A workshop from BC’s Office of the Human Rights Commissioner

Audience

This introductory session is intended for people who collect or make use of data in their work. BCOHRC is also developing an educational resource for researchers with experience working with disaggregated data.

Session overview

We envision a province in which we are all free from inequality, discrimination, and injustice. Join us for a 90-minute introductory session on ethical data collection and use.  

Disaggregated demographic data is a powerful tool for change. However, if collected or used poorly, it can harm individuals and communities. This webinar will introduce you to the Grandmother Perspective framework. The Grandmother Perspective offers guidance for how to collect and use disaggregated demographic data in a way that minimizes the risk of harm and furthers the aim of addressing and ending systemic inequalities.  

Disaggregated demographic data is data broken down into sub-categories such as racial identity, gender identity, age, disability, income, educational attainment, among others. This report both answers and echoes the calls to collect disaggregated demographic data to advance human rights. It emerges from decades of activism—particularly from communities of colour—calling for the data needed to develop policy that effectively addresses systemic inequalities. In other words, it calls—we call—for data that reflects the lived experiences of many, allowing their stories to be amplified and heard clearly by those in power.  

Learning objectives

In this public webinar, participants will:

• Consider the importance of disaggregated data collection.  
• Define disaggregated demographic data and explore how it can be used as a tool to address systemic discrimination and inequity.  
• Become familiar with the Grandmother Perspective and how it applies to disaggregated demographic data. 
• Identify risks, benefits, and responsibilities around using disaggregated demographic data through using the Grandmother Perspective framework. 
• Explore the three components of the Grandmother Perspective framework.  
• And consider how you might apply this learning to your work.  

Event details

Date: Tuesday, July 7, 2026

Time: 2:00 – 3:30 p.m. PST

Method: Virtual, via Zoom video conferencing

How to join

1. Please register (https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_24Y9JDA8RRW2AkWedtbfDg); or,
2. Please contact [email protected] to register.

A note on accessibility and interpretation

Zoom generated closed captioning and translated captions will be available at this event. If you have other accessibility requirements, including ASL interpretation, please contact us at least two weeks prior to the event at [email protected].

Simultaneous interpretation is available for this session if requested in advance. If you have a translation request, please contact us at [email protected] at least two weeks prior to the event.