City of Surrey Wins National Play It Fair! Award 2016
City of Surrey Wins National Play It Fair! Award 2016 for exceptional work with children and youth A child participating Play it Fair! activities in MYzone after-school drop-in program in Surrey, B.C. Surrey, November 20, 2016 — Equitas – International Centre for Human Rights Education is pleased to announce that the City of Surrey is […]
Playing it Fair in the City of Surrey
Charting the Success of the Equitas’ Play it Fair! Program National Child Day (November 20) is fast approaching. Every year in the lead up to National Child Day, the City of Surrey in B.C. hosts a Kids Conference in partnership with community organizations like Equitas, to celebrate children in their community. The Surrey Kids Conference […]
Equitas Receives More Than $1 Million for Its Youth Civic Engagement Model
Marc Miller, Member of Parliament (Ville-Marie–Le Sud-Ouest–Île-des-Sœurs), today announced that the Government of Canada is providing funding of $1,036,856 to Equitas, valid until 2018. As we will be celebrating Canada’s 150th anniversary next year, we will use the funding to engage youth in a national dialogue around the values that we want to see in […]
“Always make your voice heard!”: inclusion and youth leadership at Equitas first Diversity Speakers Series event
41 iconic floors up on a foggy Montreal morning, three young people shared their visions for the future at Equitas’ first Diversity Speakers Series event. Held inside the conference room of the Royal Bank of Canada on the top floor of Place Ville Marie, Schadlin and Youveline from Maison d’Haiti and Moussa from Canadian Roots […]
Renewing our collective commitment to future generations: building inclusive, equitable and safer communities – A message from our Chair of the Board of Directors and our Executive Director
The plight of millions of refugees and migrants shocked the world in 2015, and one question kept surfacing: what can we do to help in our communities? As we turned to our network of alumni, partners and friends for ideas and inspiration, they were unanimous in underlining the important need for human rights education to […]
Employment Opportunity: Program Officer, level 1, Vancouver, British Columbia
Title: Program Officer I Organization: Equitas – International Centre for Human Rights Education Location: Vancouver, Canada Status: Full time – 35 hours/ per week (One year maternity leave replacement) Application deadline: Wednesday, November 23rd, 2016 Start date: January 12, 2017, interviews will be held December 15- 20,2016 Salary range: Salary range: $40,000 – $45,000 + […]
Launch – New study and training on the prevention of torture in Francophone Africa
Prévention de la torture au sein de la Francophonie Lancement de l’étude de base “Portrait de la torture en Afrique francophone” et de la première Session régionale de formation aux droits humains d’Equitas dédiée à la prévention de la torture Equitas-Centre international d’éducation aux droits humains et ses partenaires lancent officiellement aujourd’hui le projet « Prévention […]
A Future for Peace in Colombia
Building Colombia’s historical memory through human rights education After 50 years of conflict, the long-awaited peace accord between the Colombian government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) wasn’t ratified. On October 2, citizens who voted “No” to the referendum won by 0.4 percentage points. The small difference of around 60,000 votes shows the […]
Equitas Diversity Speakers’ Series — Young Montrealers building more welcoming and inclusive communities
Thank you for the inspiring exchanges on youth leadership in building more welcoming and inclusive communities in Montreal. Read our blog. Wednesday November 16, 2016 // 7:30 to 9am At RBC – 41st Floor of 1, Place Ville Marie, Montreal Our guests Youth voices : Schadlin and Youveline from Maison d’Haiti and Moussa from Canadian […]
Impact story – Ma Mawi Wi Chi Itata : We all work together to help one another
Ma Mawi Wi Chi Itata (Ma Mawi) is a Grandmother in the Winnipeg family of community service-providers working with Indigenous families for more than 30 years. Ma Mawi Wi Chi Itata means “we all work together to help one another” in Ojibway. Over the last 10 years, Ma Mawi and Equitas have been exchanging knowledge, […]