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Last Updated: March 6, 2025
Family Support Workers
Family and Community Support Services (FCSS)
Margarita Sawatzky – Taber Area – Margarita.sawatzky@fcss.ca
Help with navigating resources and helping them access anything they need or are eligible for.
Health Related Interpretation
Alberta Health Services– Population Health Promotion Program
Nely Penner 403-502-6560 nely.penner@ahs.ca
Tina Meggison 403-308-8373 Tina.meggison@ahs.ca
In-Person (based on need and location) Alberta – South Zone
Virtual Support (based on need and location) Alberta – South Zone
Learner Support Services
A range of activities or services for adult learners such as mentoring, access and assistance with basic technology, interpretation, providing knowledgeable referrals for services and support within the community.
Palliser School Division Low German Liaison
Dan Doerksen 403-715-4549 dan.doerksen@pallisersd.ab.ca
Interpretation for family meetings, explanation of school paperwork, advocate for LGM families and for the schools.
Horizon School Division Low German Liaison
Lena Goertzen 403-795-1016 helena.goertzen@horizon.ab.ca
Interpretation for family meetings, explanation of school paperwork, advocate for LGM families and for the schools.
Low German Interpreting Resources
- Plautdietsch Grammar
- Plautdietsch Language Workshop
- Interpreter Introduction
- English-Plautdietsch Dictionary
- Intro to Interpreter Ethics for Bilingual Volunteers
- Low German Support
- Common Questions asked at MD
- Personal Culture Wheel
- Values Vine
Sync.com – Low German Interpreting Resources
Mennonite Low-German Dictionary
English – Plautdietsch Dictionary
Quick Reference Medical Terms in Low German and English
The Windsor Women working with Immigrant Women & Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada
English – Online Low German Dictionary of Body Parts and Medical Terminology