Having completed over 70 Equity Audits, Turner Consulting Group is a leader in the field. We conduct Equity Audits that focus both on the workplace and the delivery of programs and services.
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The focus of an Equity Audit is to identify, and make recommendations for the removal of, the barriers to groups of people who have experienced historic and persistent discrimination in the labour market and society. 

Equity Audit:  Employment​

A Employment Equity Audit (or Employment Systems Review) involves the examination of each employment policy, practice and process (both formal and informal), as well as the corporate culture and work environment, to determine if they present a barrier to the hiring, advancement or full inclusion of employees who experience persistent and systemic discrimination in employment, namely women, racialized people, Indigenous peoples, persons with disabilities and 2SLGBTQ+. 

The Equity Audit also identifies the absence of policies or practices that could promote equity, diversity and inclusion.

Our Equity Audits include the following elements:
 

• Examination of written employment policies and procedures
• Review of any equity-related data and documents, e.g. human rights complaints, diversity training materials, employee engagement survey results
• Consultation with employees through an online survey and focus groups
• Consultation with senior leaders, human resources and union representatives
• Comprehensive examination and identification of barriers, and
• Development of recommendations to address the identified barriers and issues.

Equity Audit: Programs & Services

This Equity Audit reviews the organization's programs and services through an equity lens. 

These Equity Audits include the following elements:
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• Examination of written program policies and procedures
• Consultations with employees through an online survey and focus groups
• Consultation with clients and service users through online surveys and focus groups
• Where relevant, observations of programs and services
• Comprehensive examination and identification of  barriers to accessing services, equitable treatment and equitable outcomes, and
• Development of recommendations to address the identified barriers and issues.

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​We can also conduct investigations, provide training, conflict resolution, and coaching to help you address issues as they arise and help employees and the workplace heal after an issue has been resolved. 

OUR EXPERIENCE

We are leaders in the field, having completed over 70 Equity Audits for organizations in the non-profit, public and private sectors. A short list of these organizations is below.  

BRADFORD WEST GWILLIMBURY PUBLIC LIBRARY
CITY OF GUELPH
CITY OF HAMILTON
DISTRICT SCHOOL BOARD OF NIAGARA
GREATER ESSEX COUNTY DSB
HALIFAX REGIONAL AUTHORITY (MOPS DIVISION)
HAMILTON-WENTWORTH DSB
MIDDLESEX-LONDON HEALTH UNIT

ONTARIO ELEMENTARY CATHOLIC TEACHERS ASSOCIATION (OECTA)
ONTARIO PUBLIC SCHOOL BOARD ASSOCIATION
PEEL DSB
​PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA
​SHERIDAN COLLEGE
SIMCOE COUNTY DSB
UNITED WAY PEEL REGION
WINNIPEG SCHOOL DIVISION
YORK REGION DSB