Kapuskasing Friendship Centre

45 Murdock Street
Kapuskasing, ON
P5N 1H9

Phone: 705.337.1935
Fax: 705.335.6789
kifc@ntl.sympatico.ca

About the Centre

The Kapuskasing Friendship Centre (KFC) was incorporated August 19, 1985 and became a member of the Ontario Federation of Indian Friendship Centre on October 19, 1985. Its founding directors are: Agnes May Sutley, Dorothy Anne Wynne, Daniel Joseph Matthews, Daniel Philip Chum, Susanne Margaret Napash, Peter Simeon Paul Sackaney, and, Monica Blanche Marie Bouchard.

The KFC was established so that the whole community could get involved in Native activities - prior to its opening men and youth were ineligible to access services form the Ontario Native Women's Kapuskasing Chapter.

Although the Friendship Centre did not have a building, activities were carried out at the Civic Centre, Anglican Parish Church, Town Hall auditorium and private homes. The Centre acquired a building in January 1988.

Aims and Objectives

To develop, expand and preserve Native Cultural identity through the institution of education and socially oriented programs;
To provide informational, communication and interpretive services to resident and transient Cree and Ojibway speaking people in the areas of legal aid, medical appointments, and accommodation;
To provide a meeting place in which Native people may freely interact and socialise;
To organise and supervise recreational activities for the young people;
To provide the services of a court worker for Native People;
To these ends, the corporation will employ persons knowledgeable in the fields of counselling, cultural skills, and administration of funds necessary for the various programs of the centre; and
To receive and disburse such funds as are necessary to attain the objects of the corporation.

Mission

To improve the quality of life for Aboriginal people in an urban environment by supporting self determined, equal access to, and participation in Canadian society which respects Aboriginal cultural distinctiveness.