Protecting, promoting, and advancing inherent, Treaty, and
Aboriginal rights of Northern First Nations.
Career Opportunity: Mobile Crisis Intervention Team Members
To view this employment opportunity in a PDF format, please click here. Mobile Crisis Intervention Team Member Mobile Crisis Response Team Thompson Sub-Office – 2 Full Time Positions Are you a Mental Health, Wellness or Crisis Professional, Spiritual or Indigenous Knowledge Keeper or maybe a Psychologist, Social Worker or Psychiatric Nurse who is seeking an opportunity to make a real difference in the lives of Indigenous people at times of crisis? Are you willing to travel to remote, rural, and fly-in First Nation communities throughout Manitoba? If so, let’s talk! Your opportunity: You will be part of the MKO Read More...
Career Opportunity: MCRT Intake and Deployment Coordinator
To view this employment opportunity in a PDF format, please click here. Intake and Deployment Coordinator Mobile Crisis Response Team Thompson Sub-Office – Full Time Under the direction of the Mental Wellness and Mobile Crisis Response Team Manager, the Intake & Deployment Coordinator will conduct coordination of Mobile Crisis Response Team Members (MCRT) and personnel aspects of Crisis Response activity for all 63 First Nations in Manitoba. Liaise on behalf of MKO MCRT with partners for service delivery and coordination. Roles and Responsibilities Intake: Log inbound calls; Log outbound activity: initial information gathering calls, follow-up from after-hours, referrals or recommendations Read More...
Nominate an MKO Citizen for an Indigenous Award of Excellence from the Forest Products Association of Canada: Nominations Due by June 3, 2022
To view a PDF poster with this information, please click here. The Forest Products Association of Canada (FPAC) is seeking nominations for their 2022 awards. Please help spread the word about this opportunity by sharing this information in your network. Skills Awards for Indigenous Youth Through the Skills Awards for Indigenous Youth, Forest Products Association of Canada and the Canadian Council of Forest Ministers are proud to recognize and celebrate selected Indigenous youth for their skills development and career aspirations in the forest products industry. These awards are given to individuals that exemplify the qualities of strong academic standing, Read More...
Celebrating Indigenous Nurses Day and National Nursing Week
For immediate release May 11, 2022 Treaty Five Territory, Thompson, MB – Manitoba Keewatinowi Okimakanak Inc. (MKO) and Keewatinohk Inniniw Minoayawin Inc. (KIM) commend all Read More...
MKO Hosts Awareness Walk in Thompson to Honour and Remember Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, Two Spirit, and Gender-Diverse People
To view this media release in a PDF format, please click here. For immediate release May 5, 2022 Treaty Five Territory, Thompson, MB Read More...
MKO Concerned by Ongoing Practice of Releasing Raw Sewage into Winnipeg Rivers
To view this media release in a PDF format, please click here. For immediate release May 4, 2022 Treaty One Territory, Winnipeg, MB Read More...
MKO Congratulates Angela Levasseur for Graduating as a Juris Doctor
To view this media release in a PDF format, please click here. For immediate release April 29, 2022 Treaty Five Territory, Thompson, MB Read More...
Acquisition of The Bay Building is an Iconic Step Towards Reconciliation
To view this media release in a PDF format, please click here. For immediate release April 22, 2022 Treaty Five territory, Thompson, MB Read More...
MKO Mission Statement
To maintain, strengthen, enhance, lobby for and defend the interests and rights of First Nation people within its jurisdiction and to promote, develop and secure a standard quality of life deemed desirable and acceptable by its First Nations without limiting the generality of the foregoing and the objectives of MKO.