Your symptoms are real.
So is the treatment.

Marwa coordinates the Centre’s marketing, business development and patient engagement, and is often the first point of contact for people beginning care with us. She holds a degree in marketing and an MBA, with training at the University of Toronto.

Before joining the Centre she worked at Royal Victoria Regional Health Centre (RVH) in Barrie, where she saw firsthand how patients move through the healthcare system — insight she now brings to patient intake, education and communication. Her focus is making the path to care clearer and less intimidating: translating complex clinical concepts into accessible materials, guiding new patients through onboarding, and building partnerships that extend the Centre’s reach across Manitoba.

Candace is Ojibwe and leads the Centre’s treaty affairs. She guides how we work with Treaty-status patients and the communities we serve — overseeing treaty education, community gatherings, and the development of culturally safe patient materials.

Her work ensures our care is delivered in a way that respects Indigenous knowledge, protocol and lived experience. Drawing on her experience with Indigenous-led organizations in Winnipeg, she brings a relationship-based approach to the Centre — helping First Nations and Treaty-status patients access gut-directed care without having to navigate a system that was not built with them in mind.

Our team is growing. Additional GI psychotherapists will be joining the Brain-Gut Health Centre to expand access to gut-directed psychological care across Manitoba.