METIS NA TION Of ONT ARIO Annu A l Repo R t 20122013 41 Womens s e C re T ar I a T of TH e m e TI s n a TI on of o n T ar I o T he W omen s Secr etariat of the Metis Nation in Ontario WSMNO is part of the Metis Nation of Ontario MNO gover nance structur e and includes Metis women fr om acr oss Ontario who ar e committed to pr o moting women s issues and advocating on their behalf within the MNO The WSMNO advises the Pr ovi sional Council of the MNO PCMNO on matters pertaining to women and cooperates with Aboriginal gr oups gover nment bodies and women s gr oups to assist Metis people with issues of specifc concer n to women This work includes policy development and r eview coor dination consultation and education The main goal of the WSMNO is to encourage the full participation of all women within the MNO in helping to build a str ong and healthy Nation The spokesperson for the WSMNO is MNO V iceChair Shar on McBride and four elected women ser ve as WSMNO r egional r epr esentatives They ar e Barbaranne W right of St Catharines Candace Lloyd of Napanee Shirley L ynn Pantuso of Ottawa and Pearl Gabona of Bowmanville The terms of offce for the r egional r epr esentatives will expir e at the 2016 MNO Annual General Assembly AGA wher e elections will take place for these positions Recent notable achievements The newly elected WSMNO has been involved in the following Summit to End V iolence Against Aboriginal W omen June 2012 V ictim Ser vices T raining Mar ch 2013 W omen of the Metis Nation Les Femmes Michif Otipemisiwak AGM Mar ch 2013 The WSMNO has cr eated the Metis Angel Fund with all funds raised going to the MNO V ictim Ser vices pr ogram Gov E rn A nc E The W omen s s ecr etariat of t he mno left to right b ack r ow b arbaranne W right p earl Gabona and s hirley l ynn p antuso f r ont r ow Candace l loyd and W smno s pokesperson s har on m c b ride