MOVING BEYOND MANDATES:

COLLABORATING, COORDINATING,
AND SHARING IDEAS

8:00am-8:30am Registration, Coffee & Refreshments

8:30am-9:15am Land Acknowledgement and Welcome Remarks

9:15am-9:45am Post-pandemic Migration to Canada-what does

the future hold?-Dr. Lori Wilkinson

9:45am-10:15am The role of LIPS in building collaboration at the

community level-LIPS National Secretariat Doug O
10:15am-10:25am Break/Stretch

10:25am-10:55am City of Winnipeg Newcomer Welcome and

Inclusion Policy-Noelle DePappe, Gololcha Boru,
Haffiz Jatto

11:00am-11:45am Indigenous and Newcomer Relations Panel-

Clayton Sandy, Michael Redhead Champagne and
Adrianne Breyfogle

11:50am-12:30pm Networking and facilitated conversation on

effective collaboration -
Immigration Partnership Winnipeg
12:30am-1:30pm Lunch Break

THURSDAY, JANUARY 26, 2023

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MOVING BEYOND MANDATES:
COLLABORATING, COORDINATING,
AND SHARING IDEAS
Breakout Sessions

1:30 pm-2:30pm 1. Precarious Immigration Status during the COVID-19

Pandemic & beyond- Karen Hamilton OHC and Diwa
Marcelino, Migrante Manitoba.
2. Newcomer Collaborative Community Mental Health Service:
Success, Challenges & Lessons Learned-Heather
Robertson(AFMT), Dr. Joanna Bhaskaran, Adey Mohamed

3. Sharing Strategic frameworks to enhance the settlement

and integration of newcomers: The Path Forward, Anti-
Racism Framework (MANS0) and IPW Winnipeg Settlement
Strategy-Seid Ahmed Oumer(MANSO) and Nina Condo( Nina
Condo Consulting)
4. The importance of applying an intersectional and holistic
approach in support of vulnerable newcomers. Showcasing two
Best Practices:
Perspectives on Healthy, Safe and Violence-Free
Relationships Through an Ethno-cultural Lens-Piper Larsen,
Beatrice Mandu (ECCM)
Case Management Support: A Holistic Settlement Approach
for Newcomers with Complex Needs-Subas Dahal, Eddie
Martinez, Sara Michael (Family Dynamics)

2:30 pm-2:40pm Break

1.Holistic and multifaceted support for newcomer students to

2:40 pm- 3:40 pm
3:40 pm- 4:10 pm
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achieve better education outcomes- Kathleen Vryauen NEC/IPW)
René Mateso (NEEDS Inc), Michael Roberts(Manitoba School
Improvement Program - The Peaceful Village)
2. Cross-Collaborative Approaches to create accessible and
equitable Newcomer Employment Outcomes. Sanjana
Vijayann(The Winnipeg Chamber of Commerce), Monika Feist
(Success Skills Centre), Bradley West (City of Winnipeg)
3. Lessons learned and promising practices in coordinated responses
to welcome newcomers: Ukraine Response and ZONE Model. Emily
Halldorson(MANSO),Abigail Legaspi (Immigrant Centre),Roselyn Advincula
(Immigrant Centre)
4. Addressing Poverty through Credential Recognition-Farahnaz
Afaq & Jeff Patteson (SEED Winnipeg Inc)
Closing Remarks