Introduction
In 2018, Parliament passed the Canadian Gender Budgeting Act. The Departmental Plans and Departmental Results Reports are being used to fulfill the President of the Treasury Board’s obligations to make public, every year, analysis on the impacts of expenditure programs on gender and diversity.
Each department is responsible for conducting their own Gender-based Analysis Plus (GBA Plus)
The Policy on Results indicates that Program officials, as designated by Deputy Heads, are responsible for ensuring data collection for meeting policy requirements.
Applicability
All organizations must complete GBA Plus supplementary information tables in Departmental Plans and Departmental Results Reports on an annual basis.
Section 1: Institutional GBA Plus governance and capacity
Governance
NRCan is committed to facilitating diverse and inclusive outcomes for all Canadians by ensuring that diverse populations of Canadians benefit from departmental policies, programs, and initiatives. GBA Plus is essential to achieve this goal. In 2021, NRCan established the GBA Plus Centre of Expertise (The “Centre”), and a GBA Plus Action Plan was created and endorsed by senior management. In 2025-26, the Centre will continue to implement its Action Plan aimed at driving change in culture; building internal capacity; strengthening governance and reporting; collaborating and co-creating with partners; and applying results analytics to GBA Plus.
The Centre provides ongoing guidance, advice and a challenge function to facilitate the integration of GBA Plus across the department, including recommendations to enhance GBA Plus data collection and measure the impacts of departmental programs, policies, and initiatives on diverse groups of Canadians. The establishment of a functional review team including employees from the Centre has supported the alignment of GBA Plus with other functional areas such as Risk, Performance Measurement, and Sustainable Development in developing Cabinet proposals.
Capacity
To build capacity and awareness, the Centre develops and delivers GBA Plus training. In April 2023, it launched “GBA Plus 101” training sessions. A total of 327 NRCan employees have participated in this training. In January 2024, the Centre launched a new training module on GBA Plus Data to provide guidance on how to find and navigate NRCan datasets and identify appropriate data collection methods for GBA Plus. A total of 100 NRCan employees have been trained through this module. In 2025-26, the Centre will continue to offer training and develop materials to support GBA Plus efforts.
Since July 2022, the Centre has coordinated a GBA Plus Community of Practice: a forum to help build the department’s capacity in GBA Plus and to share information and lessons learned. The Community of Practice continues to grow and includes approximately 200 NRCan employees from different sectors, occupational groups, and employee networks. The Community of Practice has included presentations from departments such as Women and Gender Equality Canada (Federal 2SLGBTQI+ Action Plan), Employment and Social Development Canada (Guide to applying a Black-Centric Lens), and the Privy Council Office (rural and urban Canadians’ beliefs and behaviours on climate change).
The Centre also organizes larger-scale events to promote GBA Plus awareness and capacity-building. In collaboration with co-members from the Interdepartmental Working Group for GBA Plus, the Centre hosted two events during GBA Plus Awareness Week in May 2024 on translating GBA Plus, equity, and inclusion in science. One event included guest speakers from NRCan, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) Agriculture and Agri-food Canada (AAFC), the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA), and the Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO); the other was a Knowledge Sharing session about GBA Plus in relation to NRCan’s mandate. Over 500 federal employees attended both events. For 2025-26, the Centre will continue to organize events to build awareness of GBA Plus at NRCan.
Through internal consultations, the Centre has advanced results analytics capacity for GBA Plus data collection. In 2024, the Centre launched an initiative to develop a repository of disaggregated and GBA Plus indicators to facilitate gender and diversity impact tracking. The Centre is also contributing case studies and examples of non-traditional disaggregated data to the ADM Federal Disaggregated Data Committee to further enhance federal government capacity to collect disaggregated data. Both of these initiatives will continue to advance in 2025-26.
Human resources (full-time equivalents) dedicated to GBA Plus
The department will have three FTEs dedicated to working on GBA Plus in the 2025-26 fiscal year.
Section 2: Gender and diversity impacts, by program
Core responsibility: Natural Resource Science and Risk Mitigation
Canadian Geodetic Survey: Spatially Enabling Canada
Program goals:
This program supports the introduction of digital services in underserved parts of the country and aims to level the playing field for remote Canadians by making improvements to the Canadian Spatial Reference System. Additionally, the program supports increasingly automated transportation services, which have the potential to assist mobility-challenged Canadians.
GBA Plus data collection plan
The Program is exploring a GBA Plus data collection plan as it develops its capacity to meet the needs of underserved Canadians. A GBA Plus reassessment is proposed at the conclusion of the Space Based Earth Observation (SBEO) project in 2026, when impacts will be better understood. While the GBA Plus assessment conducted at the close of the project would focus on the awarding and implementation of contracts, future assessments may focus on how SBEO data meets user needs and benefits Canadian society. GBA Plus impacts can only occur once contracts have been awarded and implemented.
Canada Lands Survey System
Program goals:
The Canada Lands Survey System (CLSS) provides the regulatory framework to delineate, demarcate, and legally recognize through publication in a land registry the boundaries and extent of real property rights on Canada Lands – the North, First Nations lands, national parks and offshore. The framework includes survey standards, the regulation of the Canada Lands surveying profession, and the custody and access to legal survey documents to support all land transactions on Canada Lands. The program encourages diverse gender and Indigenous participation in the land surveying and geomatics industry.
GBA Plus data collection plan
The program tracks participation through a gender/diversity lens using daily sign-in sheets for participants to be able to track gender participation in the sessions. A summary of attendance and participation was completed for each engagement session with the First Nation communities involved in the Knowledge Exchange Program. Additionally, the CLSS program plans to integrate GBA Plus into its cyclical client satisfaction survey every five years, particularly targeting better knowledge of Indigenous peoples, the largest population base that the system serves. Additionally, the program will follow closely the progression and participation in the Association of Canada Lands Surveyors (ACLS) online degree program through a gender and diversity lens.
Canada-US International Boundary Treaty
Program goals:
This program ensures that the Canada/US international boundary is clearly visible to citizens and law enforcement agencies of each country. The Canadian section of the International Boundary Commission (IBC) is a key player in the NRCan Land Surveyor Development program, helping shape tomorrow’s land surveying professionals. IBC offers unique and diverse work experience to SGB’s articling students by providing them valuable life and field experience all over Canada.
