METIS NA TION Of ONT ARIO Annu A l Repo R t 20122013 81 The 2012 MNO Har vesters sur vey was completed T raditional Knowledge gr oup inter views two sessions wer e held on the Phoenix Gold Pr oject T en knowledge holders wer e inter viewed in Kenora A Y outhSenator Knowledge Exchange workshop was held 60 particip ants T raditional Knowledge Collection T raining on T raditional Knowledge and Land Use studies was deliver ed to two gr oups of participants 30 participants in total A W ay of Life colouring book was pr oduced to engage youth A W ay of Life fact sheet was pr oduced to engage gover nment and industr y the W ay of Life pamphlet pr oduced in 201112 was also updated and r eprinted A Knowledge Holder sur vey was distributed to all MNO households This sur vey pr ovided a means for identifying knowledge holders who may want to participate in T raditional Knowledge and land use stud ies andor knowledge exchange events Four meetings of the MNOMNR Policy Dialogue T able wer e held A joint MNOMNR Captains of the Hunt COTHKnowledge Holder W orkshop was held Co MM un I ty Rel A t I ons The Metis Nation of Ontario MNO operates in accor dance with written Charter Agr eements at the com munity level which play a dir ect r ole in determining the pr ogr ess towar ds the MNO s values and will set the stage for ef fective selfgover nment and economic development Central to all of these ef forts is r espect for account ability transpar ency and good gover nance MNO Community Relations staf f work to ensur e that Metis people ar e fully engaged and informed thr ough out the consultation pr ocess and that str ong r elationships ar e formed and maintained between the MNO r e gional consultation committees and MNO Charter ed Community Councils Community Relations liaises with the community councils and pr ovides r esour ces and training that assist them in their local gover nance r oles see MNO Charter ed Community Councils section for mor e details MNO Community Relations staf f ser ve as a focal point for dialogue with the community councils to assist with str engthening capacity enhance gover nance structur es and work with councils on the daytoday opera tions that move the MNO towar ds gr eater selfgover nment Asset Mapping A major focus of Community Relations staf f in 201213 was the Asset Mapping exer cise This exer cise r e quir ed collaboration with both elected offcials and MNO staf f at the community level pr ovided the opportunity to r ecognize what is working and what needs to be impr oved to meet the needs of all MNO citizens MNO Community Relations staf f commenced the inter viewing pr ocess on Januar y 23 and completed the exer cise on Mar ch 6 T wo hundr ed and ffty participants wer e inter viewed p ro G ram de T a I ls Funders Ministry of Aboriginal Af fairs nrf n umber of s taf f 2 of the 14 fulltime staf f identifed under nrf s taf f located in o ttawa and W elland e ligible Clientele M no c ommunity c ouncils M no c itizens All M no Branches mno Community r elat ions Coor d inator Glen l ipinski wit h mno Cr ed it r iver m et is Council p r esident r ichar d Cuddy at an mno Community r elat ions training workshop