MNO Region 7 holds its first annual meeting

Submitted by: Pauline Richardson, PCMNO Regional Councillor for Region 7

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Participants of the Annual Regional Meeting for MNO
Region 7 held on October 4, 2014.

On October 4, the first Annual Regional Meeting for Métis Nation of Ontario (MNO) Region 7 was held in Collingwood, Ontario.

Council members from the MNO Moon River, Georgian Bay and Great Lakes Métis Councils came together to discuss the business of the region.

Sponsored through the Memorandum of Understanding with Ontario Power Generation (OPG), the meeting was a great success in building a strong bond and collaborative efforts to work together as a region.

The annual meeting featured New Relationship Fund training and an OPG presentation on the Deep Geologic Repository Project by Scott Berry, Manager, Site Public Affairs Corporate Relations and Communications Nuclear Issues / Nuclear Waste Management / First Nations and Metis Relations.

Council members also attended workshops which assisted them in developing community goals and a communications plan.