Conversation Starters: Rights-based conversations for mixed youth groups
This game designed for youth aged 12-19 invites them to reflect on fairness, respect, inclusion, and rights in their everyday lives while learning about children’s rights. It works well with mixed groups, including newcomer and non-newcomer youth, recognizing that youth spaces are shaped by many different experiences and backgrounds.
Allyship Sparks: Conversation Cards for Youth and their Adult Allies
These cards help young people aged 12+ and the adults who support them: parents, guardians, youth workers, teachers, coaches, mentors, etc. engage in honest, open and constructive dialogue about allyship across generations and in various settings.
Practicing Youth Allyship Through Human Rights
This tool outlines 7 key actions for practicing rights-based allyship. Adult allies are encouraged to use it to deepen self-awareness and set goals to strengthen their support for young people. Also available in French.
Celebrate National Child Day: Let’s Make Sure Kids Are Heard!
This activity, divided into two parts, invites young people to first discover or remember their rights, before letting them express themselves on a postcard to be sent to the federal Prime Minister. Also available in French.
Needs & Offers Activity: Strengthening Ally Relationships Between Youth and Youth Workers
Equitas and Éducaloi present this interactive activity, supported by the City of Montreal, aimed at strengthening relationships between young people and youth workers. Through a collaborative matching exercise, participants explore the strengths of the allyship, while acknowledging its limitations and identifying areas for future growth. Also available in French.
Needs & Offers Activity: Strengthening Ally Relationships Between Youth and their Caregivers
Equitas and Éducaloi present this activity, supported by the City of Montreal, aimed at young people and the adults who accompany them. The objective is to strengthen their relationship as allies by exploring the responsibilities of guardians, the needs of young people, and the limits and strengths of their bond, to better support their development […]
Explore Your Rights: Interactive Community Map for Youth
This presentation aims to educate young Montrealers about the various legal rights to which they have access in their communities. The mapping is based on the Prezi platform, which offers an immersive and dynamic experience. (The information in this tool is up to date to January 2025. This tool only applies in Quebec and is […]
Manifesto : We, the Montreal youth
This manifesto was generated through extensive dialogues consultations with over 250 Montreal youth and authored by Equitas with the intent of synthesizing, and amplifying the diverse reflections voiced by the youth. The manifesto serves as a call to action against racism, racial injustice, children’s rights violations, discrimination, and exclusion in the city.
Peace by piece: Youth voices for fighting racism, discrimination, and exclusion
This pamphlet is a human rights education tool designed and authored by an intergenerational team of BPOC activists, educators and allies from across Canada as part of the Equitas’ National Dialogue Against Racism Collective 2023, in partnership with Concordia University. Also available in French.
The purpose of children’s rights
This video spotlights several fundamental children’s rights enshrined in the Convention on the Rights of the Child. It sheds light on the stark reality that, despite these protections, numerous children in Canada continue to face rights violations. Children’s rights emphasize the importance of treating all children equally, with dignity, and with utmost respect. Also available […]