GBA Plus data collection plan
The IBC Canada section team is limited to a dozen of individuals who perform the field work to maintain the visibility of the Canada/US boundary. While it is not possible to collect quantitative GBA Plus data on these individuals, due to privacy risks impacting a small group, the program will continue to collect qualitative GBA Plus data and information on an ad-hoc basis. For the recruitment of new talent and expertise, the IBC Canada section fully adheres to the departmental Human Resources policies and is striving for greater diversity and GBA Plus prerogatives.
Climate Change Adaptation
Program goals:
Climate change impacts are disparately experienced, affecting marginalized communities more severely. The Climate Change Adaptation Program (CCAP), National Assessments Process, and Canada’s Climate Change Adaptation Platform are designed to consider aspects of social equity, inclusion, and accessibility that both increase resilience and reduce disparities in vulnerable populations impacted by climate change.
GBA Plus data collection plan
Proposals submitted to the CCAP for funding were evaluated in part by the equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) considerations contained in their workplans. The CCAP does not currently collect specific data to enable reporting on impacts by gender and diversity; however, it will be working with funding recipients during the 2023-27 program cycle to collect information and data in support of monitoring and evaluation of GBA Plus-related project outcomes. This will include collecting data on who is receiving any adaptation skills training supported by the program and characterizing the audiences and uptake of various other adaptation capacity-building products and outcomes. The program is also tracking how many projects are Indigenous-led and how many include Indigenous partners.
The Climate Resilient Coastal Communities (CRCC) Program pilot projects include rural, remote, and Indigenous communities, recognizing that they are disproportionately impacted by climate change. Proposals submitted to the CRCC for funding were evaluated in part by the EDI considerations contained in their workplans. The program will collect disaggregated data on the numbers and types of communities being engaged in projects by region to ensure national representation across Canada’s diverse coastal environments, and whether communities are rural and remote, or Indigenous. This information will be collected during the 2023-28 program cycle through the project reporting process in support of monitoring and evaluation of GBA Plus-related project outcomes.
Core Geospatial Data
Program goals:
The delivery of national standards-based core geospatial data, collected and utilized throughout the federal government, supports many objectives such as open government and open data, economic growth, public safety, security, environmental management, and social well-being. GBA Plus considerations are integrated from planning through evaluation to ensure diversity and inclusion outcomes are achieved.
GBA Plus data collection plan
CCMEO researchers continue to work in collaboration with Indigenous communities on scientific research projects to collect core geospatial (baseline) data related to impacts of mining, permafrost, and vegetation (e.g., lichen) among others. CCMEO works with Nòkwewashk to ensure meaningful and respectful partnerships with Indigenous communities and include consideration of First Nations’ Ownership, Control, Access, and Possession principles in data collection and sharing.
Explosives Safety and Security
Program goals:
NRCan’s Explosives, Regulatory and Business Services Branch (ERBSB) is the national regulator of explosives as well as the centre of expertise for commercial explosives testing and research. Through its mandate, it contributes to the safety of the public and all workers involved in the explosives industry in Canada, as well as national security.
GBA Plus data collection plan
With regard to the Regulatory Review, ERBSB engaged and consulted regionally on proposed updates to the Explosive Regulations, 2013 and tracked the feedback received in all engagements and consultations. As regulatory proposals are brought forward for consultation, assessments related to the environment and Indigenous Reconciliation are conducted to ensure all rights are addressed and any downstream impacts are identified and mitigated. ERBSB continues to follow departmental hiring practices and goals focused on diversity and inclusion when staffing positions.
The explosives sector does not currently collect gender or diversity information for any of their activities. ERBSB has developed a data strategy and data team, as part of its modernization efforts, with the goal of enhancing its data collection and analytics to support risk-based decision-making. This strategy will enable further collection and reporting of disaggregated administrative data going forward. ERBSB is also seeking to fill knowledge gaps by using external data and tools. For example, work with Statistics Canada on GBA Plus indicators will give the ERBSB data on the larger population working directly with explosives. With this information, ERBSB will be able to compile data needed and continue to build up its analytics capacity and conduct trend analysis on explosives stakeholders and the industry as a whole
Forest Climate Change
Program goals:
The Forest Climate Change program informs mitigation and adaptation activities involving forests, provides forest carbon estimates for the National Inventory Report, and considers GBA Plus principles in internal allocation processes. The 2 Billion Trees (2BT) program contributes to the federal government commitment to plant two billion incremental trees by funding a range of recipients to plant trees across Canada. This includes $500 million in Indigenous distinctions-based funding to support Indigenous-led tree planting and capacity building projects. The program will continue to track disaggregated data and representation of currently under-represented groups in tree-planting and related activity workforce among funding recipients.
GBA Plus data collection plan
The Forest Climate Change Program currently reports on the percentage of projects funded through the Forest Climate Change Program that have direct and established partnerships with Indigenous communities. Additionally, the Program continues to collect GBA Plus input from funded forest carbon mitigation and adaptation research projects to better understand GBA Plus impacts, including inclusion, diversity, equity and accessibility (IDEA), as research matures through time.
NRCan has developed a self-assessment tool, which will be available ahead of the 2025/26 fiscal year, to advance inclusive science and provide researchers, scientists, science directors, and managers with practical steps to integrate IDEA and GBA Plus and braiding Indigenous knowledge systems in scientific research design, practice, and reporting.
Geological Knowledge for Canada’s Onshore and Offshore Land
Program goals:
Onshore, the Geo-mapping for Energy and Minerals program (GEM-GeoNorth) is focused on mineral potential and sustainable land use for economic development in Canada’s North in the context of a changing climate. The program’s capacity-building opportunities, which will be designed with the guidance of partners in Northern educational institutions, could also increase labour market readiness among Northerners and Indigenous peoples, including women.
In the offshore, geoscience knowledge serves to confirm the farthest extents of the Canadian landmass. The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) Program works with Global Affairs Canada and Fisheries and Oceans Canada to delineate the outer limits of Canada’s continental shelf beyond 200 nautical miles in the Atlantic and Arctic oceans. This program promotes the participation of women and Indigenous individuals in scientific activities, engagement with the public and Indigenous communities, and will ensure that employment opportunities are equally available to women, men, minority groups, and Indigenous peoples.
GBA Plus data collection plan
The GEM-GeoNorth program collects data to enable it to monitor and/or report program impacts by gender and diversity (depending on the voluntary disclosure of demographic information by applicants or people involved). The program is currently reviewing their GBA Plus indicators to ensure that they demonstrate a clear impact. In 2025-26, 60% of grant funds allocated at this time will be used to support initiatives led by Northern academic institutions or Indigenous governments. GEM-GeoNorth will make improvements in 2025-2026 to its internal tracking to better support GBA Plus reporting, acknowledging the limitations around voluntary disclosure.
