{"id":3247,"date":"2023-01-16T13:24:59","date_gmt":"2023-01-16T21:24:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engage.gov.bc.ca\/govtogetherbc\/?post_type=engagement&#038;p=3247"},"modified":"2023-03-24T13:35:50","modified_gmt":"2023-03-24T20:35:50","slug":"anti-racism-data-legislation","status":"publish","type":"engagement","link":"https:\/\/engage.gov.bc.ca\/govtogetherbc\/engagement\/anti-racism-data-legislation\/","title":{"rendered":"Anti-Racism Data Legislation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group engage-banner has-background\" style=\"background-color:#fbda80\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-1 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Engagement was open Sept. 9, 2021, to Jan. 31, 2022<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-horizontal is-content-justification-center is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-1 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover is-light\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim-0 has-background-dim\"><\/span><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"496\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-55877\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/engage.gov.bc.ca\/app\/uploads\/sites\/121\/2023\/02\/AntiRacism1.jpg\" style=\"object-position:52% 21%\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" data-object-position=\"52% 21%\" srcset=\"https:\/\/engage.gov.bc.ca\/app\/uploads\/sites\/121\/2023\/02\/AntiRacism1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/engage.gov.bc.ca\/app\/uploads\/sites\/121\/2023\/02\/AntiRacism1-300x145.jpg 300w, https:\/\/engage.gov.bc.ca\/app\/uploads\/sites\/121\/2023\/02\/AntiRacism1-768x372.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-large-font-size\"><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-engagement-container\"><div class=\"engagement-page\"><div class=\"engagement-content-wrapper\"><h1 class=\"engagement-title-banner \" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/engage.gov.bc.ca\/app\/themes\/bcgov-engagement\/dist\/images\/blue-curve-bg.svg)\">Anti-Racism Data Legislation<\/h1>\n<div class=\"wp-block-engagement-content\"><bcgov-breadcrumb>\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/engage.gov.bc.ca\/govtogetherbc\">Home<\/a>\n                      <a href=\"https:\/\/engage.gov.bc.ca\/govtogetherbc\/engagement\/\">Engagement Opportunities<\/a> \n                  <span>\n        Anti-Racism Data Legislation\n  <\/span>\n  <div style=\"display: flex\" slot=\"breadcrumb-extra\">\n      <\/div>\n  <\/bcgov-breadcrumb>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-govtogether-engagement-header\"><div class=\"text-column\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">On this page&#8230;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"#summary\" title=\"\">Engagement Summary<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#timeframe\" title=\"\">Engagement and consultation timeframe<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#results\" title=\"\">Results<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#action\" title=\"\">Input leads to action<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:15px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Overview<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Who: <\/strong>All British Columbians<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What: <\/strong>Introduce new Anti-Racism Data Legislation<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Where:<\/strong> Province-wide<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Why:<\/strong> To manage how demographic data is collected<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>How: <\/strong>Online<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"taxonomy-engagement_category wp-block-post-terms\"><span class=\"wp-block-post-terms__prefix\"><strong>Category: <\/strong><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/engage.gov.bc.ca\/govtogetherbc\/engagement_category\/law-and-public-safety\/\" rel=\"tag\">Law and Public Safety<\/a><span class=\"wp-block-post-terms__separator\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/engage.gov.bc.ca\/govtogetherbc\/engagement_category\/multi-language\/\" rel=\"tag\">Multi-language<\/a><\/div><\/div><div class=\"image-column\"><span role=\"img\" aria-label=\"\" class=\"engagement-image\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/engage.gov.bc.ca\/app\/uploads\/sites\/121\/2023\/01\/AntiRacism2.jpg);background-position:57.99999999999999% 35%\"><\/span><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns more-padding-top is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-2 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"summary\">Engagement Summary<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>This&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/engage.gov.bc.ca\/antiracism\">engagement<\/a>&nbsp;will help the Province introduce new data legislation to manage how demographic data such as age, gender identity and race is collected and managed across B.C. This data will shed more light on the experience of Indigenous, Black and other racialized communities using government services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Collecting and using this data in the right way can help to show where there are systemic inequalities and help government to address issues of discrimination and gaps in services, and modernize sectors like policing, health care and education.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Led by Rachna Singh, Parliamentary Secretary for Anti-racism Initiatives, the Province has carried out extensive engagement with Indigenous Peoples and racialized communities to understand how they would prefer to identify, their experience of using government services, and their feedback on how demographic data should be used and stored.