Beyond Diversity
Anti-oppression/ Anti-racism Anti-oppression (ARAO), Cultural Competence, Diversity, Inclusion, Equity: whatever the approach or model for managing your diverse workplace or services Competence Consultants & Associates specializes in addressing your unique organizational context and related needs.
Competence Consultants & Associates provides training and organizational development that creates common language and frameworks between individuals, teams and levels of an organization and introduces basic principles of anti-oppression, equity, power, privilege and cultural competence. When an organization or team has established a common approach to working across differences we can customize further levels of training or organizational development processes to fit their specific needs.
What We DoTraining and Development - including human rights, cultural competence, anti-oppression, conflict resolution and one on one coaching. |
Who we work withWe work with all sizes and types of organizations with a specialization in healthcare, social services, the not for profit, and community based sector. We have significant experience working for community based organizations with mandates focused on social change and issues of marginalization. |
Our ResultsCompetence Consultants works with individuals, groups and organizations; utilizing models and theories that break through resistance to change, create change agents, and transform organizational cultures. |
"Staff feedback on the foundation level training was overwhelmingly positive! Gloria and Douglas are sensitive and engaging facilitators. We are planning the second level of training and will work with them on our broader diversity strategy. We recommend them whole heartedly."
Louise Goldhar
Associate Director, Services and Operations Toronto Region CNIB
