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Submitted by: Pauline Saulnier, PCMNO Councillor of Region 7 Presenters at information session about the MNO Métis Nation of Ontario (MNO) Senator Verna Porter in collaboration with MNO staff member Joanne Parent, MNO Georgian Bay Métis Council Chair David Dusome and the Board of Villageois (Manor) at Villageois in Lafontaine recently invited Lafontaine francophone citizens

Submitted by: Pauline Saulnier, PCMNO Region 7 Councillor Winterama Float and (left) MNO Georgian Bay Métis Council members (right) The Métis Nation of Ontario (MNO) Georgian Bay Métis Council showed off some Métis culture and spirit by riding through the community on their Métis themed float in the Penetanguishene Winterama Parade on February 15. Fun

“The Time Has Come” By: Jason Madden Jason Madden “[T]he time has finally come for recognition of the Métis as a unique and distinct people.” In 2011, this was the Supreme Court of Canada’s ‘call to action’ to governments in a unanimous decision called Cunningham v. Alberta. For those who were paying attention, the case

For the second year in a row, the Métis Nation of Ontario (MNO), in partnership with the Ministry of Economic Development and Innovation and other sponsors held the Generation Innovation: Métis Youth Entrepreneurship Challenge from March 16-17, 2013.  Modeled after the popular CBC TV program Dragon’s Den, the Generation Innovation Challenge is a project designed

Jennifer Henry (third from left) with (left to right) Steve Paikin (host of TVO’s The Agenda), Ryan DeCaire and David Newhouse. Jennifer Henry, Post-Secondary Representative with the Provisional Council of the Métis Nation of Ontario recently discussed the future of Aboriginal education and its underlying issues with TVO’s The Agenda host Steve Paikin at Trent

By: Richard Cuddy, President of the MNO Credit River Métis Council Members of MNO Grand River Métis Council and MNO Credit River Métis Council participating in Governance and Finance training. (left to right) Front row: Bridget Brown, Carol Levis, Karen Derocher, Darlene Lent, Barbara Lair; Middle row: Glen Lipinski, Jennifer Parkinson, Joyce Tolles, Jean-Marc Maheu,

Senator Micheline Boisvert ready to visit the students and her replica of a voyageur canoe Métis Nation of Ontario (MNO) Senators are very involved with their communities and seldom miss the opportunity to pass on their knowledge of Métis traditions and heritage to young people and the general public. On March 4, Senator Micheline Boisvert

COTH Ken Simard getting ready for take off Ken Simard, Captain of the Hunt (COTH) for Region Two, took to the skies in January. Following his duties as COTH, Simard took part in two flights with the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR) to conduct a moose survey of Region Two’s harvesting area. The COTH

MNO representatives at the 2013 PDAC (left to right) Front row: Marlene Davidson, President of the MNO Atikokan and Area Métis Council; Juliette Denis, PCMNO Region 5 Councillor; the Honourable Michael Gravelle, Ontario Minister of Northern Developments and Mines; Gary Lipinski, President of MNO; Theresa Stenlund, PCMNO Region 1 Councillor; Back row: Marc Laurin, President

MNO Georgian Bay Métis Council youth group hosts Aboriginal night By: Larry J. Ferris MNO Georgian Bay youth group and Midland 1st Wye Marsh scouts take part in drumming during Aboriginal night. On February 5, the Métis Nation of Ontario (MNO) Georgian Bay Council youth group hosted the Midland 1st Wye Marsh Scouts for an