Gender-based analysis plus

Section 1: Institutional GBA Plus Capacity

As a micro-sized department, CCOHS does not have resources to dedicate full time employees to this initiative. However, CCOHS does recognize its importance and is committed to ensuring diverse groups of workers in Canada benefit from our programs. CCOHS’ leadership team ensures that GBA Plus perspectives are integrated into departmental decision-making processes by requiring CCOHS to assess the potential implications of products and services produced to support the diverse populations of Canadians. We set the following goals for 2021-22:

  1. to continue to address workplace mental health by providing reliable and credible mental health information, tools, education, and resources to workers and employers in Canada.
  2. to promote greater gender balance in the field of occupational health by awarding the first Chad Bradley Scholarship for women and women-identified genders, highlighting the importance of gender equality in the profession of Occupational Health and Safety.
  3. to continue to ensure that all products and services posted by CCOHS are written in plain language, are accessible and that the imagery used is inclusive and reflects the diversity of the people of Canada.
  4. to continue to add content to, promote and monitor the usage of the CCOHS Gender, Work and Health web portal, an online repository of current and relevant research and tools to assist policy makers and employers to integrate gender considerations into their health and safety programs
  5. to collect GBA Plus information on usage of CCOHS’ Health and Safety Report newsletter.
  6. to provide all CCOHS staff with training on Addressing Domestic Violence in the Workplace.

Section 2: Gender and Diversity Impacts, by Program

Core Responsibility:
National Occupational Health and Safety Resource
Program Name:
Occupational Health and Safety Information Services

Address workplace mental health by providing reliable and credible mental health information, tools, education and resources to workers and employers in Canada.

Target Population:
Broadly gender-balanced
Distribution of Benefits:
    First group Second group Third group Fourth group Fifth group  
By gender Men     X     Women
Program Name:
Occupational Health and Safety Information Services

Collect GBA Plus information on usage of CCOHS’ Health and Safety Report Newsletter

Target Population:
Broadly gender-balanced
Distribution of Benefits:
    First group Second group Third group Fourth group Fifth group  
By gender Men     X     Women
Program Name:
Occupational Health and Safety Information Services

Gender, Work and Health web portal for online repository of current and relevant research and tools to assist policy makers and employers to integrate gender considerations into their health and safety programs.

Target Population:
Broadly gender-balanced
Distribution of Benefits:
    First group Second group Third group Fourth group Fifth group  
By gender Men     X     Women
Program Name:
Occupational Health and Safety Information Services

Products and services posted by CCOHS are written in plain language, are accessible, and the imagery used is inclusive and reflects the diversity of the people of Canada.

Target Population:
Broadly gender-balanced
Distribution of Benefits:
    First group Second group Third group Fourth group Fifth group  
By gender Men     X     Women
Program Name:
Occupational Health and Safety Information Services

Scholarship awarded (Chad Bradley Scholarship) for women and women-identified genders to pursue post-secondary education in the field occupational health and safety to achieve greater gender equality and balance in the field.

Target Population:
Predominantly women
Distribution of Benefits:
    First group Second group Third group Fourth group Fifth group  
By gender Men         X Women
    First group Second group Third group  
By age group Youth   X   Senior
Program Name:
Internal Services

Addressing Domestic Violence in the Workplace training for all CCOHS staff.

Target Population:
Broadly gender-balanced
Distribution of Benefits:
    First group Second group Third group Fourth group Fifth group  
By gender Men     X     Women
Key Program impacts on Gender and diversity:
Statistics Observed Results* Data Source Comment
Statistics on gender, diverse people from readership of CCOHS’ Health and Safety Report newsletter Respondents self-identified as:
  • Men 38%
  • Non-binary 0.4%
  • Woman 60%
  • Prefer to self-describe (gender) 1%
  • LGBTQ2SI 7%
  • Indigenous 10%
  • Visibly racial / visible minority 24%
  • Living with a disability 11%
 Readership survey GBA Plus survey questions added to the annual readership survey for the first time in March, 2022.

* 2021-22 or most recent

GBA Plus Data Collection Plan:
CCOHS launched its GBA Plus Data Collection Plan in 2021-22 by including questions in its Health and Safety Report newsletter readership survey related to gender, LGBTQ2SI, racialized and Indigenous people, and those living with disabilities. This newsletter has an average monthly distribution of 23,000, and received 391 responses to our question on LGBTQ2SI, Indigenous and racialized people; 804 responses to our gender question; and 791 to our disability question. This information will provide us with demographic characteristics of our readership and users of our service to help determine whether we are covering topics that address occupational health and safety issues that meet the needs of diverse people and populations in our country.
Future data collection plans include surveying attendees of CCOHS virtual and in-person health and safety events such as conferences, webinars, etc. Open text fields also provide an opportunity for focused comments and feedback on the content of these events.

Definitions

Target Population: See Finance Canada definition of Target Group in the User Instructions for the GBA Plus Departmental Summary

Gender Scale:

  • First group: Predominantly men (e.g. 80 per cent or more men)
  • Second group: 60 per cent - 79 per cent men
  • Third group: Broadly gender-balanced
  • Fourth group: 60 per cent - 79 per cent women
  • Fifth group: Predominantly women (e.g. 80 per cent or more women)

Income Level Scale:

  • First group: Strongly benefits low income individuals (Strongly progressive)
  • Second group: Somewhat benefits low income individuals (Somewhat progressive)
  • Third group: No significant distributional impacts
  • Fourth group: Somewhat benefits high income individuals (Somewhat regressive)
  • Fifth group: Strongly benefits high income individuals (Strongly regressive)

Age Group Scale:

  • First group: Primarily benefits youth, children and/or future generations
  • Second group: No significant inter-generational impacts or impacts generation between youth and seniors
  • Third group: Primarily benefits seniors or the baby boom generation