Smokehouse Foundation is an Indigenous-led charitable organization that strives to promote cultural, social, physical, and economic health and wellness of all people facing issues of remoteness, capacity barriers, or systemic marginalization. 

The goal of Smokehouse Foundation is to address and mitigate problems faced by people in remote communities. At the core of Smokehouse Foundation’s philosophy is building relationships with communities and following the direction of the communities that we serve. We believe that local knowledge and trust should guide all of the projects that the foundation undertakes. To enact this philosophy, we want to take the time to build relationships with the community and employ members of the community in key roles in programming within their community.

Infrastructure: Smokehouse helps communities by providing access to basic infrastructure such as clean drinking water and internet services in remote communities located in Coastal British Columbia.

Education: Smokehouse helps communities provide 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.

Conservation: Smokehouse helps protect the environment by conserving and restoring ecosystems and biodiversity in collaboration with remote communities and Nations in Coastal British Columbia.

Mental Health: Smokehouse helps communities provide access to mental health counselling services to residents who otherwise lack access to regular mental health services. 

Past programming with communities includes:
- Helping to restore, repair, and rebuild a smokehouse
- Helping to create and supply additional food infrastructure to help with the
harvesting, processing, and preservation of local food resources
-Development of a community led Guardian Program
- Environmental projects such as forest and territorial surveys, monitoring of local bear populations, and enumeration of salmon populations
- Facilitation of traditional-use and knowledge sharing activities
- Implement internet infrastructure in the main village site for a community 

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.

Vision: 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.

Purpose: To promote the cultural, social, physical, and economic health of all peoples facing issues of remoteness, capacity barriers, or systemic marginalization.

Smokehouse Foundation is an Indigenous-led charitable organization that strives to promote cultural, social, physical, and economic health and wellness of all people facing issues of remoteness, capacity barriers, or systemic marginalization. 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.

Smokehouse was taken as the name of our organization as it is both a symbol of resilience and a beacon of hope. The smokehouse represents abundance, planning, community, and security. From the preservation and storage of precious food resources to safety and reassurance for when the winter approaches. Winter is the time of Elders, of wisdom, storytelling, and teaching and where knowledge is passed down to future generations. The smokehouse provides an opportunity for a return and revitalization of the unique cultures and communities of coastal British Columbia. It may look different from place to place and from culture to culture, but what has endured is its necessity, functionality, and proven record for ensuring health and prosperity for families, communities, and the natural world.

We want to work to put the tools in the hands of remote and marginalized communities to continue leading a life connected to nature, but not at the cost of equitable participation in a modern and evolving world. Traditional lifestyles, access to nature, safety and security, should be available without limiting participation, inclusion, and connectedness to communities and support systems. 

1) 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.

2) 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.

3) To protect the environment by conserving and restoring ecosystems and biodiversity through Indigenous land guardianship programs in coastal British Columbia.

4) 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.