MNA Announces Speakers for Upcoming Conference

Lieutenant Governor Norman Kwong and Senator Claudette Tardif slated to speak at Stronger Together: “Achieving Brighter Futures for Métis Communities.

The Métis Nation of Alberta (MNA) is pleased to announce that Lieutenant Governor Norman Kwong will be providing opening remarks during the Stronger Together: “Achieving Brighter Futures for Métis Communities.” The event, which runs from February 13 - 15th, 2008 will also feature Senator Claudette Tardif as a keynote speaker.

“I am excited that both the Lieutenant Governor and Senator Tardif have agreed to become a part of our conference,” Audrey Poitras, President of the MNA said. “This is about strengthening the Métis community and it is wonderful to have such strong support from the leadership on both a national and provincial level.”

The conference is a follow up to last year’s highly successful Time for Action “Strengthening Métis Communities” Conference, where members and friends of the Métis Community gathered to address issues facing them and their communities and the strategies needed to tackle them. This year the focus will be on what can be done to further strengthen the Métis community now and in the future.

“This conference will be about the power of teamwork, and how members of the MNA, our supporters, service providers and partners can better work together to achieve some of our common goals,” President Poitras said. “In the end we all essentially are working toward the same thing – a better life for ourselves, our families and our communities.”

Sessions that will be held throughout the conference include health, children’s services, fetal alcohol spectrum disorder, education, housing, justice and economic development.

The meeting is open to the public, but people are encouraged to register early as there is only a limited amount of space.