Supporting Equality & Social Justice – An Evening for Human Rights
Join Equitas to celebrate diversity and inclusion in Montreal’s latest hot spot, McKiernan Luncheonette. What’s on the program? Cocktail reception ✓ Delicious food ✓ Fine wine ✓ Musical entertainment ✓ Great networking opportunities ✓ Don’t miss this unique occasion to enjoy an incredible evening at Montreal’s latest hot spot, run […]
Play it fair : success story
Equitas’ program for children Play it Fair!, places children with diverse experiences and backgrounds at the heart of change by building their self-esteem, connectedness and developing their leadership skills. This year, 300+ Newcomer and Refugee Children are taking action in building more connected and strong communities across Canada. Learn more about their last successes here.
Save the Date: October 23, 2019 – Equitas Fundraiser
Laurence Bodjrenou | Communications and Community Officer
Laurence Bodjrenou | Communications and Community Officer (514) 954-0382, poste 299 666 Sherbrooke West – Suite 1100 Montreal, Quebec, H3A 1E7 Laurence joined the Equitas team in July 2019 as a Communications and Community officer. As a communications professional and a human’s rights enthusiast, working with Equitas is the perfect opportunity to put to […]
Junior Smith Charles fights for the future of the LGBTQI community in Haïti with Kouraj Pou Pwoteje Dwa Moun
As a transgender woman openly expressing her sexual identity in Haïti, Junior Smith Charles leads a difficult fight for the respect of LGBTQI people’s rights in her country. Despite her self-confidence and the pride she holds for her sexual identity, the struggle of this movement has proven difficult and slow in the past few years, […]
Angie Mapara-Osachoff | Director of Canadian Programs – British-Colombia
aosachoff[at]equitas.org 312 Main Street – Suite 213 Vancouver, BC, V6A 2T2 Equitas acknowledges that its office is located on unceded xwməθkwəyəm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səl̓ilwətaɁɬ (Tsleil Waututh) land. Angie joined Equitas in 2009 and is now the Director of the Canadian Programs located in B-C. She is the Chair of the Indian Summer Arts [...]Gerardo Ducos | Monitoring, Evaluation and Reporting Manager
gducos[at]equitas.org (514) 954-0382, ext 270 666 Sherbrooke West - Suite 1100 Montreal, Quebec, H3A 1E7 Equitas acknowledges that its office is located on unceded Kanien’kehá:ka (Mohawk) land. Gerardo joined the Equitas team in 2017 as a program officer for Haiti with a dozen years of experience in human rights work, including several years with Amnesty International’s general [...]Philip Ackerman | Toronto Local Coordinator
Philip Ackerman | Toronto Local Coordinator (416) 826-7134 666 Sherbrooke Ouest – Suite 1100 Montreal, Quebec, H3A 1E7 Philip is an adult educator who for the past several years has been committed to working with diverse newcomer populations, focusing most of his efforts in working with newcomer youth at a Toronto-based, community […]
Share a meal with the world’s most inspiring human rights defenders!
Does international human rights work interest you? Do you wish to connect with people of different cultures and backgrounds? Do you value diversity, education, and human rights? For the past 40 years, Equitas has received human rights defenders from around the world as part of our annual International Human Rights Training Program (IHRTP) and provides […]