Social Planning Council Local Immigration Partnership and Abdikheir Ahmed

Abdi Ahmed: Manitoban receives Star of Courage for saving woman from polar bear Folksinger Oscar Brand gets Manitoba honour Abdikheir Ahmed is part of the Social Planning Council Local Immigration Partnership, which brings together different levels of government to plan and research the best strategies to help newcomers, according to CBC. Abdi Ahmed, John Einarson, Dr. The honourees include a former CBC Future 40 recipient, a scientist who helped stop Ebola and a Manitoba rock music aficionado. Gary Kobinger and Debi Spence will each receive the Order of the Buffalo Hunt at a special ceremony. "I'm quite excited by it. Ahmed describes himself as a proud Winnipegger who feels a responsibility to help others like himself integrate into society. "I feel honoured to be able to do the work I do," he said. To be honest with you, when I got the call from the premier office, I was pleasantly surprised," said Abdikheir Ahmed, a former refugee from Somalia who now works with the Social Planning Council to help newcomers settle in Winnipeg. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.