Our Services

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  • Organizational Capacity Development

  • Educational Courses

  • Third Party Training

  • Community / Employee Engagement Opportunities

  • Consulting

Organizational Capacity Development

  • A structured approach or set of guidelines to promote fairness, respect, and equitable opportunities for all, regardless of their backgrounds or identities. It includes policies, practices, and initiatives to create an inclusive environment, address systemic barriers, and foster diversity and inclusion within an organization.

  • Includes mission and vision statements, data collection and analysis, leadership commitment, policies and procedures, training and education, recruitment and retention strategies, community/employee engagement, accountability measures, continuous improvement, communication and transparency.

  • Includes statement of commitment related to corporate/council priorities, legal compliance, scope and objectives, definitions, responsibilities, recruitment and hiring practices, training and development, work environment/culture, monitoring and reporting, complaints and grievances procedures, and review and evaluation.

  • A comprehensive resource to help organizations create a supportive environment for employees undergoing gender transitions, ensuring dignity, respect, and equity. This resource is developed with persons with lived experience and the local 2SLGBTQ+ community (internal and/or external).

  • Practical strategies and tools to ensure your meetings are accessible, respectful, and inclusive, empowering all participants to engage fully. This resource is developed with persons with lived experience (internal and/or external).

  • Organizations want to reflect the diversity of the community they serve. Involves a review of current recruitment, hiring, promotions, and retention practices to identify areas for improvement. Inclusive hiring practices include providing unconscious bias and other training for those involved in the hiring process.

  • With volunteers from your employee teams, we can develop a structured initiative to identify and train multilingual employees to breakdown language barriers, support effective communication and foster inclusivity within diverse workplaces. This is especially important and helpful when your clients are from diverse backgrounds. It also helps demonstrate the some of the diversity within your organization.

  • Involves preparation and planning, data collection and analysis, employee engagement, review of policies and practices, identification of strengths and challenges, development of recommendations, implementation planning, monitoring and evaluation, communication and transparency.

  • See Educational Courses section below

Educational Courses

  • How to actively support and advocate for marginalized/underemployed communities. Includes understanding privilege, intersectionality, systems of oppression, listening and learning, anti-oppression frameworks, bystander intervention, cultural competence, self-reflection and accountability, building relationships and coalitions, and continuous learning.

  • Empowers bystanders to intervene effectively in situations of injustice or harm. Includes: understanding racism, implicit bias, intersectionality, microaggressions, bystander intervention, active listening and empathy, cultural competence, allyship, organizational culture change management, self-reflection and action planning.

  • Promotes awareness, understanding, and action to address gender-based inequalities and promote fairness and equity for all genders. Includes gender concepts and terminology, gender bias and stereotypes, intersectionality, gender-based discrimination and harassment, gender pay gaps, gender-inclusive language, policies and practices, gender-based violence prevention, and advocacy and allyship.

  • Promotes awareness, understanding, and compliance with national, provincial and territorial human rights laws and principles. Includes an overview of the legislation, protected grounds and areas, prohibited discrimination, rights and responsibilities, accommodation, undue hardship, preventing and addressing racism and discrimination, diversity and inclusion, case studies and scenarios, and the role of human rights tribunals and commissions.

  • Focuses on increasing awareness of cultural differences, values, norms, and communication styles. Aims to build understanding, empathy, adaptability, and conflict resolution in cross-cultural contexts. Teaches navigation of cultural differences with sensitivity and respect, and to foster inclusive and harmonious relationships in multicultural settings.

  • Awareness and understanding of unconscious biases people may have, how they impact decision-making, policy development, and other aspects of an organization. Involves interactive activities, discussions, and case studies to help participants recognize and challenge their own biases, and how to unlearn them.

  • Building capacity within the organization for your staff to deliver the courses. We wholeheartedly believe in building internal capacity for your EDI initiatives which is why we offer the opportunity for your staff to become trainers themselves. This fortifies your commitment to EDI work.

Third Party Training

  • Allyship is an active and consistent effort to use your privilege and power to support and advocate for people with less privilege. This training program empowers employees to take meaningful action and build an inclusive workplace culture.

  • Designed to be flexible and to be tailored to suit your organization’s needs, this program features almost 100 digital cards that highlight specific instances of workplace bias. The cards are organized into 12 sets curated for different audiences. Explore scenarios and have open discussions on how to approach issues. Provides background information based on annual research, and provides practical tips on how to address bias.

  • #IAmRemarkable is a global movement that empowers everyone to celebrate their achievements in the workplace and beyond. It’s all about breaking the bias. Imposter syndrome. Stereotypes. Culture. For many reasons, lots of us feel uncomfortable sharing our achievements. By amplifying stories and research on the transformative power of self-promotion, we want to inspire every single person to share their accomplishments. During the 90-minute online workshop, participants will learn the importance of self-promotion in your personal and professional life and be equipped with tools to develop this skill.

  • Developed by KAIROS Canada in partnership with Indigenous communities across Canada, this is an interactive workshop with local Indigenous and non-Indigenous facilitators to learn about the history of colonization of this land and its impact on the First Nations, Inuit and Metis people on it. Participants step on blankets representing the land. The activity covers pre-contact, treaty-making, colonization, resistance and much more. It concludes with a talking circle for participants to discuss the experience.

Community / Employee Engagement Opportunities

  • EDI Conversations Series with Persons with Lived Experience (i.e. Lunch and Learn) Facilitation of dialogues, learning and understanding among employees for the purpose of education and awareness, promotion of inclusion, empathy and connection, professional development, inspiration and motivation. They help to create a more inclusive and supportive workplace culture where all employees feel valued, respected, and empowered to bring their whole, authentic selves to work.

  • We can help you establish internal networks to help support your EDI initiatives.

    Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) are voluntary, employee-led groups within your organization focused on a specific demographic, identity or shared interest to provide support, networking, professional development, and advocacy for its members. They also serve as a resource for the organization to promote EDI initiatives and provide feedback on related policies and practices.

    EDI Teams can benefit your organization by championing and implementing EDI initiatives among employees. They can be involved in development of assessment, strategic plan, framework, as well as training and education.

  • Each month we offer Talks with Tymm where our consultant, Tymmarah Mackie, offers an hour of her time to share ideas about equity, diversity and inclusion and/or to discuss current events, new legislation, etc. Talks with Tymm is pay what you can to remove any barriers for participants.

  • .5, 1 or 2-day Customized EDI Workshops

    1 or 2-day Customized EDI Conference

    Contact us to discuss the possibilities.

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