Candace Blake-Amarante | Knowledge Manager
cblake[at]equitas.org 666 Sherbrooke West – Suite 1100 Montreal, Quebec, H3A 1E7 Equitas acknowledges that its office is located on unceded Kanien'kehá:ka (Mohawk) land. Candace joined Equitas in August 2022 as Knowledge Manager. She leads the development and implementation of Equitas’ knowledge strategy and supports organization-wide knowledge building, management and sharing to the broader field of [...]Sasha Masabanda | Fund Development Officer
smasabanda[at]equitas.org 666 Sherbrooke West – Suite 1100 Montreal, Quebec, H3A 1E7 Equitas acknowledges that its office is located on unceded Kanien'kehá:ka (Mohawk) land. Sasha (she/her) joined the Equitas team in September 2021 as an Education Assistant, lending her support to the first edition of the Global Rights Connection program. Following this, she worked as Communications [...]Afsaneh Rigot | MENA Senior Program Officer, ARTICLE 19
Afsaneh Rigot (she/her) is a scholar and researcher covering issues of law, technology, LGBTQ, refugee, and human rights. Her work and her research pose questions about the effects of technology in contexts for which it was not designed, and the effects of western-centrism on vulnerable and hard-to-reach communities. She also looks, in theory and practice, at [...]Solange Musanganya | Co-coordinator, Queer African Youth Network (QAYN)
Solange Musanganya (she/her) is a Rwandan-born African transwoman and feminist, Solange Musanganya's activism took off in 2003 after a six-month trip to twelve African countries, from Dakar to Johannesburg. Back in Canada, she co-founded Arc-en-ciel d'Afrique in November 2004, the first Afro-queer organization in Canada. Later, she initiated the Massimadi festival which highlights films and [...]Nikki Gladstone | Director of RightsCon at Access Now
Nikki Gladstone (she/her) is a community manager, writer, and human rights advocate. Presently, Nikki works with Access Now as the Director of RightsCon, the world's leading summit on human rights in the digital age. For the past five years, she has worked in Canada, Tunisia, and Costa Rica to build outcomes-oriented programming and connect communities [...]Daniel Tran | Director, Communications and Government Relations at CASACOM
Daniel Tran (he/him) is Director, Communications and Government Relations at CASACOM. With an MBA from Université Laval and extensive experience in political strategy, public relations, and economic development, Daniel serves on the boards of Equitas and Habitat for Humanity Quebec. His role at the cabinet of the mayor of Montreal allowed him to contribute to [...]Alison Breen | Managing Director, Head of Legal and Corporate Secretary at PSP Investments
Alison Breen holds a BA (History), B.C.L and LL.B law degrees from McGill University. She is Managing Director, Head of Legal (Americas) and Corporate Secretary at PSP Investments in Montreal, where she has worked since 2007. Prior to joining PSP Investments, Alison was a partner in the Business Law Group of McCarthy Tetrault LLP. Why [...]Call for Proposals – Provision of Travel Agency Services
About Equitas Based in Montreal and Vancouver, Equitas is the most established and active human rights education organization in Canada. Equitas provides innovative human rights education programs to advance equality, inclusion, respect for human dignity and social change in Canada and around the world. With approximately 60 employees based across Canada, as well as partners […]
Internship opportunity – Education Assistant
Context As a global leader in human rights education, Equitas’ programs aim to empower people to address inequalities and discrimination, and to work to build more inclusive and rights-respecting communities. Considering the devastating impact on human rights that COVID-19 is creating, Equitas created Global Rights Connection, a virtual training program aimed at strengthening the capacity […]
Internship opportunity – Coordination Assistant
Context As a global leader in human rights education, Equitas’ programs aim to empower people to address inequalities and discrimination, and to work to build more inclusive and rights-respecting communities. Considering the devastating impact on human rights that COVID-19 is creating, Equitas created Global Rights Connection, a virtual training program aimed at strengthening the capacity […]