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Ontario is funding grants to help communities take action to protect and restore their corner of the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence River basin. Grants are available for projects that take place in Ontario within the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence River Basin. The basin includes: Lake Erie, Lake Huron, Lake Ontario, Lake Superior, the

Kelly Duquette’s award-winning art Kelly Duquette, the Youth Representative for the MNO Atikokan and Area Métis Council, is in the news again. (She was recently featured in Métis Voyageur 71, page 17.) This time she has placed second in the 2012 Canadian Aboriginal Writing and Arts Challenge sponsored by Enbridge. Kelly’s winning piece features Poundmaker,

Members of the MNO Great Lakes Métis Council with dignitaries at the Council’s third annual Fish Fry The Métis Nation of Ontario (MNO) Great Lakes Métis Council held its third annual fish fry at Hibou Conservation Park on July 20. The event was well attended and demonstrated there is a thriving Métis presence in the

(Left to right) MNOVC President Joseph Paquette, Senator Alis Kennedy and NAVA Vice-president Robert Thibeau 2012 marks the last Black Bear Aboriginal Culture Camp at Canadian Forces Base (CFB) Borden. The program is moving to Gagetown, New Brunswick next year. The Black Bear Program was developed to help prepare Aboriginal young people for the Canadian

The Mattawa River, one of 11 Ontario rivers in the Canadian Heritage River System The Métis have always had a close relationship with rivers. Our voyageur ancestors travelled the rivers as part of the fur trade and built the first historic Métis communities near their shores. Now Canoeroots and Family Camping Magazine is giving you

Métis Nation of Ontario Veterans’ Council President, Joseph Paquette, presents a Métis sash to the incoming Commander of CFB Borden On July 6, 2012, MNO Veterans’ Council President, Joseph Paquette, attended the ceremony marking the change of command at CFB Borden from Brigadier General J.P.L. Meloche, OMM, CD, to Colonel T.L. Harris, CD. Best wishes

By Shawna Hansen, MNO Community Wellness Coordinator, Sault Ste. Marie Members of the Métis Dance Club and the MNO Sumer Youth Cultural Program at the Sault Ste. Marie National Aboriginal Day Expo: ( Left to Right) Back row – Marie Chalykoff, Justine Chalykoff, Nikki Doucette, Melody Chislett, Rebekah Trudel, Jada Whalen, Genieve Routhier, Madison Bissonette

Barbaranne Wright wearing her Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal Métis Nation of Ontario (MNO) citizen Barbaranne Wright received the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal during a ceremony at the National Aboriginal Veterans Monument in Ottawa on National Aboriginal Day, June 21. 2012. Barbaranne was one of several Aboriginal people to receive the Medal

MNO Staff Tammy Webb and Kristen Stewart at the Eskilon Learning Solutions Conference In late spring this year, Métis Nation of Ontario (MNO) Education and Training Branch staff members Tammy Webb and Kristen Stewart presented at the Eskilon Learning Solutions Conference. Fifty delegates from across Canada enjoyed keynote speakers, infor­mative client presentations, a networking reception,

Sara Ingram (left) receives the first MNO Powley Electrical Award from Kim Powley (right), the President of the MNO Historic Sault Ste. Marie Métis Council and daughter of Steve Powley In 2008, the Métis Nation of Ontario (MNO) secured $25,000 from the Power Workers’ Union to be used for an academic award at Sault College