A Commitment to Supporting Families

Diverse Family Roots Society is the only grassroots, parent/family-driven support network for families with children or family members with diverse abilities/disabilities that is based in the Kootenays, British Columbia, Canada

Photo of Kootenay Lake under a blue sky with fluffy white clouds. The mountains depend to the edges of the river, and the water is very still, reflecting the mountains and sky. A narrow strip of beach is showing in the foreground.

Who we are

Diverse Family Roots Society (DFRS – established 2023) is a non-profit society based in the Kootenays.

Meet our 2024 Board and Family Stewards.

What we do

DFRS exists to promote peer-to-peer mentoring, family connections, family support, connection to resources, advocacy, and family navigation of services.

Check out our regular Events or reach out to a Family Steward.

Diverse Family Roots Society

Create a world where everyone is connected to support, families, resources, and to the community in which they live. Providing information sharing, mentoring, opportunities for connection and sharing, promoting awareness and inclusion.

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The Board and Members of the Diverse Family Roots Society is grateful to work, play, and raise our families in the territories of the Sinixt, Syilx, Ktunaxa, and Secwépemc peoples. We acknowledge and value the contributions of all Indigenous, Metis, and Inuit who call this place home, and who have stewarded it since time immemorial.