Regarding its immediate outcome of “Involvement of stakeholders and Indigenous groups in geoscience knowledge and data generation”, the program’s performance indicators include the annual collection of disaggregated data. Several performance indicators also measure program impacts in the North, regarding availability of geoscience knowledge, and support for the Northern economy.
Geoscience for Sustainable Development of Natural Resources
Program goals:
The science activities under this Program Profile all produce geoscience knowledge, models and tools to support sectors such as mineral exploration, energy, and environmental management. Across these activities, NRCan aims to hire and award bursaries to underrepresented groups in the earth sciences. Further, many of its science activities are actively working to re-design its studies to support the inclusion of Indigenous Peoples and their knowledges, as well as IDEA principles, as it delivers its science mandate.
GBA Plus data collection plan
By following federal guidelines for inclusive, merit-based hiring practices, Critical Minerals Geoscience and Data (CMGD) and the Targeted Geoscience Initiative (TGI) aim to employ and award bursary funding to underrepresented groups. The programs have a GBA Plus performance indicator that measures the percentage of opportunities (for students and early-career researchers) that are given to individuals who belong to one or more groups of people traditionally underrepresented in the earth sciences sector, particularly women and visible minorities. For this indicator, the programs will collect information provided on a voluntary basis from applicants from equity seeking groups who are hired or awarded a bursary to support program research.
The programs have established data collection strategies to report on their GBA Plus performance indicator through the voluntary disclosure of demographic information by student and research employment opportunities. Feedback on the usefulness of the data and science by program stakeholders will be used for planning and making any required adjustments towards data and science that best serve the Canadian public.
The new Environmental Geoscience Program does not presently collect sufficient data to enable it to monitor and/or report program impacts by gender and diversity. The program promptly established data collection measures for its research activities related to inclusive science, notably GBA Plus, as well IDEA and Indigenous Knowledge and Engagement (IKE). Scientists leading new research initiatives completed forms addressing specific criteria related to IKE and IDEA (including GBA Plus). To ensure ongoing monitoring regarding inclusive science, the program plans to conduct annual updates on these criteria. These steps align with the Government of Canada’s renewed commitment to implement GBA Plus in program and policy design, as well as Natural Resources Canada’s effort to cultivating a more inclusive and diverse scientific community that upholds these principles in its everyday practices
Geoscience to Keep Canada Safe
Program goals:
The Geoscience to Keep Canada Safe (GKCS) program comprises activities from the Canadian Hazards Information Service (CHIS), and the Natural Hazards and Climate Change Geoscience Program (NHCCGP- previously Public Safety Geoscience and Climate Change Geoscience). These programs provide authoritative information in terms of alerts and forecasts, plus foundational research and tools to support Canadians in their analysis, preparation and adaptation and response to hazards and climate change.
The CHIS program conducts monitoring and provides hazard information and products on an ongoing basis and in response to emergency situations (e.g., earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, geomagnetic storms, and radiological / nuclear incidents).
The Natural Hazards and Climate Change Geoscience program will continue to indirectly support the Gender Results Framework through their areas of field work. The program often works in areas where the proportion of Indigenous, remote, or low-income residents is high and the work it conducts has an influence on the communities and the citizens who reside there. From hiring residents (including students) to assist with fieldwork, to how their final science outputs might contribute to community planning for natural hazard and climate change impacts. Some activities have been co-developed with Indigenous communities to both support the research within NRCan but also directly support the community. Thus, the NHCCGP supports the GRF pillar of Poverty Reduction, Health and Well-Being. Their intent is to support upstream understandings of the scale of impact natural hazards and climate change have on underrepresented communities.
The CHIS program conducts monitoring and provides hazard information and products on an ongoing basis and in response to emergency situations (e.g., earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, geomagnetic storms, and radiological / nuclear incidents).
Both programs are national in scope and aim to provide all Canadians the necessary information needed to plan, prepare for, and respond to hazard events. GBA Plus considerations are being applied to consider the actions that can reduce barriers Canadians may face when trying to access information provided, efforts to make information widely comprehensible, and by providing educational and employment opportunities to underrepresented groups.
GBA Plus data collection plan
While the program does not collect sufficient data to monitor impacts by gender and diversity, information is collected for internal use for the program’s mid-year and end of year reports. It is working on a plan to collect data to enable it to monitor and/or report program impacts by gender and diversity.
The program is working to determine how to measure the downstream effects on GBA Plus of the science and research related to natural hazards. Across programs, the feedback on the usefulness of the data and science by stakeholders would be useful for planning and making any required adjustments toward data and science that best serves the Canadian public.
Pest Risk Management
Program goals:
The Pest Risk Management (PRM) program delivers science-based solutions to forest pest issues negatively affecting Canadian forest values, resources, and trade of forest products.
GBA Plus data collection plan
The Pest Risk Management (PRM) Program incorporates GBA Plus data collection into its annual call for proposals process. Applicants are encouraged to answer questions related to GBA Plus, IDEA, and Indigenous engagement. GBA Plus data is also being collected as part of the Spruce Budworm Early Intervention Strategy – Phase III Program. Information about the diversity of new hires is being collected and articulated in reports from recipients of federal contributions to measure representation of women and visible minorities in program activities and reduction of potential differential impacts of the initiative (e.g., employment) on these two groups. Information about impacts on Indigenous communities and the resolution of concerns raised by Indigenous groups is also being collected and reported as part of project proposals and reports to NRCan.
The Spruce Budworm Early Intervention Strategy – Phase III Program also encourages recipients of contribution funding to report baseline workforce demography and diversity data as part of a voluntary survey. NRCan provides them with a template for a diversity and inclusion plan that can be considered to guide the development of specific employment equity measures for their respective organizations. Combined, these efforts will support the program in identifying new or enhanced ways to facilitate more equitable and equal opportunities and outcomes through its work, reporting capacity and improved database.
Polar Continental Shelf Program
Program goals:
The Polar Continental Shelf Program (PCSP) enables research across a number of disciplines in Canada’s Arctic and northern regions through the provision of logistics services. The PCSP aims to strengthen the resilience of Indigenous Peoples through engagement, training, and employment opportunities; enhance economic benefits for Northerners; gain an understanding of the implications of climate change on Arctic terrestrial and marine ecosystems; and support Canada’s sovereignty in the Arctic.
