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5 Key Take-A-Ways on the Right to housing
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This document gathers findings and recommendations from a roundtable hosted by the Simces & Rabkin Family Dialogue on Human Rights in partnership with Equitas and the Canadian Museum for Human Rights tackling the pressing issue of housing rights.

Promoting our results: Lessons learned and best practices
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This document is a tip sheet called Promoting our results, presenting lessons learned and good practices that have been documented through the activities of the Act Together for Inclusion Fund (ACTIF) working group. Resource also available in French.

Decolonizing our Partnerships and Practices
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The “Decolonizing our Partnership and Practices” knowledge package incorporates checklists and recommendations of how Equitas can decolonize our practices. To ensure participatory community engagement, Equitas staff and their international partners developed guidelines to encourage co-construction of tools and activities in human rights education with the local communities where we work. Also available in French.

Manifesto : We, the Montreal youth
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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.

Building a trail: From policy to action

Building a trail: From policy to action
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This interactive presentation is a depiction of a collective activity during a gathering of Equitas partners in 2024. Participants were invited to think on solutions and strategies to turn recommended policies into implementable and concrete action. Discover a trail for a better implementation of policy related to gender equality, gender-based violence and participation of women. […]

#EquiTalks : How can we turn division into dialogue?
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This brochure gathers the answers of five human rights defenders during the 2024 #EquiTalks panel discussion, who attempted to answer the question: How can we turn division into dialogue? The brochure suggests potential solutions and tips to counteract the polarization of opinions on human rights. Also available in French.

Human rights education… What is that?

Human rights education... What is that?
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This graphic was made as part of a visual thinking workshop hosted by Percolab during an Equitas event in 2024 involving 30+ human rights educators and partners. The graphic is the product of the ideas that were shared and summarizes what is the human rights education process. Also available in French.

Building meaningful North-South partnerships: Lessons learned and best practices
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The following lessons learned and good practices have been documented through the activities of the Act Together for Inclusion Fund (ACTIF) working group. This working group brings together Canadian organizations that have received funding from to carry out, in partnership with organizations in the South, projects that strengthen the respect, protection and fulfillment of the […]

Where I Live: A Community Mapping Activity
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The goal of this activity on children’s rights is to map areas in communities where children and youth face exclusion, discrimination, and where their rights are not respected, while also providing them with the opportunity to discuss the changes they want to see. Also available in French.