Hand in Hand, We Can Do So Much More
No other organization in Canada does this work. ASEQ-EHAQ is the frontline for over 1.13 million Canadians living with MCS — a recognized disability that intersects with disability justice, environmental justice, women’s health, poverty, homelessness, and systemic exclusion.
Healthy people build a healthy country.
Together, we build a future where everyone can breathe.
Accessible Canada Act · 2019
Are You 2040 Ready?
Canada’s Accessible Canada Act (2019) requires all federally regulated sectors to be barrier-free by 2040. Environmental accessibility — including fragrance-free and lowest-emission practices — is central to meeting this obligation.
Investing in environmental health is investing in the future of the entire population.
THE WORK WE DO
This Is What Your Support Makes Possible
Founded in 2004, ASEQ-EHAQ works across government, healthcare, law, education, and community with minimal institutional funding. There is no dedicated government program for MCS. No national clinical centre. No helpline. We are building what should exist — and we need staff on payroll to do it.
This is a disability justice issue, a social justice issue, an environmental justice issue.It is a women’s issue — 72% of those affected are women. A poverty issue — 41% are unemployed. A homelessness issue. An abuse issue — families torn apart by disbelief.
And it touches every Canadian, because the chemicals harming people with MCS are harming everyone.
Education and awareness
National programs for healthcare providers, legal professionals, employers, and communities
Research
Accessible Indoor Air in the Built Environment (Accessibility Standards Canada), MCS studies
Legal rights advocacy
Workshops with human rights commissions and law societies across every province and territory
Policy and systems change
Parliamentary Precinct and PSPC Accessibility Advisory Panels
International representation
UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (2025)
Indoor air quality guidelines
Product audits, fragrance-free practices, 2040 compliance support
Community resources
EcoLivingGuide, Fragrance-Free Research Hub, Footprints & Impacts podcast, video content, toolkits
Resilience conferences
International conferences on MCS research, policy, and lived experience
ECOASIS healthy housing
affordable ecological housing on 25 acres in the Laurentians for 40 families (currently stalled — see below)
"What you do for MCS is good for the entire planet."
We Are Building What Should Exist
📞 Community Support Services
Support Helpline
12+ hrs/day, trained responders
Weekly Meetings
Moderated, solution-oriented
Legal Support
Rights, accommodation, navigation
Content Production
Videos, campaigns, print
🔬 Research
ECRoB strategies, MCS/COVID-19 studies, indoor air quality, workplace accommodation. Research drives recognition → policy → change.
🏛️ Advocacy & Policy
Sustained federal and provincial advocacy, advisory panels, human rights engagement, international representation. Continuous presence, not one-time events.
📄 Print & Communications
Toolkits, accommodation guides, signage, campaign materials — all bilingual, all requiring design, translation, printing, distribution.
Staff & Organizational Capacity — The Engine Behind Everything
Every program on this page requires dedicated, paid staff. A helpline needs trained responders on salary. Research needs coordinators. Legal workshops need preparation, travel, and follow-through. Content needs producers, translators, designers. Advocacy needs people at the table — consistently.
This is the single most critical investment a funder can make — because without people, none of the rest happens.
Salaries & Benefits
Retain and grow the team
Operations & Tech
Infrastructure to run nationally
Bilingual Capacity
EN/FR across all programs
Growth
Scaling to meet real demand
ECOASIS — Affordable Healthy Housing
ASEQ-EHAQ owns 25 acres in the Laurentians for ECOASIS: affordable, ecological housing for 40 families with MCS. Strict air quality control, non-toxic materials, community-oriented living.
Without a safe place to live, nothing else works. Currently stalled due to funding. Capital investment needed to move to construction.
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Staff & Capacity
Salaries, benefits, retention
Programs
Helpline, meetings, legal, education
Operations
Infrastructure, tech, bilingual
Research
Air quality, health outcomes
Capital
ECOASIS housing
Advocacy
Policy, international, legal
Conference
Resilience series
Content
Videos, print, podcast
Working Together Across Canada
Government of Canada
SDPP — ECRoB funding
Accessibility Standards Canada
Indoor Air research
EHAC-ASEC
National sister org
ARCH Disability Law Centre
Legal advocacy & research
Council of Canadians with Disabilities
NB Lung
Indigenous Disability Canada / BCANDS
Spinal Cord Injury Canada
COPHAN
Women's College Hospital
Resilience partner
Provincial HR Commissions & Law Societies
University Partners
Ontario Tech, U of T, U Ottawa
Friends of Environmental Health
Municipality, business, school, healthcare facility, or community organization — there is a place for you.
Fragrance-Free Practices
In your workplace or facility
Share Resources
MCS and environmental health
MCS Awareness Month
May — proclaim in your org
Participate in Events
Webinars, workshops
Friends Survey
Formalize your commitment
Every Contribution Moves Us Forward
ASEQ-EHAQ is a registered Canadian charity. All donations are tax-deductible.
Donate
Sustains the only organization in Canada doing this work at this scale.
Sponsor a Program
Helpline, ECOASIS, research, advocacy, content, or staff capacity.
Partner
Research, education, policy. Co-host events. Contribute expertise.
In-Kind
Professional services, platforms, networks, or volunteer your skills.
Volunteers
Health, law, communications, technology, community support — or simply care and want to help. Support meetings, produce content, outreach, translation.
➡ Volunteer With UsBecome a Member
Whether you experience MCS or not. Stronger voice, greater numbers. Membership supports advocacy, education, and community programs.
➡ Become a MemberNo Other Organization in Canada
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We need your support.
Everyone deserves the right to breathe.