A commitment to co-creating equity conscious solutions

SQ Consulting provides public sector agencies and community stakeholders with thoughtful, evidence-based and insightful advice to advance projects related to policy, strategic planning, and EDI (equity, diversity, and inclusion).

Influence Systemic Change I Prioritize Human Centered Design I Mitigate Barriers to Equity

About us

A passion for design thinking

Professional Services from SQ’s Design Lab:

Policy Development & Evaluation

Skillfully bridging policy gaps resulting in strategic/operational policies allowing you to have clear direction, feel strategically aligned and create the environment needed for you to do your best work.

Strategic Planning & Execution

  • Engaging Organisational Retreats
  • Interactive Design Charettes & Workshops
  • Annual/Semi-Annual Team Building Hubs

Facilitation & Engagement

Carefully crafted participatory processes that allow people to have open and meaningful dialogue, reach valuable agreements and make informed decisions.

Equity, Diversity & Inclusion Coaching

Certified Trauma Informed Coach with over 200 hours of experience customizing and tailoring trainings on unconscious bias, anti-racism, GBA+ (gender-based analysis plus), equity, diversity and inclusion.

Critical lenses

We Use As We Approach Problem Solving:

Equity Conscious Lens

  • GBA+ (Gender, Based Analysis Plus) Framework
  • Intersectionality
  • Cultural Competency
  • Differential Impact

Trauma-Informed Approach

  • Strengths based framework
  • Understanding of and responsiveness to the impact of trauma
  • Emphasizes physical, psychological, and emotional safety for both service providers and survivors
  • Integrates knowledge about trauma into policies, procedures, and practices; and seeks to actively resist re-traumatization

“We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.”

Albert Einstein