Build a workplace where everyone belongs and thrives
One DEI Consulting is a Toronto-based, women-led equity firm helping organizations across the GTA and Ontario move from good intentions to lasting, measurable change.
The status quo is not working, and good intentions are not enough. We help you uncover what is holding your workplace back and build a clear, evidence-based plan to fix it.
- RETHINKING DEIA
Most DEIA efforts stall because they start in the wrong place
A committee, a one-off training, or a values statement rarely changes how a workplace actually feels. Real change starts with understanding your organization as a whole, then building strategy from evidence rather than assumptions.
That is the work we do. We look at your leadership, policies, environment, programs, and communications, and how they shape each other, so the plan we build with you addresses root causes, not symptoms.
- HOW WE HELP
Four ways we move your workplace forward
Every engagement is tailored, intersectional, and grounded in evidence from your own organization, never a template pulled off a shelf.
DEIA Strategy
DEIA Strategy
A tailored, intersectional roadmap that turns your goals into short and long-term actions your team can actually deliver.
Equity Audits and Policy Review
A clear-eyed look at your current state through a DEIA lens, so you know exactly where the barriers are.
Custom Toolkits
Custom Toolkits
Practical, organization-specific resources that help your people put inclusion into daily practice.
Training and Workshops
Evidence-based sessions built around your team’s real needs, not a generic curriculum.
- HOW WE WORK
A clear process, from first conversation to lasting change
We follow a proven four-phase approach that keeps the work grounded, collaborative, and realistic for your capacity.
Discovery and Planning
Getting Aligned
We align on goals, scope, and shared expectations.
Assessment and Audit
Understanding today
We build a 360-degree picture of your current state through surveys, interviews, and policy review.
Analysis and Strategy
Building the plan
We identify the key gaps and opportunities and co-create tailored recommendations.
Reporting and Presentation
Carrying it forward
We deliver a clear plan and equip your team to carry it forward.
- WHY ONE DEI
What sets our work apart
Led by lived experience.
We are a racialized, neurodivergent, women-led firm. We understand the structural, historical, and emotional realities of this work because we have lived and studied them.
Evidence-based and intersectional.
Every recommendation is grounded in data from your own organization and examined through an intersectional lens.
Tailored, never templated.
Your strategy is built for your culture, your capacity, and your goals.
Trauma-informed and human-centered.
We hold this work with care, clarity, and respect for everyone it touches.
Trusted across the public, nonprofit, union, and private sectors
Certified diverse supplier
- FREE RESOURCE
Not sure where your organization stands?
Start with our free DEIA Self-Assessment Checklist. In a few minutes, you will get a clearer picture of your organization’s strengths, gaps, and best next steps toward a more inclusive workplace.
- Spot the barriers hiding in your policies
- See where values and practice diverge
- Know your strongest next step
DEIA Self-Assessment Checklist
- LET'S TALK
Ready to build a workplace where everyone can thrive?
Let’s talk about your goals and where you are today. Book a free discovery call and we will show you what a path forward could look like.