METIS NA TION Of ONT ARIO Annu A l Repo R t 20122013 73 n e W Ho RI zons F o R s en I o R s p ADD le pR o J e C t C A n ADIA n He RI t AG e Recent notable achievements New Horizons for Seniors supported a workshop and pr esentation at the 2012 AGA The workshop br ought Metis seniors and youth fr om dif fer ent parts of Ontario together to network and paint paddles to r epr esent Metis cultur e The workshop was held in Kenora The paddles wer e put on display at the MNO Annual General Assembly AGA in Sault Ste Marie and they ar e held by the MNO V eterans Council MNO Y outh Council W omen s Secr etariat and in the MNO head offce in Ottawa eM ploy M ent I n e ne RG y pR o J e C t n o R t H e I epn The Employment in Ener gy Pr oject North EIEPN pr ogram is a partnership with Norther n College that pr ovides students with both inclass training and work placements that pr epar e them for car eers in the ener gy industr y Recent notable achievements T welve participants wer e admitted into the second year of the pr ogram and an overall total of 31 partici pants ar e in the pr ogram In total nine candidates found employment befor e the end of the pr oject p ro G ram de T a I ls p ro G ram de T a I ls Funder c anadian Heritage Gover nment of c anada t ar get Market Metis youth Senators and the community Funders Human r esour ces Skills d evelopment c anada H r S dc Gover nment of c anada thr ough ASE t S and Ministry of t raining c olleges and u niversities M tcu Gover nment of o ntario n umber of s taf f 1 s taf f located in t immins e ligible Clientele s elf identifed Metis and other Aboriginal people t ar get Market Potential employers industry sectors and education and training stakeholders