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For all media inquiries, please contact Odette McCarthy: omccarthy@equitas.org 2025 Hate crimes in Canada rise for sixth straight year: CBC Listen radio interview with Angie Osachoff July 30th, 2025: Hate crimes in Canada rise for sixth straight year | The Early Edition Time for Canada to step up as a human rights world leader: Oped [...]

For all Media inquiries, please contact Jean-Sebastien Vallée at JValle@equitas.org 2025 October 27, 2025 - Press Release: 75 human rights defenders from around the world gather in Orford for internationally renowned training February 10, 2025 - Press Release: EquiTalks - Connecting Climate Justice and Human Rights for a Just Future  2024 December 2, 2024 - [...]

Applications are now closed!The 42nd edition of the International Human Rights Training Program (IHRTP) will be held from October 26 to November 7th, 2025 ! For any questions, please reach out to the team at pifdh-ihrtp@equitas.org. We can’t wait to embark on this next chapter together and look forward to welcoming human rights educators and [...]

Change happens one extraordinary, courageous person at a time. Professional conflict-resolvers, challengers of the status quo, fighters against violence and exploitation, and human rights defenders everywhere are the people who push our world forward with the goal of achieving equality, tolerance, and respect for human dignity. With the protection of universal human rights as a [...]

Children and Youth Leading the Change the World Needs   Equitas develops educational programs to promote respect for human rights in Canada and around the world. These programs are carried out by agents of change who are mindful of justice and equality for all. Children and young people are at the heart of the changes [...]

Our Impact around the World All of Equitas' international projects consider gender equality through an intersectional approach and integrate gender-based analysis. Equitas has a specific project dedicated to gender equality on the international level, Advancing Equality through Human Rights Education. Discrimination and violence against women and girls are widespread, deep-rooted, and prevalent in many parts [...]

Funding Transformative Change It is thanks to the generous support of our loyal partners, socially responsible sponsors, and dedicated donors that Equitas is able to instigate change in the world. We raised over $150,000 in the past year to help train human rights defenders, encourage young leaders to take action, and amplify the voices of [...]

A Word from the President “I was humbled by the commitment and energy the Equitas team demonstrates in how they engage communities domestically and internationally, to advance equality and social justice through human rights education programs.” - Darryl Yates, Executive Director, Clinical Programs at SickKids Hospital Executive Committee Darryl Yates, President Executive Director, Clinical Programs [...]

Letter of support from The Right Honourable Justin Trudeau, Prime Minister of Canada, on the occasion of Equitas' 50th Anniversary! " (...) I would like to commend everyone associated with Equitas - International Center for Human Rights Education, past and present, for their dedication to promoting human rights values. Your efforts are a source of inspiration for [...]

Who we are Equitas was founded in Montreal in 1967 by a group of eminent Canadian scholars and social activists, including the co-drafter of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, John P. Humphrey, women’s rights activist Thérèse Casgrain and the “ambassador of persons with disabilities”, Dr. Gustave Gingras. The co-founders strongly believed that education in […]