Our consulting services

We know change cannot happen without building new knowledge and shared learning. Our highly qualified team has content expertise in human rights compliance, drawn from successfully implemented initiatives all over the world. We design custom trainings, in French and English, online and in-person, to meet your needs across a broad range of thematic areas (human rights, gender equality, anti-racism, among others). Our hands-on trainings empower participants to apply their knowledge to real-life scenarios, building practical skills for integrating human rights into their work. 

If your organization is leading its internal training on human rights, our instructional design experts can provide strategic advice and support to improve the accessibility, inclusiveness and impact of your training. This includes tailoring the content and its presentation to different user profiles across different contexts of language, literacy, digital connectivity and culture, among others.  

Equitas’ approach is grounded in equity and inclusion. We design and facilitate processes for participatory consultation that respectfully engage the community actors who are most involved in or impacted by your initiative. We have decades of experience consulting with communities in Canada and globally to hear concerns and identify collaborative solutions, even when there are competing interests at play.  

We work with our clients to co-create spaces for respectful and constructive dialogue. We facilitate meaningful exchange, where diverse voices are heard and valued to reach mutual understanding. We have decades of experience convening government, civil society and the private sector in dialogue, whether that be in public consultations, research, expert panels, or in roundtables to work on solving local and global issues. 

We can support you to identify key stakeholders and create dedicated channels to keep them informed, address concerns or grievances and ensure transparent, two-way communication throughout your initiative. Our approach focuses on building trust and meaningful participation to ensure engagement, inform decision-making and reinforce accountability.  

We will work with you to develop tools and approaches to do a thoughtful contextual analysis of existing and potential human rights risks in the communities you work with or for communities that are part of your supply chain to strengthen your due diligence practice. This can involve research, community consultations and mapping to identify risk areas and to work with you to identify ways to proactively prevent harm.

As a learning organization, Equitas is deeply committed to strong evaluation, evidence-based research and outcomes, and capturing emerging practices and sharing innovative learnings. Our team can work with you to design a monitoring and evaluation system that fits your needs and can support you in documenting how you are making better social impact over time.  

A robust rights-informed policy is essential for any socially responsible organization. It aligns your operations with global human rights standards, strengthens trust and accountability, and demonstrates your organization’s commitment to ethical practice. We develop policies that are thorough and practical, backed by in-depth research to reflect your organization’s needs and your dynamic operating context. We prioritize clarity and accessibility, ensuring policies are understandable and actionable by all stakeholders, from leadership to staff to partners.  

We know that careful planning and human-centered process design lead to better social impact results. We use a systems-thinking and collaborative approach to understand your needs, identify your long-term objectives, and put together a concrete plan for practice change that will make a measurable difference in the everyday. This involves co-defining strategic objectives, identifying key issues, and developing solutions that move your organization to where it wants to be in advancing sustainable change.  

We are there to accompany your organization as you implement learning, drive change, and bring your human rights-focused policy or plan to life. We will work with you to ensure your stakeholders understand the policy or plan, confidently embrace their roles in it, and actively support you in monitoring progress, all in line with successful change management principles.