About Manitoba Possible

Newcomer Navigation & Support (NNSU)

The Cultural Resource Facilitators of Manitoba Possible’s NNSU assist newcomers living with disabilities in Winnipeg, providing family focused care and case management, helping them to connect with services and supports to enhance their daily living.

Manitoba Possible Cultural Facilitators provide direct cultural interpretation and facilitation services for clients, and their families, who are newcomers to Canada and who are living with disabilities. Many of our clients acquired their disability from acts of war and other very difficult living conditions in their native countries and bring with them numerous health and social co-morbidities (e.g.: PTSD). Manitoba Possible Cultural Facilitators work as case workers to assist new Canadians with disabilities, helping them to understand, navigate, and access health, social services and other supports in Winnipeg. The Newcomer Navigation and Support Unit also provides workshops and training to service providers, helping to raise their awareness of, and sensitivity to, the cultural values of their diverse patients/clients.  

Our Team:

The Cultural Resource Facilitators of Manitoba Possible’s NNSU assist newcomers living with disabilities in Winnipeg, providing family-focused care and case management, helping them to connect with services and supports to enhance their daily living.

Our Services Include:

•  Providing direct language and cultural interpretation and facilitation services for newcomers with disabilities, and their families, who are facing language and cultural barriers

• Ensuring that newcomers with disabilities, and their families, have access to assistance in navigating health, rehabilitation and social services.

• Supporting and educating service providers by increasing their awareness of, and sensitivity to, the cultural values of newcomers with disabilities.

Current Communities Served:

Our highly experienced team of Cultural Resource Facilitators helps people gain confidence in their own ability to access resources and supports in unfamiliar systems. We work closely with families and are with them at every step, supporting them to make independent, informed decisions on their own care or the care of a family member. While ensuring that any service providers they meet through Manitoba Possible will respect their cultural practices and beliefs. 
 

• Amharic

• Arabic

• Bhutani

• Cantonese

• Darsi

• Dinka

• Farsi

• Gugradi

• Hindi

• Ilocano

• Kurdish

• Kurmanji

• Mandarin

• Nepali

• Pilipino

• Punjabi

• Sanskrit

• Somali

• Sorani

• Tagalog

• Tigrinya

• Urdu

*If you do not see the language you are looking for, or if you require more information, please contact us