Request for Proposals – Equity Audit for ACT - About ACT:

Mr Request for Proposals – Equity Audit for ACT About ACT: Founded in 1983 as the AIDS Committee of Toronto (ACT), today ACT works to reduce new HIV infections in Toronto and promotes the independence, dignity, health, and well- being of people living with HIV and AIDS and those at increased risk of HIV infection. [...] ACT works with the communities most affected by HIV and other sexually transmitted infections in Toronto including cis and trans gay, bisexual, and other queer men, women at increased risk for HIV (including African, Caribbean, and Black cis and trans women) and young people at increased risk for HIV. [...] Recent global and local events and the very troubling incidents and pain experienced by Black, Indigenous, Jewish, Muslim, Asian, and Queer communities point to the need to raise awareness for all systemic racism and colonial aspects embedded in all social institutions. [...] ACT’s Board of Directors is requesting consultancy support to conduct a whole agency equity audit – including governance (Board of Directors), management and staff – to review ACT’s communication, culture, practices, and policies/procedures in order to make recommendations which support EDID in ACT’s workplace, employment practices, boardroom, and communications, and to identify barriers or challe. [...] There will be a separate process considering EDID relating directly to the delivery of ACT’s programs and services, including a service user survey, which will be undertaken as part of the strategic planning process, and is therefore not part of the current RFP scope.