June 8, 2012: New additions to the Play It Fair! Toolkit
New activities and indices are available right on time for the 2012 summer camp season! These new sections include 6 fun activities, 3 updated indices that include the new activities and a new index of activities by time. All of these additions are available for download and can be added to last year’s toolkit to […]
May 24, 2012: Important information for IHRTP participants
33rd International Human Rights Training Program, Montreal, Canada, June 2 to June 22 June , 2012 Information for participants Please follow the links below to find the preliminary schedule of the program, a description of the special activities, as well as logistical information about your participation in the IHRTP. IHRTP schedule What to pack Information […]
May 12, 2012: Citizenship Education in the Middle East and North Africa
Nineteen human rights and community educators from Iraq, Jordan, Palestine, Egypt and Morocco took part in a five-day training on the use of Equitas’ new toolkit Let’s Act Together for Change in Broumana, Lebanon from May 8 – 12, 2012 The toolkit is an integral component of Equitas’ program in the Middle East, Citizenship Education in the […]
April 21, 2012: Workshop for Tel-Jeunes youth peer counsellors
On Saturday April 21, 2012, Equitas’ Jean-Sébastien Vallée and Élise Voyer facilitated workshops on the Speaking Rights toolkit with over 50 Tel-Jeunes youth aged between 12 and 17 during their provincial conference. Coming from all over the province of Quebec, these youths are working in their schools to help their peers and contribute to developing healthy and responsible skills […]
April 15 – 21, 2012: National Volunteer Week
One of Equitas’ important resources is its team of dedicated volunteers, be they professionals who sit on the Board of Directors or offer their expertise pro bono, families who host a dinner for participants of the International Human Rights Training Program or students who volunteer their time at the office. We take this occasion to […]
April 18, 2012: Speaking Rights in Lanaudière
The Equitas team was welcomed at the Café-Rencontre youth centre in Notre-Dame-des-Prairies to give a training workshop on how to use the Speaking Rights toolkit in their work with 13 to 17 year olds. Twenty-two youth workers and coordinators from 12 youth organizations in the Lanaudière region enthusiastically took part in the training. “This training […]
April 4, 2012: Equitas honours Ms. Asma Jahangir
March 30, 2012: Action Week Against Racism
In Montreal, March 19 to 25 was the Action Week Against Racism. On this occasion, Equitas’ partners in Montreal implemented activities from the Play it Fair! toolkit in order to increase children’s understanding of human rights, respect for diversity and peaceful conflict resolution. Here we can see children from the Wallaby et cie hard at […]
March 22, 2012: Montreal Life Stories Rencontres
Montreal Life Stories Equitas is proud to be a part of the Montreal Life Stories Project. Based at Concordia University, the Life Stories of Montrealers Displaced by War, Genocide, and other Human Rights Violations is a community-university research alliance which involving a team of more than 150 people and 18 partner organizations. This oral […]
March 8, 2012: Asma Jahangir to receive Equitas Award for Human Rights Education
Media Advisory Courageous Pakistani Human Rights Defender to receive Equitas Award for Human Rights Education Montreal, March 8 – Asma Jahangir has been imprisoned, kept under house arrest and received numerous death threats in her native Pakistan for her commitment to equality and human rights. In recognition of her courage and unwillingness to be silenced […]