“[Butterfly Club] gives that cultural connection; making sure youth are Connected to mentors, have people to look up to – indigenous people to look up to – and ensure there’s a safe space for the kids to go.

The youth and other staff I’ve worked with became like sisters and like siblings and like nieces and nephews to me.

There’s a mentor in the program right now who recently came up to me and said that – not just myself, but me and the other mentors – she wanted to be a mentor because she wanted to be there for others, like we were there for her when she really needed [us].”

Shannon Kraichy, Volunteer mentor, Former coordinator and former participant, Ka Ni Kanichihk’s Butterfly Club