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"timeframe\">Engagement and consultation timeframe<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The engagement process for the anti-racism data legislation was designed with communities, for communities. Initial feedback from Indigenous leadership and racialized community experts, as well as the BC Human Rights Commissioner\u2019s report,&nbsp;<em>Disaggregated Demographic Data Collection in British Columbia: The Grandmother Perspective<\/em>, emphasized the need to engage communities in the development of legislation to ensure that their needs are meaningfully addressed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Between April 2021 and March 2022, people and communities were invited to engage in the discussion through three engagement streams:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\" type=\"1\">\n<li>Indigenous Engagement<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Community-led Racialized Engagement<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Online Public Survey<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>This input helped to identify what was important to communities and to help make sure this statistical information is collected and used in the most safe and effective way to tackle systemic racism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Learn more about the individual engagement streams and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/engage.gov.bc.ca\/antiracism\/process\/\">who we talked with<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"results\">Results<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Over 2,900 British Columbians completed the online public engagement survey<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>British Columbians were invited to provide feedback in Arabic, Chinese (Simplified and Traditional), English, Farsi, French, Hindi, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Punjabi, Spanish, Tagalog, Urdu and Vietnamese on the engagement site<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Nearly 70 Indigenous and racialized community organizations were awarded grants from the Government of B.C. to host anti-racism data engagement sessions with community members across the province. They held more than 400 meetings, reaching approximately 10,000 people<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>58 First Nations participants took part in 26 events, including First Nations leaders, First Nations government officials, Chiefs, Councillors, staff, as well as Elders and community members.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The BC Association of Aboriginal Friendship Centres (BCAAFC) hosted 2 engagement sessions with representatives from Friendship Centres around the province to discuss the Government of British Columbia\u2019s proposed Anti-Racism Data Legislation. A total of 36 participants attended across the two sessions, including members of the Elders Council, Peer Review Committee and the Provincial Aboriginal Youth Council<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In MNBC\u2019s community consultations with M\u00e9tis in British Columbia, approximately 100 participants were prompted by a series of questions encouraging participants to share their individual stories, as well as specific questions asking group members to share their thoughts on the future of M\u00e9tis data<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>View the engagement\u2019s&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/engage.gov.bc.ca\/antiracism\/reports\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">What They Heard reports.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"action\">Input leads to action<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Feedback from this engagement is supporting government\u2019s work to introduce anti-racism data legislation in Spring 2022. The Province will continue to work closely with Indigenous, Black and people of colour throughout the development and refinement of the legislation as part of its commitment to tackle systemic discrimination in all its forms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On September 23, 2022, the Province announced the 11 members of the Anti-Racism Data Committee, who will collaborate with government to dismantle systemic racism in the public sector. Learn more about the individuals who are adding their voices to the table:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/engage.gov.bc.ca\/antiracism\/home\/data-committee\/\">Meet the Anti-Racism Data Committee<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To learn more about the committee\u2019s work, visit:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/news.gov.bc.ca\/27486\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/news.gov.bc.ca\/27486<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Related engagements<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"related-engagements\">\n                                    <div class=\"govtogether-engagement-card\" aria-label=\"Engagement title: Community Advisory Group on Extortion. Categories: Families and Residents, Law and Public Safety, Multi-language. 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Categories: Families and Residents, Law and Public Safety. 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Status: Closed with results.\">\n            <div class=\"card-header\">\n\n                <div class=\"engagement-status status-closed with results\">\n                                            Closed with results                                     <\/div>\n\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/engage.gov.bc.ca\/govtogetherbc\/engagement\/making-family-law-better\/\" class=\"engagement-title\">\n                        Making Family Law Better for Families                <\/a>\n\n                <div class=\"engagement-categories\">\n                                                                        <span class=\"category-pill\">Families and Residents<\/span>\n                                                    <span class=\"category-pill\">Law and Public Safety<\/span>\n                                                            <\/div>\n                \n            <\/div>\n\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/engage.gov.bc.ca\/govtogetherbc\/engagement\/making-family-law-better\/\" class=\"card-image-container\">\n                <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"engagement-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/engage.gov.bc.ca\/app\/uploads\/sites\/121\/2023\/02\/FLA-Phase-2-dad-and-kids-hug-scaled.jpg\" \/>\n            <\/a>\n\n        <\/div>\n                                    <div class=\"govtogether-engagement-card\" aria-label=\"Engagement title: Information Schedules. 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