about us
Ketcia Peters Group Inc. (KPG) provides bilingual organizational and human development services to the public and private sector. This includes analysis and coaching of HR practices, strategic planning, organizational change, equity and inclusion, and anti-racism. KPG also provides individual and group coaching.
In recent years, KPG has shifted to greatly expand its equity, diversity and inclusion work at the international community level, with a focus on human rights, anti-racism, anti-oppression and sustainable development. This work centers on a trauma-informed approach in order to ensure we do not cause further harm to those most marginalized in our communities. KPG has a network of diverse meeting/workshop designers, facilitators and coaches who are prepared to work collaboratively with organizations committed to long-term change.
KETCIA PETERS, CITP®|FIBP®, ICF, PCC, TICC, TIGC
Ketcia Peters, Certified International Trade Professional CITP®|FIBP® is an award winning entrepreneur and human rights activist with a record of strong results delivered for individuals and organizations across civil society, government and the private sector.
Ketcia Peters, a media personality on human rights issues, is a dynamic international business developer, dedicated to assisting companies in enhancing opportunities, increasing brand visibility, and achieving their goals in local and international markets. With a portfolio encompassing multiple ventures, she is a prominent figure within the Black Community in the National Capital Region. Additionally, Ketcia serves as a United Nations Delegate representing the Canadian Black Civil Society at the Permanent Forum on People of African Descent in New-York and Geneva Switzerland.
A senior management consultant, expert bilingual facilitator and coach with over 15 years of experience in the field of organizational development, change management and talent management. Ms. Peters has worked with Ottawa Police and other enforcement organizations in Canada.
As the former Community Chair of the Ottawa Community and Police Action Committee (COMPAC) an advisory committee under the Ottawa Police budget representing a partnership between diverse communities and the Ottawa Police Service (OPS). Under her leadership Ketcia supported the OPS to lead the Ottawa Police Service’s Traffic Stop Race Data Collection Project (TSRDCP), a pioneering community-based research project that involved undertaking the largest race data collection in Canadian policing history. The project arose from an agreement between the Ontario Human Rights Commission (OHRC) and the Ottawa Police Services Board, The Ottawa Police Service (OPS). The OHRC and OPS believe that race data collection is part of an organizational approach to ensuring bias-neutral policing services. This project is ongoing.
Ketcia is also a strong advocate of crime prevention measures for at risk youth and delinquency, she delivers a program called “IT’S A TRAP!” at schools and community churches that identifies how the system works and addresses issues when caught in the trap of the criminal justice system.
She manages efforts to bring awareness around issues of policing and justice. In her role on COMPAC, she worked with representatives of the Ottawa Police Service (OPS) and Aboriginal and racialized communities to develop a Strategic Plan that included Values and Ethics as well as Conflict Resolution programs that have been helpful in ensuring ethical conduct of COMPAC members and in proactively resolving critical incidents between the police and Aboriginal and racialized communities in Ottawa.
One of the main drivers in developing this strategic plan was to have a reframing of the challenges that OPS had with these communities and thus creating a culture change. Her voluntary role enabled her to have an advanced knowledge of public safety, especially with “at risk” communities (particularly youth involved in gangs, drugs and human trafficking).
She works hard to advance the awareness of those issues to find solutions. She’s passionate about championing human rights and her focus is to bring the members of the OPS to the community to continue community-police dialogue about racial profiling, race relations and systemic racism concerns and perceptions, have them present information regarding the Ottawa Police complaint process, and advocate for professional and bias-free policing.
The importance and positive impact of Mrs. Peters’ work can not be mentioned enough regarding Ottawa’s context following the police involved death of Abdirahman Abdi back in summer 2016. The unusually higher distrust of the Black community towards the police institution needed to be funneled towards a constructive goal which Mrs. Peters properly addressed through her community mobilizing efforts in creating a safe space for the racialized community and the Police to dialogue and work out their issues. Her efforts were much applauded involving not just the Black community but as well Ottawa police and the medias services.
