Kitikmeot Friendship Society (KFS) is a grass roots, Inuit-led organization with the headquarters established in Cambridge Bay. KFS is an organization that fosters community well-being and social justice through positive action and leadership for all Inuit and Kitikmeot Residents.
KFS provides a variety of community health and wellness development programs and services, activities and educational information to support community residents in finding a path forward to maximize their human potential.
No matter where a person is at in their life trajectory, KFS strives to meet them at their most comfortable spot.
Our mission is to create a healthy community where residents feel supported and have access to a variety of services, programs and skills that will help to enhance their lives. KFS designs and creates programs that honour and encompass Inuit culture, traditions, and practices.
Inclusiveness
Thoughtfulness
Understanding
Caring
Empathy
Client-centered approach
Integrated services: everything we do is rooted in
Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit (IQ) Principles, FASD & Trauma Informed Practices
To Include more diverse and holistic approaches to supporting healthy people and communities
To Advocate for trauma-informed, FASD-informed, and culturally component services and approaches
Collaborate with other organizations who share similar goals
Expand capacity for people to have services at home or in their region
To Continue building our residential programming to work towards a future with transitional housing and healing centers
In only a short period of time, we have accomplished many important goals and started building innovative solutions to support wellness in the Kitikmeot region.
Home of the Child Advocacy Centre for Kitikmeot, helping children who experience abuse.
Managing the Women’s Shelter for Cambridge Bay.
Creating a transitional home for women to break the cycle of homelessness and intimate partner violence.
Coordinating assessments and support for families who may be affected by Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD).
Nuna Buddies for ages 7-15: healing program teaching traditional land skills
Healing programs for adults
Traditional activities like hunting, sewing, toolmaking, arts & crafts and language revitalization
We plan to allocate resources, set deadlines, conduct team meetings, monitor progress, address issues in the community, ensure quality, and prepare for client presentations and execute
Increase people’s understanding of how to navigate systems of support
Minimize the adverse effects of stigma, discrimination, racism and ableism
Incorporate Inuit Societal Values in all that we do