Hani A. Al-Ubeady has extensive experience (over 24 years) supporting the ethnically diverse populations in Manitoba. A co-founder of the Ethno-cultural Council of Manitoba-Stronger Together. Hani pioneered and directed the first comprehensive Indigenous Orientation Tool Kit project for the settlement sector in Manitoba and beyond. He is a Certified Canadian Counsellor and Registered Marriage and Family therapist. Hani is trained and certified by Harvard Medical School in Global Mental health trauma and Recovery. He is a regulated Immigration Consultant. Hani’s current work as a Cross-Cultural Mental Health Specialist with the Winnipeg Regional Health Authority is to facilitate connections and bridge the formal mental health system with the ethnically diverse newcomer population in Winnipeg.
Hani is the co-founder of the Community Engaged Research on Immigration Network (CERI Network). He is the co-creator of the Indigenous Turtle Island Project “TIP” (experiential reconciliatory learning activity). As a skilled trainer and facilitator, Hani trained hundreds of professionals in diverse work fields and settings. Hani finished his university degrees in the fields of Political Science, Religion and Culture, Immigration Consultancy, Marriage and Family Therapy, and Global Mental Health- Refugee Trauma and Recovery. Hani has extensive experience in mental health and family therapy work, his culturally/spiritually-based therapy work includes working with trauma-impacted couples, families, individuals, and groups. As a registered family therapist, his goal is to change the world “one family at a time”
