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We help organizations do better, for the people they serve, the products they create, and the systems they shape.

D-SIDES & Associates is a consultancy that works alongside organizations to navigate complexity, understand their real impact, and build systems that work for real people.

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Who we are

We're a team of evaluation and strategy specialists. We work with organizations to optimize their services, strategy, and structure towards desired outcomes.

Our goal is to help you go beyond quick fixes and build real insight into how you operate, evaluate, and innovate.

How we can help

See what's working

Look honestly at where your systems succeed and where they fall short.

Design around real needs

Build programs and products that fit what people actually need.

Measure what matters

Track your progress with evaluation that reflects your real-world context.

Grow with confidence

Adapt and scale your efforts as things change.

How we think about it: the D-SIDES Fluidity Matrix™

The framework explores how people's everyday experiences connect with your systems, services, and results. It guides a clear way to design and evaluate your work.

Organizations we've worked with

OCASI
Lakeridge Health
Pathways to Education
Social Planning Toronto
Toronto District School Board
Toronto Catholic District School Board
Toronto Metropolitan University
U of T School of Continuing Studies
Laidlaw Foundation
100 Strong

What our clients say

It is wonderful to work with someone who listens first, consistently demonstrates results and leads with humility.

Debbie Douglas, Executive Director, OCASI

D-SIDES made the consultation process smoother, more inclusive, and genuinely valuable.

Petrina McGrath, Chief Nursing Executive, Lakeridge Health

We came away from the day energized, informed, and inspired.

Kanaka Kulendran, Director, Organizational Systems, Social Planning Toronto

Meet the people you'll work with

Founders

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O’neil EdwardsPhD, MBA (he/him)

O’neil is an award-winning education professional who has two decades of senior leadership experience in education globally for non-profits, secondary schools and post-secondary institutions. During his over-twenty dedicated years of post-secondary leadership, O’neil has been instrumental in guiding planning processes to support the development of innovative programs and services that promote student retention, engagement, and success, and has led interdisciplinary teams in addressing emerging priorities. He has led collaborative work on implementing access departments, international student foundation programs and strategies at the post-secondary level in Canada.

O’neil has experience leading government working groups in addition to university and high-school boards in policies, programs and professional development towards organizational excellence.

O’neil has had the privilege of living and working in many different countries, bringing unique insights to his work. Building on a passion for developing people’s potential through education, O’neil continues to be part of programs that bring real social change.

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Hema VyasB.Ed., MSc (she/her)

Hema is regularly invited to collaborate, present and speak to her range of expertise, including effective partnership building; key performance measures & evaluation; and strengthening democratic participation. This range reflects her experience in strategic planning and measuring progress to success in non-profit, corporate and government sectors.

Hema is a former city council candidate. While losing isn’t easy, she reflected on her learnings to establish a program preparing other women to run for office. The program resulted in 10 of 15 participants running, with 3 elected to office.

She has won several evaluation and policy-making awards as a result of chairing evaluation working groups for education, housing and labour market initiatives. Hema has led the design and implementation of mixed method (quantitative and qualitative) frameworks with the end goal of building consensus on report results for system transformation improvements.

Associates

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Seyi OsinowoData and digital transformation specialist

Seyi Osinowo is a data and digital transformation specialist with over 15 years of experience helping organizations modernize their operations through cloud, automation, and analytics. His expertise lies in harnessing data to power digital transformation initiatives that strengthen governance, streamline processes, and enable smarter decision-making.

At Scotiabank, Seyi has supported the bank’s global digital transformation by designing and deploying Google Cloud solutions that integrate with Collibra, automating user access and embedding metadata governance across business units. At Munich Re, he contributed to the development of an enterprise data and analytics roadmap, modernizing how data was collected, governed, and used to inform strategic decisions. With Bruce Power, he advanced digital reporting for nuclear outage analytics, building automated pipelines and AI-enabled scheduling tools that enhanced efficiency and performance oversight.

He has also managed interdisciplinary teams and facilitated cross-functional collaboration, including bridging English and Spanish business requirements for multinational stakeholders. Having lived and worked in many places of the world, Seyi brings a global perspective to complex transformation projects. He is passionate about creating systems that make data more accessible and actionable, while driving the broader digital transformation journeys that position organizations for long-term success.

Let's talk

Tell us a little about what you're working on and we'll get back to you with next steps.

Say hello at info@dsides.ca