About Ambit

Ambit offers training and consulting services for companies who are committed to offering accessible service and creating affirming work environments for trans, non-binary, and other gender diverse people.

Kingsley Strudwick, Founder

Kingsley Strudwick, BSc, been a trainer and facilitator for over fifteen years, exploring topics such as gender diversity, microaggressions, intersectionality, bystander intervention, and systemic changes in workplace culture.

In 2016, Kingsley founded Ambit Gender Diversity Consulting, a company dedicated to improving experiences for transgender, non-binary, and other gender diverse individuals, families, and communities.

Kingsley has delivered over 300 professional development workshops to universities, colleges, government (municipal and provincial), schools (public and private), and the private sector. Through Ambit, Kingsley’s professional practice is dedicated to creating environments for self-reflection, building bridges across differences, and fostering relationships as the foundation for social change.

Professional History

  • Founder + Lead Consultant – Ambit Gender Diversity Consulting
  • Victoria Sexual Assault Centre
    • Trans Inclusion Workshop Facilitator
    • Gender-Based Violence Prevention Coordinator
    • Volunteer Core Training Facilitator
    • Violence Prevention Educators’ Alliance Co-Coordinator
  • Bystander Intervention Curriculum Developer & Facilitator  – University of Victoria
  • Safer Spaces Coordinator – University of New Brunswick

Professional Development

  • The Inner Activist – Building Personal Mastery
  • The Inner Activist – Introduction to Solidarity and Racial Justice
  • The On Being Gathering for Civil Dialogue and Social Innovation
  • Trauma-Informed Conflict Transformation Course
  • Fabulous Facilitation Workshop
  • Jackson Katz Violence Prevention Educator’s Training
  • Creative Facilitation Workshop
  • Leadership Victoria Graduate
  • UNB Fredericton Leadership Development Course

“Kingsley was an excellent facilitator: patient, energetic, and very knowledgeable. Our team left the workshop feeling empowered and better prepared to work with the trans population.”

Jennifer delaney, manager
threshold housing socity

What we offer

Depending on your budget and timeline, we have (or will create!) something that will work for your team. We offer everything from in-person or online trainings for your teams to applying Gender Based Analysis (GBA+) to multi-stakeholder projects, and everything in between.  Check it out!

What we offer

Media

A large crows of counter-protestors holding signs and flags in support of LGBTQ2S+ people. The crowd is standing in front of the British Columbia Legislature.

Media: CBC interview on Pro-SOGI counter-protest in Victoria

With much of my work as a gender diversity consultant, the lines between the personal and the professional realm become blurred. After the recent protests across Canada against the inclusion of Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity in schools, I wrote the following reflection, which garnered the attention of CBC News…

Media: HR Reporter on Gender Identity

As a result of our work with BC Transit, Ambit made the pages of the May 2018 issue of the Canadian HR Reporter. Here’s what Nora Reid, Strategy and Engagement Manager for BC Transit, had to say…