Category Archives: Stories from the field

In Toronto, over 12,000 children learn how to Play it Fair! each year in 130 day camps and after-school sites across the City. Implemented in Toronto since 2006, Play it Fair! is an innovative program that equips staff working with children with the skills to lead activities which promote respect, fairness, acceptance, inclusion and cooperation […]

Late in the afternoon of January 12, 2010, Equitas staff members were on the phone with partners in Haiti planning a training session when the earthquake hit. The meeting came to an abrupt end as our partners scrambled to get out of their building. Attempts to reach them afterwards were unsuccessful, until a short text […]

In Kandy, Sri Lanka, Father Nandana Manatunga, a 2004 participant of the International Human Rights Training Program is defying the culture of silence and impunity surrounding incidents of torture and rape. As he accompanies victims in their search for justice, Father Manatunga also works with the local population to increase awareness of human rights applying […]