METIS NA TION Of ONT ARIO Annu A l Repo R t 20122013 29 P c M no Anita t u CK e R r egion 8 p eter R I ve R s r egion 9 Mitch C A se Y outh r epr esentative Jennifer Hen R y Postsecondary r epr esentative Rene G RA velle Senator v er na B R unelle Senator Joseph p o I t RA s Senator p C mno e xe C u TI ve M etis Nation of Ontario MNO Pr esident Gar y Lipinski hails fr om Fort Frances Ontario wher e he was bor n raised and still curr ently r esides with his wife Dianne and daughter Rachel Pr esident Lipinski s Metis r oots go deep as his an cestors wer e part of the gr oup of Metis who negotiated the halfbr eed adhesion to T r eaty No 3 Pr esident Lipinski comes fr om a long line of Metis commer cial fshermen and traditional r esour ce users and continues today to practice the Metis traditional way of life hunting fshing and camping with his family and friends Pr esident Lipinski holds a Bachelor of Arts degr ee fr om Lakehead University a Bachelor of Education fr om Queens University and Hon ours in T echnological Studies fr om the University of W ester n Ontario He started teaching at Fort Frances High School in 1987 and became actively involved in the discussions that eventually led to the cr eation of the MNO in 1993 In 1994 Pr esident Lipinski was elected as a councillor for the MNO Sunset Countr y Metis Community Council and then shortly after war ds to the Pr ovisional Council of the Metis Nation of Ontario PC MNO as the r egional councillor for Region One As a PCMNO member Pr esident Lipinski was an instrumental part of the leadership team that advanced R v Powley the gr ound br eaking Metis rights litigation initiated in 1993 that would eventually go to the Supr eme Court of Canada In 1999 Pr esident Lipinski was elected MNO chair and with his ever incr easing involvement in the MNO he left his teaching position to focus his full atten tion on the pursuit of Metis rights Pr esident Lipinski was r eelected MNO chair several times and when in 2003 the Supr eme Court in R v Powley affrmed that Metis ar e a fullfedged rightsbearing people he was selected as the MNO s chief negotia G A r Y lI p I ns KI Pr ESI d E nt Pr esident Lipinski s Metis r oots go deep as his ancestors wer e part of the gr oup of Metis who negotiated the halfbr eed adhesion to T r eaty no 3