METIS NA TION Of ONT ARIO Annu A l Repo R t 20122013 89 m e TI s n a TI on of o n T ar I o In T er G overnmen T al r ela TI ons I nter gover nmental r elations is the r esponsibility of the elected leadership of the MNO and is managed on a daytoday basis by the Pr ovisional Council of the Metis Nation of Ontario PCMNO with the assistance of MNO senior staf f as r equir ed The Dir ector of Inter gover nmental Relations facilitates meetings and ser ves as a staf f liaison with other gover nments and agencies Inter gover nmental Relations Branch IGR staf f pr ovide Metis Nation of Ontario s MNO liaison with gov er nment ministries departments agencies and stakeholders MNO IGR staf f support many initiatives including the T ripartite MNOOntario Framework Agr eement and MattawaNipissing Resear ch pr ocesses In 201213 in addition to cr eating the successful funding pr oposals for the above pr ocesses IGR staf f secur ed funding for the following The MNO election and byelection Basic Or ganization Capacity The MNO Generation Innovation pr oject The New Relationship Fund cor e consultation capacity and enhanced capacity Mining capacity support Mining Development Advisors MNO Human Resour ces Branch and Gap Analysis Associate Deputy Minister working gr oup pr ocesses The development of a cultural portal and engagement pr ocesses with the Ministr y of T ransportation and the Ministr y of T ourism Cultur e and Sport IRG staf f is also r esponsible for soliciting and coor dinating sponsorship for the annual MNO Annual Gen eral Assembly AGA and or ganizes MNO s pr ovincial Louis Riel Day cer emony at Queen s Park gain the r ecognition and r espect of the Metis as a Nation and a people Fr om the Metis Nation of Ontario Statement of Prime Purpose Funder t his Branch primarily obtains funding utilized by other M no Branches n umber of s taf f 1 s taf f located in t or onto b ran CH de T a I ls rEP or t S 2013 part icipants and judges in Generat ion Innovat ion Y out h e ntr epr eneurship Chal lenge left to right back r ow p aul u nger man Chinyer e e ni Joanne m eyer l arry m ah and p eter s mit h f r ont r ow T aylor Hari d eanna p arker and r enee m ichaud