Building Equitable HR at Your Nonprofit is a brand-new free e-learning course developed by
OWL – Open World Learning in partnership with Imagine Canada’s HR Intervals. OWL gives nonprofits free online courses, resources, and community—so their teams can do more good, faster.
This course dives into what equity really means in a workplace (spoiler: it’s not the same as equality), why it matters for nonprofits, and how you can put it into action. You’ll explore frameworks like Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (JEDI) and Anti-Racism and Anti-Oppression (ARAO), learn how to run an equity audit, set meaningful goals, and design policies that actually strengthen your team and your impact.
Learning Objectives
By the end of this course, you will be able to:
- Explain key equity frameworks (e.g., JEDI, ARAO) and choose one that fits your organization’s HR strategy
- Assess your organization’s HR practices to identify equity barriers
- Set meaningful equity goals and measurements of success
- Design inclusive and collaborative policy development processes
- Create a roadmap for implementing equitable HR policies and practices
- Communicate equity-based HR policies effectively
Target Audience
Nonprofit CEOs, Executive Directors, Board Members, and HR Staff
Key Features
Animated videos, scenarios, interactive activities
Course duration
Approximately 25 minutes
