44 METIS NA TION Of ONT ARIO Annu A l Repo R t 20122013 Gov E rn A nc E m e TI s na TI on of o n T ar I o s ena T ors S enators have a special place in Metis cultur e the Metis Nation of Ontario MNO and in its gover nance structur e Highly r espected for their knowledge values and experience Senators pr ovide an elder s pr esence at community events and meetings and help keep Metis cultur e alive by sharing Metis tradi tions and W ay of Life One Senator is elected at the community level to sit on the community council executive Four Senators fr om acr oss the pr ovince ar e elected by all the other Senators in the pr ovince to sit on the Pr ovisional Council of the Metis Nation of Ontario PCMNO One of the four PCMNO Senators is chosen by the gr oup of four to sit as the Executive Senator As the MNO gr ows the r equests for Senators to attend events to lead opening or closing prayers or to talk about Metis histor y and cultur e ar e also gr owing Our Senators continue to solider on with these incr easing de mands on their time and the whole MNO is grateful for their dedication mno s enators at t he 2012 mno a G a l eft to right s it t ing s enator r ut h W agner f r ont r ow s enators Joseph p oitras r ene Gravel le e lmer r oss r eta Gor don o l ivine Tiedema l ois m cCal lum a udr ey v al le t he late Earl Scofeld and Gerry Bed for d m idd le r ow s enators v er na b runel le d oris l anigan Kar en Cederwel l m arlene Gr eenwood b r enda p owley Cecile W ager d r a l is Kennedy p atricia d ryden m ichel ine b oisvert and e ugene Contant b ack r ow s enators T erry b loom r omeo s arrazin r oland s t Ger main e d Hass Gary l aframboise a l r oussin r ay b er gie m alcom d ixon John Geor ge and b ob m cKay