GBA Plus data collection plan
The program collects diversity information through its application form and through a survey of participants. The application form collects information on principal investigators - including gender and early career researchers.
All university applications for PCSP logistics support are vetted against equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI) scoring criteria by a Project Review Committee (PRC) comprised of university and government researchers. The scoring criteria will be monitored to ensure the implementation does not result in unanticipated effects on gender or diversity. PRC members are also asked to provide feedback on the scoring guide as part of post-mortem discussions so that improvements can be made for subsequent seasons.
In addition, an anonymous survey is used to collect disaggregated diversity information on participants by gender, age, ethnicity, and region. The survey monitors the impact of existing diversity and inclusion measures in program design and will inform additional program design changes to promote diversity as indicated by data trends. The survey was conducted in 2021 and 2024 and will continue to be repeated at least every three years. The survey is anonymous to protect privacy considerations and is distributed using the department’s existing IT solutions.
Wildfire Risk Management
Program goals:
This program provides fundamental and applied science to help governments, industries, communities, and citizens adapt and live with wildfire impacts. GBA Plus was applied by providing and developing resources that help planners and emergency services to protect most-at-risk populations from wildfires, especially Indigenous and rural and remote communities in forested areas.
The Wildland Fire Risk Management Program seeks to advance more equitable opportunities and outcomes in wildfire management through Indigenous engagement and collaboration, including through the development of the Blueprint for Wildland Fire Science in Canada (2019-29) which was developed by the Canadian Forest Service Wildfire program through broad consultations. This strategy recognizes the value and importance of Indigenous knowledge and the need to collaborate with Indigenous Peoples for better wildland fire management. This work will continue throughout 2025-26.
GBA Plus data collection plan
In order to maintain data on populations most impacted by wildfire in Canada, the program maintains a Canadian Wildland Fire Evacuation database that includes evacuation events from 1980 to current. This database is updated annually.
The wildfire program has incorporated measures into its grant and contribution project selection process to better assess EDI in project proposals. Applicants are required to detail how they consider the barriers, experiences and/or needs of a diverse range of individuals or groups in their project design and delivery. In addition, applicants are required to provide details about how their projects will benefit Indigenous Communities. There is an expectation for all projects to demonstrate consideration and involvement of a diverse range of individuals and groups, including Indigenous.
The wildfire program will continue to collect GBA Plus and Indigenous data for its various grant and contribution programs through its Activity and Performance Report (APR). This will include the number of training participants and highly qualified personnel, the establishment of inclusive governance structures and the number of communities implementing wildfire prevention and mitigation plans or projects. This information can be disaggregated at a high level by gender, age, racialized groups, disability, and Indigenous for the participant data and by rural, city, suburb, small city/town, Indigenous for the community-based prevention mitigation plans or projects. Analysis of this high-level data each year will provide an indication of how the program is reaching high-risk communities and how uptake of the program by GBA Plus and Indigenous participants changes over time.
Core responsibility: Innovative and Sustainable Natural Resources Development
Cumulative Effects
Program goals:
The Cumulative Effects program develops knowledge, data and tools to minimize and mitigate cumulative effects in Canada through multidisciplinary science, collaborative partnerships, and inclusion of Indigenous Knowledge. The CE Program focuses on impacts and risks to forest ecosystems resulting from non-forestry resource development activities, in addition to natural disturbances and climate change.
GBA Plus data collection plan
The Program currently tracks data pertaining to gender distribution of researchers receiving program funds. In addition, the internal funding process integrates GBA Plus related questions in proposal templates (such as how GBA Plus ideals will be included in project planning and implementation and how Indigenous Knowledge can be incorporated in research design) to collect data and reflect the GBA Plus component in reporting processes. The Program will continue to review GBA Plus reporting processes and consider any additional data that may be appropriate.
Electricity Resources
Program goals:
The Clean Energy for Rural and Remote Communities (CERRC) program will displace the use of diesel and fossil fuels in Indigenous, rural, and remote communities by deploying and demonstrating renewable energy projects, building skills, and capacity. The program prioritizes Indigenous-led projects and the participation of women and youth.
The Smart Renewables and Electrification Pathways Program (SREPs) provides funding for smart renewable energy and electrical grid modernization projects. GBA Plus analysis was applied to the initial program design, evaluation, and delivery.
GBA Plus data collection plan
Annual data collection and reporting templates for certain programs (e.g., Smart Grid Program, CERRC) collect gender-disaggregated data that aligns with program goals. Further, training and hiring metrics are collected at gender-disaggregated levels and align with Statistics Canada terminology (e.g., female, male, and gender diverse).
CERRC Data Collection
The CERRC program collects, disaggregates, and tracks data annually for renewable energy projects in rural and remote communities by region, Indigenous ownership, and participation. This includes measuring the percentage and number of projects led by or partnered with Indigenous groups. The program also collects information on greenhouse gases reduced to understand the health impacts of the program on communities.
SREPs Data Collection
SREPs will continue to collect disaggregated data from proponents at the final reporting stage, and via its quarterly reporting process on jobs created. The data will include total job numbers in addition to the disaggregation of data to include job numbers of men, women, gender diverse people, 2SLGBTQI+, racialized persons, Black persons, Indigenous people, newcomers, youth, and persons with disabilities. The program is also tracking data on Indigenous ownership, number of Indigenous communities involved in projects, and progress and challenges with implementing IDEA plans and commitments.
Energy and Climate Change Policy
Program goals:
The Equality in Energy Transitions Initiative is an international framework, organized under the Clean Energy Ministerial (CEM) and the International Energy Agency (IEA). The initiative’s goal is to advance gender equality in the clean energy sector globally. Canada (NRCan) chairs the Executive Committee and leads on the Equal by 30 Campaign and the Awards and Recognition work stream.
The Equal by 30 Campaign works to accelerate gender equality and diversity in clean energy transitions and close the gender gap by 2030. The Awards program highlights the positive contributions that women and organizations are making to advance the energy transition, including efforts to improve EDI in the sector.
Through the Regional Energy and Resource Tables, engagement and collaboration with provinces and territories, Indigenous partners and key stakeholders will contribute to more coordinated and impactful federal-provincial-territorial action on shared priorities to advance regional growth opportunities, create good jobs, and deliver sustainable prosperity.
