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Métis Nation and Canada Sign $500 million Housing Agreement
The Government of Canada and the Métis Nation have been working together to identify and advance shared priorities as identified in the Canada-Métis Nation Accord including affordable and social...
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Métis Nation-Saskatchewan and Canada Move Forward on Reconciliation
A highlight of the Back to Batoche celebration during the third week of July was the signing of a Framework Agreement for Advancing Reconciliation by Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations Carolyn...
View ArticleOrganization of American States celebrates First Inter-American Week of...
The Organization of American States (OAS) General Assembly in June 2016 adopted the American Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. In June 2017, it adopted a four year Plan of Action for its...
View ArticlePresident Chartier Attends MNO 25th Annual General Assembly
On August 16, 2018, the Métis Nation of Ontario (MNO) launched its 25th Annual General Assembly (AGA) in Peterborough with the arrival of the traditional voyageur canoes on the shores of Beavermead...
View ArticleMétis Nation Presses Health and Wellness, Family and Child Care Priorities at...
At their summit in June, 2018, Prime Minister Trudeau and the Métis Nation leadership established Year 2 priorities under the Canada-Métis Nation Accord which sets out a process for Canada and the...
View ArticleMétis National Council will join the Government of Canada, Assembly of Frist...
MEDIA ADVISORY Métis National Council will join the Government of Canada, Assembly of Frist Nations, Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami to make a joint announcement about improving early learning and child care...
View ArticleCanada and MNC announce $450 million investment in Métis Nation Early...
September 17 (Ottawa, ON) – Métis National Council (MNC) Vice-President and Minister of Social Development, David Chartrand, joined the Honourable Jean-Yves Duclos, Canada’s Minister of Families,...
View ArticleManitoba Metis Federation and Government of Canada announce joint action plan...
September 22 (Winnipeg, MB) The Government of Canada is committed to working on a nation-to-nation, government-to-government basis with the Métis Nation to advance reconciliation and renew the...
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Marty Klyne Named to Senate
A self-made successful entrepreneur, Klyne was born and raised in Regina and graduated with distinction from the University of Regina with a degree in business administration and finance. He worked as...
View ArticleNATIONAL SENIORS DAY: Celebrating and Honouring Métis Nation Seniors
October 1, 2018, Ottawa ON: Statement from President Chartier on today’s National Seniors Day. National Seniors Day is an occasion to publicly honour and celebrate the profound contributions of Métis...
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Mi’kmaq & Métis Nation Leaders Come Together to Discuss Nationhood
Chief Sidney Peters (left) and Président Clement Chartier sign MOU in Halifax, Nova Scotia (photo credit: Crystal Dorey, Kwilmu’kw Maw-klusuaqn Negotiation Office) The Assembly of Nova Scotia Mi’kmaq...
View ArticlePresident Chartier calls for repatriation of cultural property before...
PRESIDENT CHARTIER REMARKS STANDING COMMITTEE ON CANADIAN HERITAGE OCTOBER 18, 2018 I begin this presentation with a statement of whom I am referring to when I use the term “Métis”, and that is the...
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Métis Nation Sixties Scoop Survivors Seek Justice
From October 19 to 21, the Métis National Council hosted a Métis Nation Sixties Scoop Symposium at the Fort Garry Hotel in Winnipeg, Manitoba. The Symposium brought Métis leaders together with Métis...
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Métis Nation Leaders and Federal Ministers Push Ahead on Priorities under the...
Federal Ministers led by the Honourable Carolyn Bennett, Minister of Crown–Indigenous Relations, and the Honourable Jane Philpott, Minister of Indigenous Services Canada, met with the leadership of...
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Joint Cabinet Summit Successful Step in Defending Métis Nation Future
MMF – MN-S MEDIA RELEASE October 30, 2018 Regina, SK – Duly elected cabinet members from the two Métis Nation Governments – Manitoba Metis Federation (MMF) and the Métis Nation–Saskatchewan (MN-S) –...
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President Chartier receives RCGS Gold Medal
(above: President Chartier receives the Gold Medal from John Geiger, CEO of The Royal Canadian Geographical Society) On November 1, President Chartier was awarded The Royal Canadian Geographical...
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Métis Nation Rights and Corporate-Indigenous Relations in Canada
The purpose of the conference was to look at what changing status, norms, and jurisprudence surrounding Métis in Canada mean for corporate–Aboriginal relations as well as to examine how discourse, the...
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Métis Nation represented at Armistice 100 Mons Belguim
On November, 11, 1918, in Mons Belgium, the guns fell silent marking the end of World War I (1914 to 1918). World War 1, known as the “Great War”, was the bloodiest war in Canadian history where more...
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Louis Riel Day Celebrated
November 16, 2018 Winnipeg, MB – President Chartier attended the Louis Riel Day commemoration ceremony at Louis Riel’s gravesite in St. Boniface. On November 16, 1885 Riel was executed for leading the...
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General Assembly acts on Métis Nationalist Agenda
(November 29, 2018) A Special Sitting of the Métis Nation General Assembly concluded today in a series of resolutions that will help drive the nation-to-nation relationship with Canada and strengthen...
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