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Terms of reference – Call for proposals: Animated video capsules to highlight the end of Advancing Equality Through Human Rights Education project

Call for proposals: Animated video capsules production
Context For 57 years, Equitas – International Center for Human Rights Education has been working towards advancing equality, social justice and respect of human dignity all around the world. Equitas is recognized as a leader in global efforts to design and deliver innovative and effective human rights education programs for first-line human rights defenders and [...]

Support Equitas at the Montreal Charity Challenge!

Here we go for a fifth consecutive year! Equitas will be on hand again this year at Parc Jean Drapeau for the  21K de Montreal Charity Challenge on April 20, 2024!   Every year, the Charity Challenge brings together various charitable organizations to raise funds for the different essential causes they support. These organizations create [...]

EquiTalks: Turning Division into Dialogue

EquiTalks: Turning division into dialogue
Join us for the first in-person EquiTalks in Montreal (Tiohtià:ke*) in four years! Equitas is excited to announce that the next EquiTalks will be taking place on February 15, 2024, under the theme of Turning Division into Dialogue. The event will include an in-person networking event from 5:30 pm to 6:30 pm EST followed by [...]

Human Rights Education Reminds Us of Our Shared Humanity

Human Rights Education Reminds us of our Shared Humanity. Donate.
This December 10, the world celebrates Human Rights Day and commemorates the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). The Declaration was written after World War II out of an urgent need to prevent such devastation and uphold equality and freedom for all, no matter one’s identity, beliefs or origins. The UDHR [...]

Our Gender Equality Policy

Equitas aspires through its human rights education programs to contribute to building a world where human dignity is respected, where non-discrimination and equality are prevalent principles and realities for all people. Equitas aspires to collectively build a world where gender equality for all is realized. Equitas seeks to contribute to global efforts to promote gender [...]

Aeroplan Matching Week is here!

You can donate points to Equitas any time of the year but during August 14 - 20, Aeroplan will DOUBLE your impact by matching points donated to Equitas up to 500,000 points! Why has Equitas been looking forward to this week? Donated Aeroplan points allow us to direct more of our resources towards creating and [...]

Diane Zittel | Human Rights Education Advisor, Guinea and Haiti

dzittel[at]equitas.org 666 Sherbrooke West – Suite 1100 Montreal, Quebec, H3A 1E7 Equitas acknowledges that its office is located on unceded Kanien'kehá:ka (Mohawk) land. Diane (she/her) joined Equitas as an intern for the first edition of the Global Rights Connection program in early 2022, followed by a second internship for the second edition. In May 2023, [...]

Charity Challenge 2023: Running in Solidarity for Human Rights

This past Earth Day, on April 22, Equitas staff, friends, family, and supporters gathered to take part in this year’s Charity Challenge at Parc Jean Drapeau in Montreal, to raise funds for Equitas. Some started their morning bright and early, running 21k at 8 am while those running 5k and 10k took off a few [...]