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ACTIF Funded projects: Economic RES-Q

Project partners Canada LGBT+ Chamber of Commerce - CGLCC (Canada) Samavesh Chamber of Commerce (India) Equal Asia Foundation - Stichting EqualA Foundation (Thailand) Project description This collaborative capacity-building project was co-designed by CGLCC, Samavesh and EqualAF. Both Samavesh and Equal AF conducted preparatory stakeholder consultations that fed into the design of this project. The interventions [...]

ACTIF Funded projects: Building Durable Solutions for LGBTQI+ Refugees in the Global South

Project partners Rainbow Railroad (Canada) PASSOP (Kenya), Diálogo Diverso (Ecuador) Access Chapter 2 (South Africa) Al Otro Lado (Mexico) Project description LGBTQI+ individuals globally face extreme violence, discrimination and persecution, often causing them to flee for their lives.  Latin America and Southern/Eastern Africa are currently regions where LGBTQI+ persecution, coupled with geographic instability, has led [...]

ACTIF Funded projects: TRANScendent opportunities

Project partners YMCA GTA (Canada) YMCA of Peru (Peru) TRANS - Organización por los Derechos Humanos de las personas Trans (Peru) Project description In Peru, the rights of trans people are not promoted nor guaranteed by public policies on diversity and social inclusión. Trans people face multiple vulnerabilities and situations of violence that leave no [...]

Internship opportunity – Communications and Knowledge

Title: Communications and Knowledge Intern Location: Remote work/Hybrid work Schedule and Duration: January 17, 2022 – April 29, 2022 – flexible (20h/week) Deadline for applications: December 6, 2021 Remuneration: $18/hour Equitas – International Centre for Human Rights Education is a non-profit organization founded in 1967 that works to promote equality, social justice, and the respect for [...]

Mai Salah | Education Specialist

Mai Salah | Education Specialist (514) 954-0382 666 Sherbrooke West – Suite 1100 Montreal, Quebec, H3A 1E7     Mai joined Equitas in November 2021 as an Education Specialist for the MENA team. Before joining Equitas, she used to work for McGill University as an Instructional Designer in the School of Continuing Studies and the […]

Katie Shaw | Principal, Earnscliffe Strategy Group

Katie Shaw (she/her), is Principal at Earnscliffe Strategy Group since August 2021. Prior to that, she was Director, Stakeholder Relations & Communications for BC Infrastructure Benefits. Katie has a Masters of Arts in Community Development and Adult Education and a Bachelor Degree in Sociology from the University of Victoria, and a certificate in Indigenous Cultural [...]

Karine Joizil | Partner, McCarthy Trétault

Karine Joizil (she/her), is an experienced lawyer specializing in civil, commercial, and medical liability litigation. She has extensive expertise in class actions, injunctions, and contractual disputes, particularly in health and life sciences law. A dedicated professor for nearly 20 years, she has been teaching public and administrative law at the training center of the Quebec [...]

David Chemla | President, Sage Project Advisors

David Chemla (he/him), is President and Founder of Sage Project Advisors since 2018. Previously, he worked at Deloitte Canada for 8 years as Vice President, Infrastructure & Capital projects.