The Canadian Sustainable Jobs Act received Royal Assent in June 2024. The Act furthers Canada’s action to advance gender equality and create a more diverse and inclusive workforce in the move to a low-carbon economy. Within principles contained in its preamble, the Act indicates that the Government of Canada’s sustainable jobs approach should be inclusive and address barriers to employment for groups underrepresented in the labour market, including women, persons with disabilities, Indigenous peoples, Black and racialized individuals, 2SLGBTQI+ and other equity-seeking groups. The Act also stipulates that the Government must report on how it is upholding the Act’s principles in each Sustainable Jobs Action Plan, and that these Plans must also include information on data related to equity, diversity and inclusion in the labour force, which will help to promote the development and use of disaggregated data to inform policy and program design. As such, through interdepartmental governance established by the Sustainable Jobs Secretariat at NRCan, the Secretariat is working to promote the importance of integrating GBA Plus analysis across new and existing measures undertaken through the sustainable jobs initiative.
Notably, in February 2023, NRCan released the interim Sustainable Jobs Plan detailing concrete federal actions to advance economic prosperity and sustainable jobs in every region of the country, including efforts to advance skills development, promote Indigenous-led solutions and gender equality in a low-carbon future. Outcomes will be identified for this initiative through the development of the 2025 Sustainable Jobs Action Plan.
GBA Plus data collection plan
Equal by 30
There is a persistent lack of disaggregated data around gender, as well as IDEA metrics, in the global energy sector, which presents an obstacle to fully understanding the underlying barriers for designing and implementing policies to advance equality. To combat this challenge, the Equal by 30 Campaign is continuing to develop data collection and reporting exercises, allowing the sector to identify and address key areas for improvement, while emphasizing the importance of a people-centered approach, and ensuring that marginalized communities are central to energy transition efforts.
Sustainable Jobs Plan
The interim Sustainable Jobs Plan commits to making improvements to labour market data availability and granularity across the Government, including data related to EDI in the labour force as well as Indigenous specific metrics. This will allow for better tracking to support the objective that work to build the economy of the future is inclusive and equitable. Additionally, the data will support the Government in course correcting as necessary.
Regional Energy and Resource Tables
The Regional Tables are an enabling initiative. While they intend to lead to the acceleration of projects that could have varying impacts on different populations, these impacts would be measured when the projects are funded through existing federal programs.
Energy Efficiency
Program goals:
The Energy Efficiency Program (EEP) incorporates GBA Plus principles in its programs, products and practices (e.g., collaboration, standards, certifications, product specifications, building codes, tools, and grants and contributions for homes, buildings, industry and equipment), to enable equitable and inclusive distribution of energy efficiency benefits across diverse Canadian populations. The intended outcomes include reducing energy use and costs, improving living conditions and affordability, and increasing access to energy efficiency measures for all, while addressing the specific needs of diverse groups.
GBA Plus data collection plan
EEP initiatives use various data collection methods (e.g., contribution agreements, progress reports, service organizations, and anonymized and voluntary surveys). The work undertaken by EEP to identify GBA Plus needs and priorities informs policy and program delivery, design, and implementation to promote priorities among diverse and underrepresented groups, including Indigenous peoples. Many EEP incentive programs encourage applicants to include diversity, inclusion and equity considerations. Proposals with strong diversity considerations of Canadian realities are awarded additional points.
EEP conductsFootnote 1 and commissionsFootnote 2 studies and engages with stakeholders to identify key barriers that diverse groups face when accessing energy efficiency projects. Previous research identified the barriers inherent in the energy efficiency sector. The later studies sought to build on this by further exploring Indigenous perceptions, needs, barriers and priorities for green buildings and housing. EEP sub-programs provide flexible participation models, and direct support and funding carve outs for Indigenous Peoples and communities.
For example, to address barriers experienced with the Canada Greener Homes Grant, the existing Oil to Heat Pump Affordability (OHPA) program and the forthcoming Canada Greener Homes Affordability Program (CGHAP) were designed to increase energy affordability for low- to median-income Canadians. The OHPA program includes a dedicated Indigenous application stream, using a focused application guide that was developed based on feedback and observations from Indigenous participants in the CGHG program. CGHAP includes tenants who have not been able to access previous home retrofit programs due to homeownership requirements. A high proportion of tenants are Indigenous peoples, women, youth under 30, and racialized people. CGHAP’s Indigenous stream will deliver dedicated support through existing tools across federal departments to reduce administrative requirements and help more funds go directly towards the priorities of First Nations, Metis, and Inuit partners.
The Toward Net-Zero (TNZ) Homes and Communities program has community-led residential projects in Indigenous, rural, remote and under-resourced regions. TNZ offers guidelines to help applicants explain their GBA Plus approach and uses innovative approaches to better assess Indigenous related applications.
Energy Innovation and Clean Technology
Program goals:
NRCan will continue advancing integration of GBA Plus into policy and program design and delivery, knowledge sharing and appropriate data collection in order to help understand the short-, medium- and long-term impacts of its grants and contributions programs and who benefits from the funded clean energy technologies.
GBA Plus data collection plan
Through the implementation of its Phased Approach to IDEA, NRCan’s Office of Energy Research and Development (OERD) has adopted a methodical approach to increase the incorporation of IDEA considerations into program scoping, design, delivery, implementation, reporting and evaluation through GBA Plus. OERD collects voluntary IDEA information in project proposals and annual project reports. Proponents are asked to disaggregate their training and employment results by gender and Indigenous identity, to identify whether their organization has an IDEA plan in place and, if so, to briefly describe its measures. OERD is tracking the rate at which proponents report on this voluntary information, with the goal of achieving a progressive year-to-year increase from a baseline of 30% set in January 2023. The data collected will be used to explore possibilities for implementation of targeted interventions to reduce barriers to access and participation in OERD’s research, development and demonstration programs.
Fibre Solutions
Program goals:
The mission of the Canadian Wood Fibre Centre (CWFC) is to develop knowledge, tools and approaches aimed at reducing the risks to the forest fibre supply of Canada. By developing and deploying innovative, sustainable solutions that meet the needs of end users, CWFC supports the resiliency of forests to climate change.
GBA Plus data collection plan
NRCan’s CWFC continues to require the submission of a Diversity and Inclusion (D&I) plan for 2023-26 Forest Innovation Project (FIP)-CWFC contribution program proponents. Final payment upon project completion also requires recipients to submit results of their GBA Plus action plans on the project’s work. At the end of Program cycle, end of fiscal year 2025-26, data will be analyzed for changes and trends.
