Category Archives: News

The Métis Nation will hold two economic development forums in 2012:
1) March 15 &16, 2012 Metis Nation Economic Development Summit – Grande Prairie Inn, Grande Prairie, AB. and
2) March 21 & 22, 2012 Metis Procurement Conference – Hotel Fort Garry, Winnipeg, MB. Continue reading →

March 15 &16, 2012 Metis Nation Economic Development Summit – Grande Prairie Inn, Grande Prairie, AB.

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March 21 & 22, 2012 Metis Procurement Conference – Hotel Fort Garry, Winnipeg, MB.

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On February 6th, President Clément Chartier was presented with the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal for his leadership as President of the Métis National Council and advocating for Métis and Indigenous rights. During a private ceremony at Rideau Hall, David Johnston the Governor General of Canada was accompanied by Prime Minister Stephen Harper in presenting the medal at the inaugural presentation on behalf of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. Continue reading →

Statistics Canada may contact you to participate in an important survey of Aboriginal peoples (First Nations people living off-reserve, Métis and Inuit). The Aboriginal Peoples Survey (APS) will be collecting information on matters such as education, employment and health that will be useful to Métis governments, service providers and policy-makers in the years ahead. In all, about 50,000 Aboriginal people will be contacted to participate in the survey, many of whom will be Métis. Statistics Canada will begin interviews February 6th and the survey will continue until the end of June. If you are called, we encourage you to participate. Continue reading →

Calgary, AB (January 23, 2011) – In a decision released today, Madame Justice Constance Hunt, of the Alberta Court of Appeal granted leave to appeal in R. v. Hirsekorn – the Métis Nation of Alberta’s (“MNA”) Métis harvesting rights litigation. Continue reading →

Detour Gold Corporation and the Métis Nation of Ontario, as represented by its President Gary Lipinski and the MNO’s Regional Consultation Committee for the James Bay-Abitibi/Temiscamingue areas are pleased to announce that they have finalized an Impact and Benefit Agreement (IBA) with respect to the development and operation of the Company’s Detour Lake gold mining project in northeastern Ontario. Continue reading →

On December 11 & 12, 2011 the Métis National Council hosted the Métis Nation Constitution Workshop that was attended by its Governing Members and their respective Board of Directors or Provincial Councils. Over the two days, a variety of presentations addressed range of issues under consideration as the Métis Nation continues to develop the framework for a Métis Nation Constitution. Continue reading →

On the morning of December 13th, Métis Nation citizens gathered in Ottawa to march to the steps of the Supreme Court of Canada in support of the Manitoba Metis Federations’ court appeal that has been 30 years in the making. It was a great day for the Métis Nation. Continue reading →

Métis Veterans who served during the Korean War were honoured on December 11th in Ottawa at a special commemoration luncheon that was attended by Métis Nation leaders, citizens, friends of the Métis and special guest Aboriginal Affairs and Office of the Federal Interlocutor for Métis Minister John Duncan. Continue reading →