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Submitted by: Greg Garratt, MNO Veterans’ Council Sgt-at-Arms MNO Georgian Bay Métis Council youth group veteran awareness night. (Left to right) youth group members Skyler, Jacob, Tamara and Dalton. Back row: Larry Ferris, MNO Georgian Bay Métis Council Chairperson. This Remembrance Day, the Métis Nation of Ontario (MNO) Georgian Bay Métis Council youth group hosted

2013 Remembrance Day ceremony Veteran and MNO Registrar Jane Brennan with her husband Veteran Steve Mackenzie at the National Aboriginal Veterans Monument. Every year the Métis Nation of Ontario (MNO) has participated in the national Remembrance Day ceremonies in Ottawa by laying a wreath at the National Cenotaph on behalf of all MNO citizens. Being

MNO Niagara Region Métis Council play significant role in Welland Remembrance Day parade Submitted by: Amanda Pont-Shanks, MNO Niagara Region Métis Council Photo credit: Brenda Pont On Sunday November 3, members of the Métis Nation of Ontario (MNO) Niagara Region Métis Council participated in the Welland Legion Remembrance Day parade at Chippewa Park. Council members

Submitted by: Glen Lipinski, MNO Consultation and Community Relations Coordinator Participants of the MNO Oshawa and Durham Region Métis Council Governance and Finance Training. (Left to right) front row: Janet Huttmann, Kristin Randall and Frances Harris. Centre row: Cecile Wagar and Auriele Diotte. Back Row: Joe McCaveney, Jeanette Ireland, Kevin Henry, André Bossé,Ted McNally and

Submitted by: James Wagar, MNO Manager of Natural Resources and Consultations and Derrick Pont, President of the MNO Niagara Region Métis Council MNO citizens and organization representatives at the MNO Employment and Contracting Community Gathering. (Left to right) John Bonin, Union Gas; Peter Rivers, MNO Region 9 PCMNO Councillor; Jo Anne Young, President of the

Submitted by: Richard Cuddy, MNO Credit River Métis Council President and Dr. Melissa Perreault Dr. Melissa Perreault with MNO Credit River Métis Council President Richard Cuddy. Métis Nation of Ontario (MNO) citizen Dr. Melissa Perreault was recently one of five basic science researchers in Canada to be awarded the prestigious National Alliance for Research on

MNO President Lipinski with Métis lawyers Jason Madden and Jean Teillet and Métis Nation of Alberta President Audrey Poitras earlier in the year at the Supreme Court. Métis Nation of Ontario (MNO) is currently present as an intervener at the Daniels Case Federal Court of Appeal hearing which is taking place in Ottawa from October

Submitted by: Glen Lipinski, MNO Community Relations Coordinator MNO Niagara Region Métis Council Governance and Finance Training. (Left to right) Garry Laframboise, Giselle Legiehn, Amanda Pont-Shanks, Derrick Pont, Barbara-Anne Wright, Reg Bernier and Leah Brown. The Métis Nation of Ontario (MNO) Niagara Region Métis Council participated in the MNO’s two-day Governance and Finance Training from

Submitted by: Huguette Trottier-Frappier Mélanie-Rose Frappier with her Aboriginal Youth Achievement Award during the award ceremony in Ottawa. Métis Nation of Ontario (MNO) youth member Mélanie-Rose Frappier has been selected as one of the recipients of the Aboriginal Youth Achievement Award which she received at the award ceremony in Ottawa on October 18. The award

Joint Working Group on Violence Against Aboriginal Women representatives during the October 21 meeting in Toronto. (Left to right) front row: MNO Chair France Picotte, Minister Teresa Piruzza, Minister David Zimmer, Sheila McMahon (Ontario Federation of Indian Friendship Centres), and Dr. Dawn Harvard (Ontario Native Women’s Association). Back row: Tobias McQuabbie (Shwanaga First Nation), Grand