Equity & Anti-Racism

Creating communities where everyone feels they belong takes more than good intentions. It requires courageous leadership and a commitment to shifting systems.

The Equity and Anti-Racism skill area is designed to support changemakers in integrating equity, anti-racism, and reconciliation into their work.

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Online Synchronous Course

Anti-racism & Indigenous cultural competency

Join us for this interactive online course designed to help you build a deeper understanding of the ongoing impacts of colonization and systemic racism, and how to take meaningful action in your community change work.

You’ll explore practical tools, frameworks, and strategies to support equity and reconciliation in your organization and beyond.

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Intersections of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging (DEIB) and Community Change

Looking to strengthen your confidence in leading equity-focused change?

This online course will help you build the skills to navigate complex conversations, co-create inclusive policies, and lead with care and clarity. Grounded in 2SLGBTQIA+ and accessibility frameworks, the learning is designed to support you in building communities where everyone feels seen, heard, and valued.

Meet the team

Rochelle Ignacio (she/her) is an equity strategist, facilitator, public speaker and community builder who guides organizations and individuals through meaningful equity and anti-racism journeys. Grounded in an intentional, relational, and care-based framework, she fosters environments where belonging, reconciliation, and transformative change can take root.

Since 2021, she has led Tamarack Institute’s inaugural Equity & Indigenization team, spearheading the Seeds of Transformation, a loving framework for equity, belonging and reconciliation. Rochelle embeds equity into organizational culture by shaping policies, leading training programs, and coaching teams. Rochelle is experienced in developing equity strategies and coaching teams on developing disaggregated employee engagement dashboards.

Beyond consulting, Rochelle advances Black mobility and belonging through social entrepreneurship focused on developing economic opportunities for Black entrepreneurs in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

Shanese Green (nee Steele) (she/they) is a bridge-builder, advocate, and equity-driven community animator dedicated to fostering spaces of belonging and transformation. As Senior Community Animator, Equity and Reconciliation at Tamarack Institute for Community Engagement, she brings 14 years of experience in collaborative community development, collective capacity building, and place-based learning.

An Afro-Indigenous femme of Métis, Trinidadian, and Grenadian descent with Anishinaabe familial ties, Shanese’s work is deeply rooted in relational strategies for conflict navigation, 2SLGBTQIA+ inclusion, reconciliation, and decolonial practice. She is passionate about equitable policy development, transformative curriculum design, anti-racism, and systemic equity, particularly in the context of youth leadership, community engagement, and gender-based violence prevention. Shanese's work weaves together traditional knowledge, intersectional frameworks, and community-led action, always centering a decolonial, queer, feminist, and pro-Black approach. A published writer, her work can be found in Xtra Magazine, The Trent Arthur, Global Indigenous Youth: Through Their Eyes (Columbia), and Nutmeg and Sage Blog.

Collaborative Community Development

Building Collective Capacity

Place-Based Learning

Relational Strategies for Conflict Navigation

2SLGBTQIA+ Inclusion & Equity

Reconciliation & Decolonial Practice

Equitable Policy Development

Transformative Curriculum & Educational Design

Anti-Racism & Systemic Equity

Youth Leadership & Community Engagement

Gender-based violence Prevention & Response

Equity & Anti-Racism at Tamarack

Rooted in Indigenous knowledge, decolonial thinking, pro-Black and feminist approaches, all resources and support offered will help you move from checklists to deeper, more lasting impacts of equity, regardless of where your journey began. The Equity and Anti-Racism skill centre will equip you with practical tools, lasting reflections on our shared cultural legacies of colonialism and racism while learning how to centre voices and leadership of people most affected by systemic barriers.

Designed for changemakers by changemakers, this opportunity is for anyone working to develop a just and equitable future from the inside out. Through learning and integrating necessary frameworks, we will support you to show up with intention and accountability while building a strong foundation of Learning and Unlearning along the way.