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When It鈥檚 Measured, it Matters: Disaggregated Race Data in Canada | Policy Magazine
Published: 23 June 2020
June 17, 2020 | For years, advocates have been criticizing the Canadian government for neglecting to implement聽race-based data collection in policing, the justice system, health care, education, and employment.聽This kind of disaggregated data is essential for policy makers, as it exposes hidden data trends and establishes聽the scope of systemic inequality.聽In this Policy Magazine article, MPP candidate Janoah Willsie illustrates the pressing need for race-based data collection, especially when racial disparities in the health system are being heightened by the COVID-19 pandemic.聽
