The Métis Nation of Ontario | Governing Bodies

The Métis Nation of Ontario Cultural Commission (MNOCC) is a not-for-profit corporation that secured charity status in the fall of 2002. A nine-member Board of Directors that was appointed to a two-year term by the Provisional Council of the Métis Nation of Ontario in April 2000 manages the MNOCC.

Mission: To preserve and promote Métis history, values, traditions and pride in Métis Arts and Culture.

Short term and/or ongoing goals:

• Sponsor cultural conferences and workshops
• Support/sponsor cultural exchanges
• Co-host international conference on Being and Becoming Métis
• Ensure that traditional knowledge is protected
• Merchandise Métis goods
• Produce a compact disc of Métis heritage music
• Promote/sponsor Métis exhibits and displays
• Promote Métis culture by participating in community festivals and exhibitions
• Develop MNOCC promotional materials
• Ensure the maintenance of Métis archives, genealogical database, historical records, publications, manuscripts, letters and photographs

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• Repatriate Métis artifacts
• Create and administer a Métis Order of the Sash
• Promote Métis Voyageur Games in all communities
• Train community citizens to interview Elders to capture oral history
• Develop a video documentary of Métis Elders telling their stories
• Provide support for Métis artists
• Promote Métis spirituality
• Encourage accomplished Métis artists to mentor/foster emerging artists
• Sponsor/promote retreats for Métis artists
• Promote oral history projects

MNOCC Medium term goals:

• Strive to have Métis dancers and fiddlers in every community
• Document Métis history
• Ensure unwritten chapters of Métis history are captured
• Develop a Métis Arts Foundation endowment
• Sponsor a Métis Arts Festival
• Develop a Métis Hall of Fame
• Sponsor a summer camp for cultural/sports activities
• Encourage Métis individuals to photograph Métis events and individuals for the archives
• Digitize Métis archives
• Develop Métis Botanical gardens
• Develop Métis Community Cultural & Recreational Centres

MNOCC Long term goals:

• Make Métis history books available in every library and also through the Internet
• Affect changes to the provincial school curriculum to include Métis history
• Set up Chair position at a university
• Provide a Métis culture museum
• Provide a gathering place for Métis Elders, perhaps in Sault Ste. Marie
• Develop an educational institute
• Create a Métis school of Arts
• Revitalize the Michif language
• Develop a Métis Broadcast Institute

Video Overview

Past President Tony Belcourt gives an overview of the MNOCC in two parts. (President of MNO at time of interview)

Contact Info

MNOCC Board of Directors
500 Old St. Patrick St., Unit D
Ottawa, ON K1N 9G4
T: 613-798-1488
TF: 800-263-4889
Fx: 613-722-4225

Director / Gary Lipinski
Director / France Picotte
Director / Sharon McBride
Director / Bob McKay
Director / Natalie Durocher
Director / Richard Sarrazin
Director / Charlie Fife
Director / Tim Pile
Senator-Director / Roland St. Germain

Donate!

The Métis Nation of Ontario Cultural Commission is a fledging organization and needs your help to keep up it's work protecting and preserving Métis Culture. No donation is too small. A tax-deductible receipt is issed for all donations. (In-kind donations also accepted and appreciated - for more information call 613-798-1488 or 1-800-263-4889).

Métis Nation Of Ontario
Cultural Commission
500 Old St. Patrick St
Ottawa, ON
K1N 9G4

Make cheques payable to "Métis Nation of Ontario Cultural Commission".

Métis Nation of Ontario
500 Old St. Patrick St, Unit 3
Ottawa, ON
K1N 9G4

T: 613-798-1488
TF: 800-263-4889
F: 613-722-4225

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