About Smokehouse Foundation
Smokehouse Foundation was founded in 2020 to promote the cultural, social, physical, and economic health of all peoples facing issues of remoteness, capacity barriers, or systemic marginalization. In 2022 Smokehouse Foundation received its status as a registered charity.
At the core of Smokehouse Foundation’s philosophy is building relationships with communities and following the direction of the communities that we service. We believe that local knowledge and trust should guide all of the projects that the foundation undertakes. To enact this philosophy, we take the time to build relationships with the community; employ members of the community in key roles in programming within their community; and give the community a large degree of autonomy with decision making for programming.
A healthy, prosperous, and self-determined future for all, inspired by a community perspective.
Mission
To provide place-based training and build capacity to support resiliency in remote and/or marginalized communities.
Vision
To promote the cultural, social, physical, and economic health of all peoples facing issues of remoteness, capacity barriers, or systemic marginalization.
Purpose
Societal Purposes
To relieve poverty and benefit the community by providing access to basic infrastructure such as clean drinking water and internet services in remote communities in coastal British Columbia.
To protect the environment by conserving and restoring ecosystems and biodiversity through Indigenous land guardianship programs in coastal British Columbia.
To advance education by providing continuing education and job training courses on topics such as tourism, business management and accounting, environmental management and conservation, technical training, vessel operation, and first aid, to residents in remote communities located in coastal British Columbia.
To promote health by providing access to mental health counseling services to residents who otherwise lack access to regular mental health services, in remote communities located in coastal British Columbia.