Ketcia has a genuine interest in community safety and policing, we have watched her listen to the ideas of member from the Ottawa Community and Police Action Committee (COMPAC) and use their experiences to formulate successful strategies that have helped the Ottawa Police Service achieve and maintain a position as a leader in community and police partnership. She has insight that surpass normal expectation, and has a determination that cannot be beat. Ketcia has earned the respect of everyone in the community. Ketcia Peters dedication and effectiveness in advancing such an important cause and her excellent leadership skills combine make her the very best person for this position.
As a certified Trauma Informed Group Coach she advocates about the essential shift we must embrace in the workplace: integrating trauma-informed practices into our organizational culture. As we navigate a rapidly changing work environment, it’s crucial to understand how our experiences shape our interactions, productivity, and overall well-being.
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our team
Ketcia Peters, CITP®|FIBP®, ICF, CPP, TICC
Ketcia Peters, principal coach and facilitator at KPG, was former Community Co-Chair of the Ottawa Community and Police Action Committee (COMPAC) and is a strong advocate of crime prevention measures for at risk youth and delinquency. Amongst other initiatives, she runs a program called It’s a Trap which supports at-risk youth through a curriculum focused on mentorship, personal development and strength-based discovery.
Many organizations including municipal agencies such as Crime Prevention Ottawa (CPO), Ottawa Community Housing (OCH) and other federal government agencies has hired KPG a highly skilled facilitating firm with experience and knowledge of the community service sector, the justice sector, and anti-racism and diversity. KPG’s vision is to help our clients find a better path to courageously disrupt the status quo to address systemic problems for all humanity by healing and strengthening community relations to further common goals.
Terri-Lee Rayvals-Mele
Terri-Lee Rayvals-Mele is an associate of The Ketcia Peters Group, with over 25 years of experience and expertise in meeting and workshop design and facilitation with The Public Service Alliance of Canada (union representing Federal government employees), and over 30 years’ experience as a community and social justice educator. Her range includes design and delivery of workshops and meeting facilitation on topics like; political literacy, application of an equity and diversity lens to organizational policies and practices, employment equity, human rights, gender equity, anti-harassment (which includes interpretation and application of the law), unconscious bias and white privilege, health and safety, domestic violence in the workplace, anti-racism, ableism, Board governance, strategic planning, campaign organizing, workshop design and facilitation, team-building, leadership skills, and training on how to be an advocate in both unionized and non-unionized environs.
Dumo Nyathi
After completing her Bachelor of Laws from the University of London in 2014, Dumo volunteered with the Women’s Aid Organisation in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, supporting women and children fleeing from domestic violence. She was also the project coordinator for a British-registered NGO called Life Project in Zimbabwe which provided maternal health supports to women. In this role, she was involved with fund development with local, regional and international donours, which led to the purchasing of equipment for the largest maternal hospital ward in the City of Bulawayo, Zimbabwe.
In 2016, Dumo co-founded a local not-for-profit called Bulawayo Angels that provided health services including counseling in the areas of sexual health and gender-based violence, as well as food security to inner-city youth and women who live in the outskirts of a municipal dumpsite. Dumo was involved in facilitating direct programming, adult education on best practices for hygiene in a challenging context, as well as legal processes required by the organization.
She is a registered legal practitioner in Zimbabwe, and was a corporate lawyer prior to moving to Ottawa in 2018. She is currently specializing in research in the areas of addressing anti-black racism and gender-based violence; and exploring the efficacy of restorative practices in the Canadian context.
Jessica Simpson
Jessica Simpson is experienced in facilitating conversation to create social change and awareness, connect with others in a positive and ethical. Jessica’s experience as a business manager, HR specialist, recruitment and training expert, corporate and community educator.
Her lived experience as a mother of mixed race children provides her with a varied perspective and thoughtful understanding of how to facilitate from where the clients are at. Jessica is investing in equity and anti-oppression through her role as a social justice educator. She hopes to be part of creating a world where her daughter is not subjected to daily racist and sexist acts in her school, workplace, or society.