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MNO Anticipates Continuing Results-based Progress with Ontario Government Premier-designate Wynne (left) with MNO President Lipinski (centre) and MNO Chair Picotte (right) at a meeting in 2012 (Ottawa – January 26, 2013) Today the Ontario Liberal Party selected Kathleen Wynne as its new Leader. “On behalf of the Métis Nation of Ontario (MNO),” stated MNO President

Demonstrates the Value of Constructive Engagement Insuring Métis youth can be all they can be is a priority of the MNO On January 18, 2013, Laurel Broten, Ontario Minister of Children and Youth Services announced the Government of Ontario’s intention to work with Aboriginal partners to develop a multi-year Children and Youth Strategy. Métis Nation

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

(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

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

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:

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

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

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

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