Toronto 2015 Pan Am Games Mascot!

CALLING ALL KIDS! The TORONTO 2015 Pan Am/Parapan Am Games are the “People’s Games,” where everyone is part of the energy and the fun. Athletes will take to the world stage with their communities and their families cheering them on, and it’s in that spirit that we’re happy to make this special announcement. United We

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Métis Veteran Awarded Queen’s Jubilee Medal

(Left to right) Senator Robert W. “Bob” Runciman; Métis Veteran Donn Fowler; Gord Brown, MP, Leeds-Grenville; and Steve Clark, MPP, Leeds-Grenville. Métis Nation of Ontario (MNO) veteran, Donn Fowler, recently received the Queen Elizabeth II, Diamond Jubilee Medal during a ceremony held in Brockville, Ontario. The Honourable Senator, Robert W. Runciman, on behalf of His

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MNO Citizens Help Restore Glenorchy Conservation Area

By Cora Bunn, President of the MNO Grand River Métis Council MNO Citizens who participated in the Glenorchy Conservation Area restoration In 2011, Hydro One, Conservation Halton, and the Métis Nation of Ontario (MNO) announced that they would partner on a project to establish 25 hectares of upland forest in the Glenorchy Conservation Area in

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MNO Generation Innovation Premiere Shines Light on Métis Youth Entrepreneurship

By Kyle Burton, 2012 Generation Innovation Finalist (Left to right) Generation Innovation Judge, Peter Smith; MNO Director of Intergovernmental Relations, Joanne Meyer; MNO Infinite Reach Facilitator Christine Skura; and 2012 Generation Innovation finalist Kyle Burton The next generation of Metis entrepreneurs was brought to light at the premiere screening of the first MNO Generation Innovation:

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Community Council Recognizes Métis Veteran

By Joseph Paquette, President of the MNO Veterans Council (Left to right – standing) PCMNO Region 9 Councilor Peter Rivers, MNO Windsor-Essex Métis Council members Jonathan Rochon, Senator Bob Leboeuf, Essex, Andrew Good, Sue Morencey and Donna Grayer (Sitting) Métis Veteran Wilfred Rochon On January 9, 2013, the Métis Nation of Ontario (MNO) Windsor-Essex Métis

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MNO Citizen Awarded Queen’s Jubilee Medal

By Lorraine Mountney, MNO Community Support Services in Midland (Left to right) Member of Parliament Bruce Stanton, Allan Vallee, Member of the Provincial Parliament Garfield Dunlop On October 27, 2012, Allan Vallee, past President of the Métis Nation of Ontario (MNO) Georgian Bay Métis Council was presented with a Queen’s Jubilee Medal to recognize his

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Ottawa should embrace the Métis decision

By Melanie Paradis, Manager of Natural Resources & Aboriginal Affairs with NATIONAL Public Relations and formerly the Director of Lands, Resources & Consultations for the Métis Nation of Ontario. Originally posted on the Globe and Mail website at: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/commentary/ottawa-should-embrace-the-mtis-decision/article7318875/ Canadians have responded to news of the Federal Court’s decision to grant sweeping recognition of Métis

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Community Council Recognizes Métis Veterans

By Joseph Paquette, President of the MNO Veterans Council (Left to right): MNO Peterborough Wapiti Métis Council President Andy Dufrane, WWII Veteran Joseph Gagnon, Veteran David Gagnon and Senator Terry Bloom. On December 18, 2012, the Métis Nation of Ontario (MNO) Peterborough Wapiti Métis Council held a ceremony at the Peterborough Royal Canadian Legion Branch

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A Victory in the Struggle for Métis Rights

Métis Leader Harry Daniels, who initiated Daniels v Canada, which determined on Jan. 8 that Métis fall under the jurisdiction of the federal government. Listen to a radio interview by Sunshine 89.1 with MNO President Gary Lipinski about the Daniels v. Canada ruling >Listen to a radio interview by CBC with MNO President Gary Lipinski

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Request for Abbreviated Proposal

Request for Abbreviated Proposal for Consulting Services for Technical Support in Project Consultation The Metis Nation of Ontario The Metis Nation of Ontario (MNO) is calling for Abbreviated Proposals from consulting firms and individual expert practitioners to establish Standing Offer Agreements to provide “ as and when required” professional technical services to the MNO’s Land,

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