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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.

Adopts Declaration to End Violence Against Aboriginal Women MNO President Gary Lipinski speaks at the 2014 AGA in Thunder Bay. At its 21st Annual General Assembly (AGA) in Thunder Bay on August 25, the Métis Nation of Ontario (MNO) passed a resolution calling on the Federal Government to hold national inquiry into missing and murdered

Presentation of a framed copy of the MNO-Ontario Framework Agreement to the MNO from the Government of Ontario, presented by Minister Mauro, Minister Zimmer and Minister Gravelle to President Lipinski. Métis from across Ontario gathered in Thunder Bay today for the Métis Nation of Ontario (MNO) 21st Annual General Assembly (AGA). MNO President Gary Lipinski

On the evening of Friday, August 22, eight modern Métis voyageurs completed an amazing 2000+ kilometer journey from Ottawa to Thunder Bay. Their trek ended on the beach in Chippewa Park where they were greeted by Métis Nation of Ontario (MNO) President Gary Lipinski, the Honourable David Zimmer, Minister of Aboriginal Affairs and a large

Submitted by: Wanda Botsford Original aritcles by The Westend Weekly http://www.westendweekly.ca/pdf%20wew%20editions/july_23_2014.pdf and Heather Latter, Fort Frances Times Online http://www.fftimes.com/node/271551 MNO Regional Councillor Theresa Stenlund, with her daughter Katelyne Stenlund and Chloe Dolyny represented the Métis within the opening ceremonies of the Harmony of Nations Music Festival in Fort Frances. The inaugural Harmony of Nations Music

Original article by Bejamin Aubé, Timmins Press http://www.timminspress.com/2014/08/01/barrette-swims-to-seven-golds-at-naig Swimmer Patrick Barrette, 15, shows off the seven gold medals he collected at the recent 2014 North American Indigenous Games in Regina, highlighting an impressive contingent of local athletes. BENJAMIN AUBÉ/The Daily Press.Patrick Barrette, son of Métis Nation of Ontario (MNO) citizen Robert Barrette, won a gold

Aspiring to inspire training, life lessons and new ventures Submitted by: Genevieve Smith Danton Delbaere-Sawchuck at the International Yoga Sports Federation’s Youth Work Cup Championships held in London, England. Danton Delbaere-Sawchuk, the cellist for the award-winning Métis Fiddler Quartet and recent Honours graduate of Toronto’s Collège Français, can now add International Yoga Sport Federation’s ‘World

Coming together healing blanket workshop Participants of the healing blanket workshop held in North Bay on February 11. This winter, the Métis Nation of Ontario (MNO) Victim Service and Community Wellness program staff as well as members of the Women’s Secretariat of the MNO (WSMNO) joined together to address and discuss violence against Métis women