METIS NA TION Of ONT ARIO Annu A l Repo R t 20122013 95 M A tt A W A Rese ARCH C A p ACI ty This agr eement pr ovided MNO with capacity to participate in a tripartite pr ocess with the pr ovincial and federal gover nments to conduct r esear ch in the MattawaNipissing ar ea The r esear ch partners will consider this r esear ch in attempting to r each a consensus conclusion as to whether or not the Powley criteria ar e met in this r egion Recent notable achievements A Memorandum of Agr eement between the MNO Ontario and Aboriginal Af fairs and Norther n Develop ment Canada to work together on the Part A Phase 3 r esear ch has been developed for signatur e of the parties y out H e nt R ep R eneu R s HI p pR o GRAM G E n E r A t I on Innov A t I on In 201213 the MNO in partnership with the Ministr y of Economic Development and Innovation and its sponsors launched the second year of an exciting pr ogram for Metis youth in Ontario Generation Innovation Metis Y outh Entr epr eneurship Challenge is a pr oject designed to pr ovide Metis youth aged 1829 with conf dence motivation and above all concr ete business skills and mentoring The Generation Innovation pr oject pr ovided young Metis with the opportunity to apply to participate in a competition modeled after the popular television pr ogram The Dragon s Den wher e they pitch their business ideas to a panel of judges with str ong business backgr ounds Recent notable achievements On Mar ch 16 and 17 2013 eight Generation Innovation applicants r eceived facetoface business train ing to supplement the online training pr ovided by the GoForth Institute At the end of their training business plans wer e submitted and thr ee fnalists wer e chosen to pitch their businesses ideas to the judges in the Generation Innovation fnal compe tition on Mar ch 25 2012 p ro G ram de T a I ls Funders Ministry of Economic d evelopment and Innovation Pr ovince of Ontario Union Gas r oyal Bank n uclear W aste Management and many Metis businesses in o ntario e ligible Clientele All self identifed Metis youth ages 1829 p ro G ram de T a I ls Funders Ministry of Aboriginal Af fairs Gover nment of o ntario n umber of s taf f 25 s taf f located in t or onto e ligible Clientele M no citizens in particular those in the Mattawa n ippissing ar ea p r esident l ipinski wit h m inister Gravel le at t he 2012 pda C confer ence