Gender-Based Analysis Plus (GBA+) Conference

Don't miss 2022's biggest Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) conference. Join a variety of Government of Canada, Academic, Non-profit & business leaders to examine GBA Plus and learn how to apply it in your work!

Our vision is to create a safe, productive, and collaborative space for government, academic, and business professionals to ask big questions and learn innovative and practical ways to apply DEI and accessibility frameworks effectively in their work. We allow people to be purposefully reflective about their own positionality in their day-to-day work to activate and sustain transformative DEI change.

The Conference objectives will be to:

• Unpack the Canadian federal government’s renewed Gender-Based Analysis Plus (GBA Plus) framework – including its strengths and limitations and how it can be utilized in practice to create targeted and effective policy;

• Explore Dr. Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw’s concept of intersectionality and its importance in the creation of inclusive work environments and policy. This dialogue is interested in discussing how to avoid ornamental intersectionality (Dr. Sirma Bilge) and how to effectively take on the mantle of an anti-racist approaches in theory and in policy practice;

• Critically examine the existing GBA Plus framework through dialogue on how inequalities are conceptualized within the dominant model, and what future progress can be made to ensure on-going decolonial and anti-racist praxis through use of alternative approaches; and

• Discuss concrete cases examples of how to apply GBA Plus and intersectionality to government and business, how to empower your employees to create a safe and respectful environment for discussions of inclusion, and how organizational leadership can lead by example.

Visit https://canadianequality.ca/gba-plus-conference to learn more!