Data is also collected to evaluate the potential impacts of the FIP funding allocated through the National Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) Canadian Forest Sector Workforce Diversity undergraduate supplement for 2023-2026. FIP's contribution to this scholarship is another example of a CFS initiative that aims to improve representation and diversity in the forest sector. The program receives demographic data from NSERC on the recipients of this funding to get a sense of which equity seeking groups are benefitting from the scholarship and receiving support to pursue forest sector research projects and careers.
The final version is anticipated in late 2024 and will be distributed for internal review and information.
Green Mining Innovation
Program goals:
CanmetMINING works in partnership with stakeholders to assist the mining industry adopt new technologies to meet the challenges of accessing, extracting, and transforming Canada’s critical mineral resource potential into useful products in a cost-effective and environmentally friendly manner. These best practices increase mining efficiencies while improving access to information for decision-makers, planners, and the affected communities while focusing on adaptable and carbon-neutral mining to assist with climate change adaptation and mitigation.
GBA Plus data collection plan
In an effort to determine key statistic indicators to understand and address GBA Plus considerations and put in place a data collection plan for the program in fiscal year 2025, the program revised its Client Satisfaction Survey to include questions about the adherence to the company’s GBA Plus policies in the services provided during a project. The program only received two completed surveys to date and, with this limited data, find it difficult to determine the degree to which GBA Plus has affected its outcomes and impacts for different groups. The program anticipates an improvement in the reporting capacity and understanding of GBA Plus impacts, with the distribution of a Workshop Satisfaction Survey in fiscal year 2026 as it begins tracking participation in CanmetMINING-led stakeholder workshops through a gender/diversity lens using voluntary disclosure of demographic information by participants attending each individual workshop.
Innovative Geospatial Solutions
Program goals:
This program innovates in geospatial research, developing new technologies, methods, and standardized products. It creates science, data, and tools for information sharing, supporting key Government of Canada priorities with a gender- and diversity-sensitive approach.
GBA Plus data collection plan
GeoConnections
Data collected for this program is qualitative in nature. Case studies were previously used and provided information that has facilitated a better understanding of the program, but these case studies are no longer assisting the program. As such, the program is seeking guidance on the best way to enable future monitoring and results beyond narrative reports and/or case studies.
The beginning of 2023 saw the creation of a new stakeholder survey to evaluate the use of our Innovative Geospatial Solutions. Future iterations of this survey hope to provide more information on GBA Plus considerations.
Flood mapping specific GBA Plus data collection
No data collection plan is required to assess the GBA Plus impacts of this initiative given that the focus of the Flood Hazard Identification and Mapping program (FHIMP) is to increase flood hazard information and maps. However, the program will improve the resilience of vulnerable populations by increasing the availability and accessibility of flood hazard information and maps. In alignment with GBA Plus considerations, the following may be collected and monitored for the duration of the program (until 2028):
- Equal Access to Flood Hazard Information and Maps: FHIMP will track key parameters identified as contributing to an individual’s vulnerability to floods to ensure the program is reaching them.
- Inclusion of Traditional Knowledge: FHIMP aims to leverage already existing Indigenous technical working-groups, governance structures, and internal expertise to offer support to PTs to engage with Indigenous communities and measure success in its new Indigenous Traditional Knowledge (ITK) contribution funding stream.
- Employment in STEM Fields: For its own internal hires, FHIMP will track how well it reflects departmental commitments on diversity and inclusion to increase representation of Black people and other racialized groups, Indigenous people, and persons with disabilities.
The FHIMP represents an opportunity to identify, in collaboration with Federal, Provincial, Territorial, and Indigenous jurisdictions, areas and communities vulnerable to floods. In the future, flood hazard areas may be cross-referenced with socio-economic and demographic characteristics to derive more detailed information about the communities and used for further initiatives related to natural disasters and emergency management and help to address some of the current knowledge gaps.
Additionally, CCMEO supports engagement between Indigenous communities and provincial/territorial partners by providing Indigenous Engagement Guidelines in Flood Mapping, encouraging meaningful engagement under the FHIMP, enhancing intergovernmental collaboration, and increasing the uptake of flood mapping in vulnerable communities.
Lower Carbon Transportation
Program goals:
The Lower Carbon Transportation Program enhances the availability, accessibility, and awareness of low carbon transportation options for consumers and key actors in the transportation of passengers and freight on Canadian roads. GBA Plus is incorporated into the applications to collect data as appropriate and through program design to eliminate barriers to access.
GBA Plus data collection plan
The various programs have taken several steps to further advance the integration of GBA Plus into program design and delivery, as well as data collection, analysis and results. GBA Plus was integrated into program measures, applications and reporting requirements through consultation, research, and analysis.
NRCan’s Clean Fuels and Zero Emission Vehicle Awareness Programming (ZEVIP) as well as its Indigenous Led Awareness Pilot, track participation and impact through all funded outreach, engagement, training, and events. These programs have also updated their key performance indicators to require reporting on the breakdown of attendance at events, engagement of underrepresented groups, the number of individuals trained, and other relevant indicators. This data would be available for progress monitoring in subsequent years. To support Indigenous ZEV charging deployment, ZEVIP is monitoring and targeting the deployment of 400 chargers where the applicant is an Indigenous business or organization, project partners are Indigenous businesses or organizations, or the projects (fully or partially) are on Indigenous lands.
All Clean Fuels Fund recipients must report on how they met their commitments identified in their Workforce Diversity and Inclusion Plans through the lifecycle of their funding agreement. Contribution agreements also require collection and reporting of information by recipients on the number of underrepresented groups, such as Indigenous people, women, immigrants, racialized Canadians, and people with disabilities, in the workforce areas and activities supported through program funding. This information is expected to improve understanding of the diversity of workplace in the clean fuels sector.
Since 2019-20, the Green Freight Program has been able to disaggregate data by province and territory, which has helped to determine how the uptake and impact of lower carbon transportation options and awareness efforts vary by location. The program plans to measure the number of job (years) of employment generated by funded projects. The program’s data collection methodology enables it to undertake analyses of employment in the low-carbon transportation sector (specific to employment generated by program-funded projects). This analysis will be completed after all projects have been completed on March 31, 2027.
Sustainable Forest Management
Program goals:
The goal of the Sustainable Forest Management (SFM) program is to carry out research that fills knowledge gaps in forest management and forest ecosystems. This program ensures timely and accurate data and information sharing at international, national, and regional levels. It informs the improvement of forest practices.
