Media Advisory – City to recognize and proclaim Métis Week in Edmonton
November 12, 2024
News media are invited to join Mayor Amarjeet Sohi and Otipemisiwak Métis Government President Andrea Sandmaier for the proclamation of this year’s Métis Week in Edmonton (November 10-16, 2024) and the signing of a new and revised Memorandum of Shared Recognition and Cooperation between the City and Otipemisiwak Métis Government.
Date: Wednesday, November 13
Time: Noon
Location: City Room, City Hall
Métis Week is recognized each year around the anniversary of the Canadian government’s execution of Métis leader Louis Riel on November 16, 1885, and is a remembrance of the ongoing struggle of the Métis for self-determination and self-government.
For more information:
edmonton.ca/MetisWeek
albertametis.com
Media contact:
Francis Asuncion
Communications Advisor
City of Edmonton
780-903-2647
Kenny Trenton
Press Secretary
Otipemisiwak Métis Government
780-455-2200, ext. 245
NT5
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