Category Archives: News

April 25, 2013 Montreal QC: The Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) is holding its fifth national event – Quebec Event – in Montreal, Quebec from April 24-27, 2013. Continue reading →

April 25, 2013 Ottawa ON: President Chartier attended the Northern Scene Opening Ceremony at the National Arts Centre. At the Reception, he expressed his gratitude and support for all northern artists gathering in Ottawa this week for the Northern Scene Festival. Continue reading →

MNC 30th Anniversary: Video highlights of the MNC since its birth on March 8, 1983, presented at the MNC General Assembly Gala Dinner in Vancouver, March 23, 2013.
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April 17, 2013 Winnipeg MB: The Métis National Council attended the fifth meeting of the Aboriginal Affairs Working Group (AAWG), which is made up of the Provincial and Territorial Ministers responsible for Aboriginal Affairs and the leaders of the National Aboriginal Organizations. Continue reading →

March 23-24, 2013, Vancouver BC: The Métis National Council held its General Assembly over the past two days centered on the historic land rights victory of the Manitoba Metis Federation in the Supreme Court of Canada on March 8, 2013, the 30th anniversary of the founding of the MNC as an expression and vehicle of Métis nationalism. Continue reading →

March 22, 2013 Vancouver, BC: The Métis National Council hosted an Industry Roundtable on Skills, Partnerships & Economic Growth. This two day forum was dedicated to exploring ways in which industry and the Métis Nation can collaborate in generating employment and wealth. Continue reading →

March 18, 2013 Vancouver BC – Métis Nation hosts Regional Economic Development Engagement Session to foster business relationships between Métis businesses, industry and governments. Continue reading →

March 16, 2013 Ottawa, ON – Forty Métis Women delegates from across the Métis Nation homeland came together at the Annual General Assembly at the Courtyard Hotel in Ottawa. Continue reading →

March 14, 2013 Ottawa, ON – Twenty-Five youth from across the Métis Nation Homeland joined by Elders, Métis Nation leaders and Métis residential and day school survivors gathered in Ottawa for a Métis Youth Leadership Workshop which focused on the Legacy of Residential Schools and its Impact on our Families and Communities. Continue reading →

March 9, 2013 Winnipeg, MB – President Clément Chartier accompanied President David Chartrand (MMF) along with President Audrey Poitras (MNA) to Winnipeg after the Supreme Court of Canada ruled Friday that the federal government failed to properly distribute land grants that were promised to the Manitoba Métis of the Red River Settlement in 1870. Continue reading →