All Things Equitable Inc.
“We Make It Easy to be Equitable.”
All Things Equitable Inc. is one of the only management consulting firms, based in the Greater Toronto Area, addressing inequities in the workplace for all marginalized groups. We help organizations to be diverse, inclusive, safe, and to support the mental health and wellbeing of all their people. We go beyond diversity and inclusion and offer creative solutions for leadership development, and employee education. We help organizations to make system-wide improvements to their policies, procedures, and practices to achieve equity. We specialize in compliance in the areas of human rights, accessibility, workplace violence, and occupational health and safety. We break systemic and attitudinal barriers to inclusion through the assessment and audit of workplace practices, recommendations for improvement, and training.
Established in 2020, in the wake of the killing of George Floyd, the name All Things Equitable was chosen to reflect our belief that the current ways of doing things in organizations must change to treat everyone with compassion, respect, and empathy—to ensure everyone’s voice is heard and to ensure justice and dignity for all. Our aim with every engagement is to provide the best in diversity and inclusion innovation to each organization we work with so that they know how to treat people equitably for overall workplace wellbeing.
Janelle Benjamin
Founder & Principal Consultant
Janelle Benjamin is a Juris Doctor with almost 20 years of experience in diversity and inclusion, accessibility, and human rights. She has expertise leading corporate-wide diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives, making system-wide improvements to workplace policies and practices, and working with senior leadership to break systemic barriers to inclusion in society, so that everyone may participate fully. Her recommendations for change have resulted in large-scale transformation to organizations and continuous improvement in a multitude of sectors and she has been featured in Forbes, the Globe & Mail, the Toronto, Star, and has been seen on Rogers TV and the Ebony Podcast Network.
Janelle previously investigated complaints of discrimination and harassment at the Ontario Human Rights Commission. She later was senior policy advisor to the Honourable Jean Augustine, P.C. C.M., in her role as Fairness Commissioner for the Province of Ontario, and played a key role in working with regulators to break barriers for the fair registration and licensure of internationally trained professionals in regulated occupations. Professional and highly-skilled newcomers have had faster, fairer access to regulated professions like the Law Society of Upper Canada and health regulatory colleges like the Ontario College of Pharmacists as a direct result of Janelle’s work.
Janelle worked as a senior policy advisor at the Accessibility Directorate of Ontario, implementing the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005 (AODA), developing accessibility standards and breaking barriers for people with disabilities. Later she was the lead senior policy advisor for enterprise-wide accessibility at the Corporation for the Regional Municipality of York. There, she provided corporate coordination, policy analysis and implementation of the requirements set out in the AODA and the regulations and strategic advice to all internal departments (York Region, York Regional Police, York Regional Police Services Board, and Housing York Inc.). She also supported the York Region Accessibility Advisory Committee, the Diversity and Inclusion Staff Committee and the Municipal Diversity and Inclusion Group toward the development of a Regional Charter. Later, Janelle improved access to justice for people from all walks of life as a Manager of Initiatives, Process Improvement, and Collections in York Region Courts.
Janelle obtained her Bachelor of Arts from the University of Toronto. She obtained her law degree with a focus on International Law, Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) and a Litigation Certificate of Concentration from Western Michigan Cooley Law School. She has a Certificate in Process Management from Excellence Canada, a Certificate in Workplace Mental Health Leadership from Queen’s University, and a Certificate in Reconciliation Education for the Workplace from First Nations University of Canada. Janelle is also a Certified Diversity and Belonging Facilitator and is Certified in Joint Health and Safety for Management under the Occupational Health and Safety Act Ontario.
Janelle sat on the boards of not-for profits, including the African Canadian Social Development Council and the Warden Woods Community Centre. She was also part of the Diversity and Inclusion Collaborative that functioned as an advisory body to the President and CEO of Markham Stouffville Hospital and was a member of the inaugural Anti-Black Racism Task Force in the Town of Ajax where she resides. Janelle is a member of the Eligibility Review Committee of the Royal College of Dental Surgeons of Ontario. She is also a member of the Local Diversity & Immigration Partnership Council in the Regional Municipality of Durham and a member of the Anti-Black Racism and Black Excellence Committee at the Durham Catholic District School Board. She lives in Ajax with her two children and is committed to have them experience a fairer world.