2016 EQUITAS GALA FOR HUMAN RIGHTS – SOLD OUT!
Celebrating diversity, identity and inclusion! Watch the video-invitation Tickets: $130. (A partial tax receipt will be issued following the event). Ticket sales are now closed – thank you! Thursday, February 11, 2016, 7pm Rialto Theatre, 5723 Parc Avenue, Montréal H2V 4G9 Dress code: business casual. Some masks will be available at the door. Wearing a […]
Press Release – Right(s) Before Your Eyes: Equitas 10th Montreal Gala for Human Rights
Montreal, January 25th, 2016 – On February 11, 2016, Equitas – International Centre for Human Rights Education will host its annual gala in support of its work empowering children, youth and women to be positive agents of change in their communities through education and leadership training. The event will take place at the Rialto Theatre, 5723 […]
IN THE NEWS – Equitas reacts to Burkina Faso attacks on CTV National News
“These attacks may trigger fear – which is the goal of terrorists – but these attacks also illustrate the importance of our work” – Laura Cliche, Equitas West Africa Program Officer on CTV National News, Monday January 18, 2016.
Citizen engagement and human rights in Haiti – An interview with Amber Lynn Munger
” Equitas came to Haiti after the earthquake, working with human rights organizations and asked them, “what does Haiti need to rise up, to recover from the earthquake” and the human rights organizations’ response was, “it’s not new buildings which are going to change the situation, it’s Haitians who are becoming engaged in changing their […]
IN THE NEWS – Equitas alumna Alaa Murabit on women’s rights, refugees and human rights education
In December 9th, 2015 Equitas invited the young and dynamic women’s rights advocate, Libyan-Canadian Alaa Murabit as a guest speaker for its Toronto Cocktail on the theme of “Identity and Mobility: Human Rights Education in a Changing World“. Dr. Murabit spoke to Canadian media on the eve of International Human Rights Day on issues such as […]
Deterring child marriage with peer-to-peer human rights education
Deep within the stone housed communities of Sana’a, an ancient city that has been inhabited for over 2,500 years, many young girls are faced with harrowing fates. Their lives as young teens and students are cut short as they are forced into a union that will completely shift their reality. According to UNICEF, 12% of […]
Internship opportunity: Coordination Assistant for the International Human Rights Training Program
POSITION TITLE: Coordination Assistant – International Human Rights Training Program Every year, during the month of June, Equitas hosts a 3-week, intensive International Human Rights Training Program (IHRTP) at John Abbott College in Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue, where approximately 90 human rights workers from over 50 countries come to gain knowledge, skills and strategies related to human rights […]
People Having an Impact
In the time it takes you to read our campaign letter, you can make a difference in the lives of people whose human rights are not being respected. We just voted in a federal election, exercising a right we consider fundamental. Of those who voted, however, some might remember a time when half of us […]
TD Bank Group provides additional $450,000 for Equitas’ Play It Fair! program
We can’t think of a better moment, International Human Rights Day, to announce that the TD Bank Group is renewing and increasing its support for our Play It Fair! program for children aged 6-12 years old. The announcement was made by Alan Convery, TD Bank Group Director of Community Relations, at the annual Equitas Toronto […]
UNESCO Youth Forum: Climate Change, a Human Rights Issue?
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