News & Events

(Left to right)MNO Chair France Picotte, Speaker Sylvia Maracle and WSMNOSpokesperson Sharon McBride at the Finding Your Voice Summit in Toronto onSeptember 9-11, 2011. During the weekend of September 9-11, 2011, over 40 women from all over Ontario attended the Women’s Secretariat of the Métis Nation of Ontario (WSMNO) Finding Your Voice Summit in Toronto.

(Left to right) Ontario Attorney General Chris Bentley, Moon River Métis Council President Larry Duval, and MNO President GaryLipinski lead a group of MNO leaders and other diginaties in a short canoe trip re-creating the Métis’ Voyaguer traditions, as part of the opening ceremonies of the 2011 MNO AGA. PARRY SOUND (August 22, 2011) –

Thanks to Joe Paquette for information and pictures in this story. (Left to right) George Kelly (Royal Canadian Navy),: Joseph Gagnon (World War II) :and Jack Cadeau (Korea) with their awards from the MNC recognizing their contributions and sacrifices as veterans. During annual Back to Batoche Days celebrations in Saskatchewan, the Métis National Council (MNC)

(Centre with sash) Jo MacQuarrie, Elder with the MNO OTTAWA, ON – Jo MacQuarrie, Elder with the Métis Nation of Ontario, was recently appointed to the Ottawa Police Services Spiritual Team. The Ottawa Police Services (OPS) recognized the need to expand the Chaplaincy Program to be more inclusive. Consequently The Chaplain/Spiritual Program now has members

Georgian Bay Métis Family Challenges MNR’s Arbitrary Prosecution Orillia, ON (August 11, 2011) — Gary Lipinski, Métis Nation of Ontario (MNO) President and the MNO Chief Captain of the Hunt, offered the Métis Nation’s support to a Métis commercial fishing family who are defending themselves against an arbitrary prosecution by the Ontario Ministry of Natural

MNO Congratulates Lepage Family for their Perseverance in Pressing for Justice Read more about this story in the Toronto Star > Louise Goulding, who stood for the Lepage family in court, holding smudge feathers presented to her by Irene Peel, a member of thelocal Métis community. Peel who attended the trial to support the Lepage

Re-living the traditions of the Métis Voyageurs, the Métis Nation of Ontario (MNO) kicked off its 18th Annual General Assembly (AGA) with an opening ceremony the morning of August 20. The ceremony featured voyageur canoes traveling the waterway adjacent to Bobby Orr Community Centre in Parry Sound. This was followed by a colourful parade featuring

Participants in the Regional Protocol re-signing at the AGA: (back, left to right) Natalie Durocher (President of the MNO Timmins Council), Urgil Courville (President of the Northern Lights Métis Council), Marcel Lafrance (PCMNO Region 3 Councilor) and Liliane Ethier (President of the Temiskaming Métis Council) (front, left to right) David Hamilton (President of the Chapleau

Métis Nation of Ontario Coordinator, Megan Muloin being interviewed by TB News Watch is Thunder Bay, Ontario. Thunder Bay, ON— Métis youth are spending the summer educating the public about Métis history and culture. As part of the Summer Culture Program in Thunder Bay, Métis youth have been traveling around the city sharing and teaching

June 25, 2011, Thunder Bay, ON- Staff at the Métis Nation of Ontario office in Thunder Bay held their Annual Golf Tournament in cooperation with the local Thunder Bay Métis Council. Participants competed in a golf tournament organized by Terry Desaulnier and John Falvo and were awarded prizes provided by sponsors. A BBQ at the