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Anti-Racism & DEIB Workshops
Looking to create meaningful learning and courageous conversations within your team?
Our anti-racism sessions are available as accessible lunch-and-learns or more in-depth workshops, depending on your organization’s needs.
Each session is designed to meet participants where they are and create a respectful, judgment-free space to examine systemic racism, ask honest questions, and build shared understanding.
Whether your organization is beginning this work or looking to deepen its approach, participants leave with practical insights, clearer language, and actionable steps they can apply in the workplace.
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Race Table Talks
Pull up a chair and join the conversation.
When racial tension, difficult conversations, or unresolved incidents exist within a team, avoiding the issue only allows it to grow.
Race Table Talks is where we bring people together over a shared meal for honest, guided conversations about racism and its impact on our lives, workplaces, and communities.
In a supportive, small-group setting, Laurabel helps participants explore complex topics, and challenge assumptions without fear of judgment. participants leave with deeper understanding, a stronger shared language, and practical steps for fostering equity and inclusion in the spaces they influence.
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Keynotes
Bring transformative conversations to your event with one of Canada’s 100 Most Influential Women.
Laurabel is a dynamic, award-winning speaker who goes beyond buzzwords—delivering real, actionable insights on anti-racism, diversity, equity, and inclusion.
Through engaging storytelling, lived experience, and thought-provoking strategies, inspire your audience to reflect on meaningful change in their workplaces and communities.
Whether the goal is to spark dialogue or deepen understanding, these talks leave lasting impact empowering attendees to turn awareness into action.
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Policy Creation & Review
Join us in creating policies that don’t just check a box — but truly champion equity and inclusion at every level.
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Customized Workshops
Give your team the tools to build a more inclusive, welcoming workplace through engaging, customized workshops.
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Discovery Call
Let’s take 30 minutes to talk about your goals and how I can support you. No pressure — just a chance to connect.
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Frequently Asked Questions
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We offer a full range of anti-racism and DEIB services for organizations across Canada.
That includes workshops and facilitated sessions, keynote speaking, organizational assessments and equity audits, Race Table Talks, workplace investigations, policy review and development, eLearning course development, and professional writing.
Every engagement is built for the organization I'm working with.
If you're not sure which service is the right starting point, that's what the discovery call is for. We figure it out together.
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Anyone who is ready to do the work honestly.
My clients include nonprofits, government bodies, health organizations, post-secondary institutions, unions, arts organizations, and private sector companies. I work with executive teams, frontline staff, boards, HR professionals, and everyone in between.
My programs are designed to meet people where they are. You don't need to be an expert in equity to attend. You need to be willing to reflect, ask questions, and take what you learn back into your everyday practice.
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It starts with a conversation.
Once you reach out, we book a discovery call. That's a 30 to 45 minute conversation where I learn about your organization, what's going on, what you're hoping to address, and what success looks like for you. There's no pressure on that call. It's just about figuring out if and how I can help.
From there, I put together a proposal with a recommended approach, scope, and investment. Once you're ready to move forward, we sign an agreement, lock in the dates, and get to work.
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You can expect to be challenged and supported at the same time.
My sessions are not lectures. They're facilitated experiences, which means there's discussion, reflection, real scenarios, and practical tools. People leave with something they can actually use, not just a handout they'll file away.
You can also expect me to be honest. I'm not here to make everyone comfortable. I'm here to help people learn something real and take it back into their work. That sometimes means naming things that feel uncomfortable. That's okay. Discomfort is part of growth.
What I do make sure of is that the space is structured in a way that supports that process.
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Race Table Talks are facilitated conversations for white people, led by racialized facilitators.
Yes, this approach is intentional.
The burden of anti-racism education should not keep landing on the people who are most affected by racism. Race Table Talks exist so that white staff, leaders, and colleagues can do their own work in a space designed for that purpose.
These sessions are facilitated by racialized facilitators who are trained to hold that space.
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Pricing depends on the scope of the engagement, the size of your organization, and what you're looking to do. A keynote looks different from a multi-session workshop series. An organizational assessment looks different from a one-time facilitation. So there's no single number I can give you here that would actually be useful.
If you have a set budget, tell me. I'd rather have a real conversation than have you walk away assuming it wasn't possible. Reach out and we'll figure out what makes sense from there. -
Book a discovery call.
That's the starting point for everything. Before we talk about services or pricing or timelines, I need to understand what's actually going on in your organization and what you're trying to build. Sometimes what people think they need and what they actually need are two different things, and that call is how we sort that out together.
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Send me an email at laurabel@laurabelmba.com or use the contact form on the website.
Tell me who you are, what you're working on, and what you're hoping to do. I'll get back to you within two business days and we'll set up a discovery call from there.
I answer my own email. So when you reach out, you're talking to me.
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Because good intentions don't protect your people.
I have been living and working in Newfoundland and Labrador since 2011. I spent four years in the not-for-profit sector here and watched this province change. The communities being served across NL look different than they did when I arrived, and the same is true nationally. Organizations are more diverse than ever and a lot of them are operating without the policies, training, or culture to support that reality.
When something goes wrong, and it will if there's no foundation in place, it costs someone something real. A sense of safety. A sense of belonging. Sometimes a job.
This work isn't about checking a box. It's about building organizations where everyone actually has a shot at showing up fully and being supported when they do. That matters to me. It should matter to you too.
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I worked in the not-for-profit sector here and kept running into the same gap: organizations that genuinely wanted to do better but had no real framework for what that looked like, especially when it came to race. The conversations were happening. The incidents were happening. The support wasn't.
I started doing this work formally because I knew I could help organizations build something real, not just deliver a training and disappear.
This work is personal for me. I built this business because I believe organizations can do better, and I know how to help them get there.