GBA Plus data collection plan
The Sustainable Forest Management (SFM) Program is incorporating GBA Plus data collection into its annual call for proposals process. For the 2024-25 research proposals, researchers will demonstrate additional GBA Plus considerations in proposals, aligning with Government of Canada renewed commitments to implement GBA Plus in programs and policies. Applicants are required to answer questions related to GBA Plus, IDEA, and Indigenous engagement. To assist the applicants in incorporating Indigenous Knowledge (IK), IDEA and GBA Plus into research design, practice, reporting, and knowledge mobilization, an “IDEA and IK in Research Self-Assessment Tool” was developed and distributed to researchers.
The SFM Program has refined questions in project proposals and reporting on how GBA Plus considerations will be included in research design.
Core responsibility: Globally Competitive Natural Resources Sectors
Energy Safety and Security, and Petroleum Resources
Program goals:
The program aims to ensure informed decision-making that promotes the safe, secure, and sustainable production and transportation of conventional and alternative fuels needed in the context of a clean energy transition, and to ensure Indigenous participation in the decision-making processes.
The program has transferred a portion of its roles and responsibilities related to the Canada Energy Regulatory to Nòkwewashk specifically as it relates to Indigenous Ministerial Arrangement Regulations. Some responsibilities remain, such as the Designated Officer Regulations and Export-Import Regulations. Another responsibility to support Ministerial sign off on regulatory packages from the Canadian Energy Regulator (CER) was transferred to CPS.
GBA Plus data collection plan
The program collects data exclusively for Indigenous community and organization participation, based on its specific Terms and Conditions. Given that the funding did sunset on March 31, 2021, and due to its current authorities, there are no actions currently underway or planned to enable further data collection, monitoring, or reporting of impacts based on gender and diversity.
Forest Sector Competitiveness
Program goals:
Indigenous Forestry Initiative (IFI):
IFI advances reconciliation by supporting Indigenous-identified priorities to accelerate Indigenous awareness, influence, inclusion, and leadership. Applicants are Indigenous, and benefits accrue to Indigenous communities.
Sovereign Indigenous governments are exempt from diversity requirements. Other contribution recipients report on diversity following project completion. Grant recipients are invited to report diversity outcomes.
Investments in Forestry Industry Transformation (IFIT) Program:
IFIT supports the forest sector’s transformation by investing in innovative technologies and processes that lead to the development of new bioproducts. The program aims to capture IDEA-related information on recipients. This is done through Diversity and Inclusion plans which describe proponents’ corporate practices, at the start and end of the project. Feedback may be provided when there is potential for improvement. Data is also collected twice, at the start and the end of the project through the Diversity and Inclusion questionnaires in order to evaluate workforce diversity in the forest sector. IFIT also supports D&I outreach measures and tracking these as well as the quality of Diversity and Inclusion plans.
Forest Innovation Program (FIP):
FIP supports early-stage innovation that accelerates the growth of Canada’s bioeconomy through investments in research, development, and technology transfer activities in the forest sector. FIP contributes to fostering diversity in the forest sector through the NSERC’s Canadian Forest Sector Workforce Diversity undergraduate supplement and supplement for graduate students, which targets underrepresented students – incentivizing them to choose a career path related to the Canadian forest sector. FIP also administers questionnaires to collect data on Diversity and Inclusion from its proponents.
Green Construction through Wood (GCWood):
GCWood encourages the use of innovative wood-based building systems and technologies and advanced bioproducts in construction projects to support the decarbonization of Canada’s built environment. The program has put in place new requirements for a portion of its funding recipients to report on targeted IDEA activities.
Global Forest Leadership Program (GloFor):
GloFor supports activities that expand Canada’s international engagement, collaborations and partnerships, and share Canadian expertise abroad. The program is committed to building on the diversity & inclusion work underway in the forest sector and learning from best practices across industry and the Government of Canada.
GBA Plus data collection plan
Collectively, the renewed Forest Sector Competitiveness programs committed to collecting greater gender and diversity information from its proponents or program beneficiaries to monitor program impacts by gender and diversity.
The Canadian Forest Service created a Diversity Working Group (DWG) to support the sector in identifying measures that could contribute to addressing gender and other representation gaps in the forest sector. The DWG’s main objective was to ensure a better understanding of workforce diversity in the forest sector so that recommendations for program measures would be evidence-based, impactful, and align with other initiatives and actions.
In Summer 2020, the Treasury Board Secretariat approved the four proposed measures outlined in the DWG’s Forest Sector Workforce Diversity: Barriers, Opportunities, and Potential Solutions report. The proposed four measures would help the forest sector to improve its understanding and outcomes with regard to workforce diversity: (1) actively collecting better data; (2) requiring program recipients to have a Workforce Gender and Diversity Plan; (3) support efforts towards addressing education as a systemic barrier; and (4) promoting workforce diversity through collaboration. The report committed the Forest Innovation Program, Investments in Forest Industry Transformation, Indigenous Forestry Initiative, and Expanding Market Opportunities.
Since 2020, several CFS competitiveness programs have gradually been incorporating IDEA-related requirements within their application and reporting processes.
For IFIT, D&I questionnaires, which provide anonymous and aggregated information on the company’s workforce composition, have since been collected from recipients at least twice during the project, at the start and end. In 2023-24, the submission of D&I plans, which outline each company’s diversity-related priorities and actions, were mandatory under the IFIT program twice, at the application stage and at the end of the project. Similarly, in 2023-24, FIP collected demographic information from its recipients, and since 2023 GCWood is tracking and requesting that a proportion of its recipients include activities that EDI in the construction sector. These measures will allow the programs to better understand trends in the diversity profiles of their funding proponents, and to emphasize the importance of D&I considerations in forest sector projects from application to project completion.
It is important to note that with respect to the Indigenous government sovereignty in policy and law-making, the IFI does not require a Diversity Plan from its Indigenous Government proponents. The IFI program does track gender and diversity representation on the IFI Expert Review Panel. Further, panelists are selected to ensure an overall Indigenous majority, as well as youth and female representation. A previous Advisory Review of the IFI confirmed that Indigenous involvement on the Expert Review Panel was an important feature and enhanced the certainty of decisions being made. IFI hosted engagement in spring 2024, during which participants recognized the Indigenous representation on the Expert Review Panel as a strength of the program. The IFI program also encourages Regional Liaison Officers (RLOs) to intentionally engage diverse groups within communities during site visits (e.g., youth, Elders) to support additional understanding of program impacts. Finally, CFS HR processes prioritize hiring diverse candidates for the IFI/RLO team.
