64 METIS NA TION Of ONT ARIO Annu A l Repo R t 20122013 Met I s Respons IB le G AMB l I n G pR o GRAM M r GP The Metis Responsible Gambling Pr ogram MRGP is part of the Ontario Aboriginal Responsible Gambling Pr ogram OARGP that informs and supports Metis people in making r esponsible healthy choices about gaming and gambling The pr ogram strives to pr ovide culturally r elevant and curr ent information about gaming pr ob lem gambling and r elated issues The focus of this pr ogram is pr evention of pr oblem gambling issues though the dissemination of information collaboration in educationalsupportive community events ongoing literatur e r eview and development of tools for fr ontline MNO pr ograms Recent notable achievements The MNO was selected to play a lead coor dinating r ole at the pr ovincial level with the Ontario Aboriginal Responsible Gambling Pr ogram OARGP W orking Gr oup which consists of eight members including the MNO The MNO engaged and coor dinated a meeting of the OARGP W orking Gr oup in Mar ch 2013 The MNO will be the lead agency on this pr ovincial fle until at least Mar ch 31 2014 Over 1200 copies of the MNO s Metis Y outh Speak Out Responsible Gambling DVD have been distrib uted Five thousand copies of MNO s Metis Y outh and Inter net Gambling pamphlets have been distributed The online r esponsible gambling trivia slot machine r eceived 150 completed r esponses in eight weeks Raw data gather ed fr om r esponses will be used to focus on futur e educational materials p ro G ram de T a I ls Funder Ministry of Health and Long t er m c ar e MHL tc Gover nment of o ntario n umber of s taf f 1 s taf f located in o ttawa e ligible Clientele Metis and other Aboriginal people