Odette McCarthy | Executive Director (514) 954-0382, ext. 234 666 Sherbrooke West – Suite 1100 Montreal, Quebec, H3A 1E7       Odette joined the Equitas team in June 2020 as Executive Director. She is a gender equality specialist and a seasoned manager with more than 25 years of international cooperation experience. She was Director of […]

Charles-Antoine Leboeuf | Education Assistant, IHRTP (514) 954-0382 666 Sherbrooke West – Suite 1100 Montreal, Quebec, H3A 1E7       Charles-Antoine joined the Equitas team for the first time in the summer of 2018 as a Coordination Assistant for the International Human Rights Training Program (IHRTP). He came back in January 2020 to once […]

Hudson Michel | Program Officer, Haiti (514) 954-0382, ext. 223 666 Sherbrooke West – Suite 1100 Montreal, Quebec, H3A 1E7       Hudson joined the Equitas team in March 2020 as a Program Officer, Haiti. He has more than 15 years of experience in the development field, particularly in institutional strengthening, advisory support and human […]

Ariane Lagacé | Communications and Development Assistant (514) 954-0382, ext. 206 666 Sherbrooke West – Suite 1100 Montreal, Quebec, H3A 1E7     Ariane joined the Equitas team in March 2020 as a Communications and Development Assistant. Previously Membership Coordinator at the Montreal Council on Foreign Relations, she acquired experience in the event sector and […]

Claire-Anse Saint-Éloi | Program Officer 666 Sherbrooke West – Suite 1100 Montreal, Quebec, H3A 1E7       Claire-Anse joined the Equitas team in March 2020 as Program Officer. She holds a D.E.S.S. in Public Relations and Communications Management from McGill University and a B.A. in International Studies from Université de Montréal. Concerned with questions […]

Libertad Benito Torres | Gender Advisor (514) 954-0382, ext. 202 666 Sherbrooke West – Suite 1100 Montreal, Quebec, H3A 1E7       Libertad joined the Equitas team in March 2020 as a Gender Advisor. Before joining the team, she previously worked for the Center for International Studies and Cooperation and the World University Service […]

Amanda Siino | Program Officer, Canada (514) 954-0382, ext. 243 666 Sherbrooke West – Suite 1100 Montreal, Quebec, H3A 1E7     Amanda (she/her) joined the Equitas team in December 2019 as a Program Officer, Canada. She supports building inclusive communities in Canada through the coordination and realization of the youth-centered Speaking Rights Program. Before joining […]

Annie Pettigrew | Education Specialist 666 Sherbrooke West – Suite 1100 Montreal, Quebec, H3A 1E7   Annie has been an education specialist with Equitas since 2006. She is currently involved in the Dynamic Communities program which aims to promote human rights in rural Haitian communities affected by mining issues. Since joining Equitas, she has been […]

Micheli Werner |Education Specialist (514) 954-0382, ext. 257 666 Sherbrooke West – Suite 1100 Montreal, Quebec, H3A 1E7     Micheli joined Equitas’ education department in January 2018 as the education specialist assigned to the Strengthening Human Rights Education Globally project being implemented in Tanzania. As of September 2019, Micheli has been supporting the implementation […]

Andrea Velghe |Education Specialist 666 Sherbrooke West – Suite 1100 Montreal, Quebec, H3A 1E7   Andrea joined the Equitas team in December 2019 as an Education Specialist for the Kenya project on women’s empowerment. Prior to joining Equitas, she has taught internationally in Hong Kong, Switzerland, and Australia. A passionate advocate of gender equality, she […]