Indigenous-led advisory services
We work with First Nations and non-First Nations clients to turn priorities into clear plans, strong programs, and practical results.
Who we are
Kakâyawisîw means a hard-working person. It reflects how we show up: prepared, committed, and ready to work alongside the people we serve.
We bring experience in health, social programs, prevention, funding, governance, operations, and community engagement. Our role is to listen carefully, make complex work clearer, and help move good ideas into action.
What we do
From strategy to delivery, we bring a wide range of services together in one place. Every engagement is shaped around the client, the people, and the outcome. Select a service to see more.
Clear direction, practical roadmaps, and leadership support shaped around your priorities.
Strong funding strategies and proposals that connect community needs with real opportunities.
Programs built to work in practice, from early planning through implementation and improvement.
Plain-language policies, training, frameworks, and tools that strengthen accountability and decision-making.
Respectful sessions that create room for leadership, staff, Elders, families, and community voices.
Meaningful reporting that shows the work, honours the story, and meets funder requirements.
Well-organized gatherings that reflect the purpose, people, culture, and experience you want to create.
Confidential, practical support for leaders navigating responsibility, change, and complex decisions.
Purposeful, engaging experiences that strengthen trust, communication, shared direction, and how people work together.
Practical digital solutions that make services, information, tracking, and everyday work easier to manage.
Clear, professional websites that reflect your identity, explain your work, and help people connect with you.
Distinctive, polished visual materials that help your message look consistent, credible, and memorable.
One relationship. Many solutions.
Clients should not have to coordinate five different providers to move one priority forward. Kakâyawisîw Advisory can shape the strategy, secure resources, build the program, bring people together, create the tools, design the materials, and support delivery. We remain the consistent lead relationship while scaling the team and specialized expertise around the needs of each project.
Not sure where to start?
Answer three quick questions and we’ll point you toward the services most likely to meet your needs. Nothing is collected or stored.
How the work moves
This roadmap is a guide, not a one-size-fits-all formula. Every engagement is customized, and we adapt each step to the client, the work, and what success needs to look like.
We begin with the client’s priorities, context, strengths, and the voices that need to guide the work.
Together, we clarify the outcome, scope, responsibilities, resources, opportunities, and risks.
We turn direction into a practical plan with clear steps, timelines, tools, and measures of success.
We support implementation, solve problems as they arise, and keep people informed and connected.
We show what changed, capture lessons, meet reporting needs, and strengthen the work for what comes next.
Lead Advisory Team
Principal Consultant
Kerrie is a Plains Cree consultant with hands-on experience leading strategic planning processes, delivering governance training, developing operational plans and annual reports, securing funding, designing programs and systems, and creating practical reporting and accountability tools. Her work spans health, prevention, social programs, governance, and community services.
Her approach combines big-picture strategy with the practical details needed to move work forward. Kerrie is known for making complex requirements clearer, building strong relationships, and keeping client and community priorities at the centre.
“The strongest work is built through trust, clarity, and relationships that last beyond the contract.”
How we work
We do not arrive with a one-size-fits-all answer. We learn the context, respect the knowledge already present, and build solutions with the people who will carry the work forward.
Let’s work together
Tell us what you are working toward. We would be glad to talk about where we can help.
info@kakayawisiw.ca