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End of Matching WeekThank you to all supporters of Equitas!The Aeroplan matching week has ended on September 18 with more than 100 000 points donated by Equitas supporters! Aeroplan will therefore match all points donated within September 12 and 18. Your support helps us raise more awareness on the importance of acting together as changemakers [...]

For five days in July, representatives of women’s organizations, human rights groups, and community leaders from Equitas’ international programs came together for Equitas’ first International Learning Event in Montreal. Partners travelled from Burkina Faso, Haiti, Kenya, Senegal, Tanzania, and Tunisia to connect with Equitas staff for five days of collective learning. It was an intensive [...]

Throughout the years, Equitas has been fortunate to garner the support of various foundations and funds to assist in its mission to advance equality, social justice, and respect for human dignity around the world. One that has been supporting Equitas for several years is the Maxwell Yalden Fund. Max Yalden was a member of Equitas’ [...]

The events of late spring of 2020 were a long overdue wake-up call for societies, not only in Canada but across the world. It highlighted how deeply engrained racist and colonial systems are within institutions. It raised acute awareness about how these systems negatively and violently impact folks who identify as Indigenous, Black, People of [...]

Each journey of a human rights defender is unique however, there is the shared experience of sometimes feeling discouraged or isolated, in addition to the joys of making progress. This tip sheet is inspired by the experiences and strategies shared by participating human rights defenders in the Spring 2022 EquiTalks panel discussion. It serves as [...]

On April 23rd and 24th, 36 people ran and raised funds for Equitas in the Charity Challenge at Parc Jean Drapeau in Montreal. More than $13 500 were raised this year for our third participation in the race.   We also counted on the support of a corporate partner, Accedian, a Montreal-based leader in performance analytics and end user experience [...]

Georgina Adhiambo is the Executive Director of Voices of Women in Western Kenya – a community-based organization focused on empowering and protecting the rights of lesbian, bisexual, and queer women in rural areas across Kenya. In order to strengthen her efforts to fight for these rights, Georgina participated in the first edition of Global Rights [...]