by: Kirk Fournier, MNO Employment Developer MNO James Bay/Abitbi-Temiskamingue Consultation Committee and MNO staff during their site visit of the Detour Gold Mine near Cochrane, Ontario. On September 16, 2014, the Métis Nation of Ontario (MNO) James Bay/Abitbi-Temiskamingue Consultation Committee as well as MNO staff were invited for a site visit to Detour Gold

AFOA Canada has two upcoming awards for Aboriginal youth and professionals. Deadline for both awards is Monday December 1, 2014. The AFOA-PotashCorp Aboriginal Youth Financial Management Awards are open to Aboriginal youth in grades 11 and 12. Winners attend AFOA Canada’s National Conference and participate in a special Youth program designed to introduce youth to

Melissa-Jane Pecman. Submitted by: Bobbi Aubin Melissa-Jane Pecman, daughter of Métis Nation of Ontario (MNO) citizen Bobbi Aubin, is a recent graduate of the four-year Geology Program at Laurentian University. In her fourth year, Melissa was a funding recipient through the MNO Métis Mining Strategy program. Successful in finding employment in her field after graduation,

‘Take a pause, think about who you’re talking to, and how you’re going to reach them.’ Lucy Fowler in Métis traditional garb at Fort William for MNO culture training. Métis youth Lucy Fowler is one member of CBC’s panel of cross-cultural ‘bridge builders’ at the Building Bridges community forum on race relations on October 1,