Pee Kis Kwe Tan “Let’s Talk” Society is a community-based mental health and addiction support organization rooted in the Wabasca-Desmarais region of Alberta. Incorporated in 1983 and governed by an elected board, the Society has deep local ties and works with a broad cross-section of the community — including Métis, Status, and non-Aboriginal residents from Wabasca, Calling Lake, Chipewyan Lake, and Red Earth Creek, to provide counselling and support without isolating people from the lives they are still living. Its mission centres on helping everyone it serves build skills, insight, and connection while they continue to manage their work, family, schooling, and community roles.
A Local, Culturally Aware Place to Make Sense of Strain
People come here when substance use, emotional overwhelm, or patterns of distress have begun showing up where it matters: in relationships, at school, at work, or in how they function day to day. The Society doesn’t remove someone from the community for recovery; instead, it meets people in a familiar context with supports that reflect the area’s cultural diversity and heritage. Sessions and outreach are tailored to local realities rather than generic models pulled from far away, which helps make the work here feel directly linked to the life someone is actively living.
Support That Belongs to the Community It Serves
Pee Kis Kwe Tan’s programming spans mental health and addiction counselling, parent and family supports, youth outreach, crisis intervention, and education, and operates with respect for both Cree and English language contexts, emphasizing cultural competence and trust. Staff and volunteers pay attention not just to substance use but how it intersects with history, identity, family systems, and intergenerational pressures, helping participants navigate patterns that have begun to disrupt their direction without asking them to press pause on their life.
Practical Engagement Without Isolation
This setting tends to be used by people in small towns and rural communities who need help making sense of how substance use fits into a broader picture of stress, spiritual strain, and social expectation. Many arrive through word of mouth, family recommendation, community referrals, or simply because patterns they’ve lived with for years have started turning up in places they can no longer ignore. Sessions, outreach, and follow-up are designed to work alongside the responsibilities people maintain at home, in school, and in the community, not removed from them.
A Setting for People Ready to Talk and Move Forward
Pee Kis Kwe Tan “Let’s Talk” Society suits individuals and families who want support that acknowledges where they’ve come from and where they still have to be. The focus is on connection, culturally grounded support, and steady guidance within the networks and obligations that matter most.
