About us

Serving and providing for family and community

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 Statement

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.

Our Values

  • Inclusiveness

  • Thoughtfulness

  • Understanding

  • Caring

  • Empathy

  • Client-centered approach

  • Integrated services: everything we do is rooted in

    Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit (IQ) Principles, FASD & Trauma Informed Practices

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We are Shifting The Conversation

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

We Are Building Capacity In Kitikmeot

Collaborate with other organizations who share similar goals

Expand capacity for people to have services at home or in their region

We Are Creating Safe Places & Housing

To Continue building our residential programming to work towards a future with transitional housing and healing centers

Our Accomplishments

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.

Children, Youth and Families

  • 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).

Cultural Programs

  • 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

Our Strategic Priorities

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

Breaking Systematic Barriers

  • 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