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Congratulations on completing the survey! Below you will find your persona report which gives more insights about where your organization might be needing support and guidance in developing knowledge, skills, and values in justice and equity work. The following persona is a suggestion for where your organization may be in their journey, and it might not fully capture the needs, motivations, and/or challenges your organization is experiencing.
Scrappy Squirrels
Like squirrels, your organization is moving rapidly in many directions when it comes to justice and equity work. Reacting to the urgency and importance of dismantling harmful systems, your organization can be found doing lots of training and quickly implementing new ways of working. You’re not held back by fear of failure, however you’ve tried so much and aren’t sure where to focus your energy. You may feel disconnected from some communities and could benefit from formally evaluating your justice and equity efforts.
Want support with how to debrief the results for you and your team?
Motivations
- With a learn forward attitude – your organization is unafraid of trying new things or making mistakes.
- You value learning and know this is an ongoing commitment.
- You want to do better, and are consistently trying to improve, but may be stuck on going deeper.
Pain Points
- You may feel disconnected from diverse community groups outside of those that you directly serve.
- You genuinely don’t know where your gaps are in progressing beyond where you are now.
- You may be constantly trying new things.
- You aren’t formally or regularly evaluating all of your programming or equity work in communities.
Needs
- Collaboration and consultation on setting clear and realistic strategic visioning and goals.
- Learn about and become confident in embedded evaluation practices.
- Access to a peer network of organizations with similar goals in justice and equity.
- More knowledge about harm reduction practices because of how responsive and active you are in the communities that you serve.
How you interact with Justice and Equity
- Leaders, staff and in some cases boards are committed to this work.
- They engage content experts to direct their learning.
- They value and prioritize relationships with the communities that they serve but they don’t know how to deepen them.
Want support turning your team’s insights into action? By signing up for ongoing support on your journey, you’ll receive our debrief and reflective tools right to your inbox over the course of a few months. This will allow you and your team time to engage with the resources on the platform, and equip you with support to integrate your learnings.
Beyond these resources, we’re fostering communities of practice for organizations committed to this work. As these networks evolve, we’ll keep you connected, ensuring you have the space to collaborate, share, and grow.
Join us in shaping a future where learning leads to meaningful action.
Resources for the Scrappy Squirrels
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HR Toolkit
Build Inclusive OrganizationsHuman Resources toolkit with in-depth information and research about HR policies, legislation, succession planning, equity, recruitment and workplace wellness.
Success Stories from Boards on a Journey to Diversity and Inclusion
Build Inclusive OrganizationsCanadian report aimed at leaders and practitioners in the impact sector to review board governance, highlighting sector conversations with leading (Indigenous and non-Indigenous) organizations on the journey to diversity and inclusion.
Measuring Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Accessibility: Part 1,2,3
Build Inclusive OrganizationsA blog centered on research and statistics exploring hardships, difficulties, and barriers of newcomers as they navigate their way into Canadian society. It examines setting ambitious and achievable goals for an organization.
Accessibility Tool Kit
Build Inclusive OrganizationsDisability JusticeThe Accessibility Toolkit, a collaboration between Humber College students, faculty, and Tangled Art + Disability, prioritizes inclusivity and accessibility in arts. TAD supports Deaf, Mad, and disability-identified artists, fostering disability arts in Canada through an inclusive lens.
Beyond territorial acknowledgments
Build Inclusive Organizations, Shift the SystemsIndigenousHighlighting the importance of moving beyond land acknowledgements & exploring the purposes from Indigenous perspectives, what can be learned, & how we might move beyond by following Indigenous led best practices.
Secrets from the EDI Leader Labs for BIPOC and white leaders
Get InspiredPodcasts from Anima Cafés, focusing on EDI literacy. Each episode is focused on a unique and current issue in the EDI landscape, hosted by an Anima team member with guests from around the globe.
Asset Based Community Development (ABCD) Online Communities of Practice
Shift the SystemsCommunity of practice on Asset-Based Community Development helping practitioners to go deeper into ABCD practice. Participants explore helpful tools and resources by bringing together practitioners across 9 countries who are working on similar complex challenges.
Mad In America
Shift the SystemsDisability JusticeA website with articles focused on challenging dominant narratives around madness, mental illness, and neurodivergence.
Dreaming New Worlds: Stories of Pride
Shift the Systems2SLGBTQIA+An anthology of art by 2SLGBTQIA+ Youth in Mi’kma’ki and the Youth Project. This resource helps illuminate perspectives of the future from a queer lens that can help you better understand assumptions, beliefs, and values related to 2SLGBTQIA+ justice.
Developmental Evaluation Readiness Assessment Tool
Build Inclusive Organizations, Shift the SystemsDevelopmental Evaluation serves initiatives that are implemented in quickly changing and complex contexts. It honors non-traditional forms of evaluation and ways of knowing. This short tool assesses readiness and provides tools for this method.
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