Indigenous Reconciliation and Regulatory Coordination (Nòkwewashk)
Program goals:
This program enables NRCan to advance meaningful partnerships, engagement, and support for Indigenous peoples to participate in the natural resource sectors and help ensure that Indigenous people are equal partners and beneficiaries of Canada’s transition to a net-zero economy.
NRCan is the Federal Co-Chair and Secretariats for the Indigenous Advisory and Monitoring Committees (IAMCs) for the Trans Mountain Expansion Project and existing pipeline (IAMC-TMX), and the Enbridge and Line 3 Pipeline Replacement Project. The Socio-economic Subcommittee (SESC) of the IAMC-TMX looks at gendered impacts of the Project as experienced by Indigenous communities, as well as how GBA Plus can support communities as an analytical tool in early identification of, mitigation and monitoring of risks and benefits. In 2023-24, the SESC continued to monitor a set of co-developed Indigenous socio-economic indicators related to Project construction and commissioned research on the socio-economic risks and outcomes experienced in an area that hosted three work camps during Project construction.
The Indigenous Natural Resource Partnerships (INRP) program further advances the goals of GBA Plus through active encouragement of projects that increase the participation of underrepresented groups, including Indigenous women and gender-diverse individuals, in the natural resource sector across Canada. The INRP program also includes an assessment criterion on supporting the increased participation of underrepresented groups including Indigenous women.
As part of NRCan’s Pathways to Reconciliation Action Plan implementation, Nòkwewashk will continue to collaborate with the GBA Plus Centre of Expertise to develop and implement an Indigenous specific GBA Plus lens for the department.
GBA Plus data collection plan
The INRP Program collects data through its application and project reporting processes to measure engagement and access to financial resources of Indigenous communities, with an emphasis on ensuring Indigenous women and gender-diverse individuals have expanded opportunities to contribute to and benefit from natural resource development. To strengthen this focus, the INRP program will collect disaggregated data through application and reporting processes, capturing insights into the experiences and needs of Indigenous women and gender-diverse people. This data will inform program guidelines and strategies as well as broader policy and investment decisions within NRCan to promote gender inclusivity.
Separate GBA Plus assessments are conducted for each individual resource project covered under the Impact Assessment Act through the regulatory review process. NRCan will continue to support GBA Plus through its regulatory coordination function and conduct additional analyses, if necessary. Additionally, NRCan will continue to explore measures to improve the collection of disaggregated data and support a distinctions-based approach that acknowledges the specific rights, interests, priorities and concerns of First Nations, Métis, and Inuit.
GBA Plus information is collected through quantitative data on participant funding agreements. This distinctions-based data includes the number of Indigenous communities or individual participants that have benefitted from program initiatives and is aimed at enhancing Indigenous participation in the natural resource sectors and helps to inform policy and investment decisions moving forward.
Provision of Federal Leadership in the Minerals and Metals Sector
Program goals:
The Program ensures that Canada’s minerals sector is innovative, sustainable, and globally competitive. Its work helps to provide governments, industry, and communities with the knowledge they need to make informed, evidence-based policy decisions.
GBA Plus data collection plan
In 2023-24, the CCMS Horizontal Initiative Results Framework (HIRF) was published online and outlines performance outcomes, indicators, and targets for the Strategy as a whole, as well as its various initiatives and activities. As committed to in the HIRF, the Strategy will administer a funding recipient survey to collect GBA Plus data and information from proponents to support the Strategy’s objective to foster diverse and inclusive workforces and communities. This will improve understanding of the impact of funding according to key GBA Plus related factors, such as gender, Indigenous status, racialized identity, and rural or urban location.
Many of the activities carried out under the Canadian Minerals and Metals Plan (CMMP) are delivered through the provision of grants to external recipients. Information relevant to GBA Plus is collected through discussions with grants recipients and project proponents following project completion. NRCan looks to proponents to report on their project outcomes as outlined in the grant and contract agreements with a view to release data that were collected through their activities (e.g., such as measuring the number of youths, diverse populations, or Indigenous Peoples engaged). The results help inform future program design and implementation to improve the impact of the grants and initiatives. Additionally, an exercise to Take Stock of the CMMP, beginning in 2024-25 and carrying on into 2025-26, will capture information on users, participants, and beneficiaries of these various initiatives, and in doing so, capture descriptive information to help monitor and/or report on the Plan’s gender and diversity impacts. This information will be complemented by sector-wide statistics on employment.
Statutory Offshore Payments
Program goals:
This program fulfills legislated obligations under the Accord Act to transfer revenues collected from offshore oil and gas to the provinces of Nova Scotia and Newfoundland and Labrador and to fund the offshore boards.
Under the offshore Accords with Nova Scotia and Newfoundland and Labrador, the provinces are the principal beneficiaries of offshore oil and gas resources, which are a source of important economic benefits. NRCan acts as a flow-through for these revenues and is not responsible for determining how these funds are utilized within the provincial fiscal framework.
GBA Plus data collection plan
The Statutory Atlantic Offshore Program does not collect GBA Plus data related to how the provinces use these revenues, nor does it collect data to enable it to monitor and/or report program impacts by gender and diversity. Given the program’s limited scope, there are currently no actions being taken to enable future monitoring or reporting of the Statutory Atlantic Offshore Program’s impacts as they relate to gender and diversity.
Youth Employment and Skills Strategy – Science and Technology Internship Program - Green Jobs
Program goals:
The Science and Technology Internship Program (STIP) – Green Jobs provides funding to employers across Canada to hire, train, and mentor youth (aged 15 – 30) in the natural resources sector. The program works to increase the participation of youth who experience barriers to employment and create quality and inclusive work experiences.
GBA Plus data collection plan
STIP – Green Jobs collects disaggregated participant data from employers and youth at the beginning and the end of the placements. Self-identification is not mandatory; only information to determine eligibility is required (e.g., name, age, and legal status in Canada). The program invites video testimonials from youth and feedback from employers and requires annual reporting by delivery organizations.
As a partner of the Youth Employment and Skills Strategy (YESS), STIP – Green Jobs reports annually on the results of four key performance indicators:
- Number of youths served;
- Percentage of youth supported from designated YESS GBA Plus communities;
- Gender
- Indigenous youth
- Racialized youth
- Black youth
- Youth with disabilities
- Official Language Minority Community youth
- Rural/Remote/Northern youth
- 2SLGBTQI+ youth
- Percentage of youth employed/self-employed; and
- Percentage of youth who returned to school.
This information enables the program to undertake analysis based on age, location, employment status, employment equity group, and gender.