Supplementary Information Table 2022-23

From: Parole Board of Canada

Official title: Parole Board of Canada 2022-23 Departmental Plan, Supplementary Information Table

Gender-based analysis plus

General information

Institutional GBA+ Capacity

The Parole Board of Canada (PBC) has a Gender-Based Analysis Plus (GBA+) Framework that serves as the PBC's statement of intent and seeks to build and sustain the practice of GBA+ through several streams. The Framework ensures that GBA+ is applied in all areas of the PBC’s policies, programs, and initiatives.

Disaggregated offender data related to offenders is based on information entered in Correctional Service Canada's (CSC) Offender Management System from which the PBC extracts offender profile information. Disaggregated data related to Board member and staff is reported as entered into Human Resources Management System (HRMS). The PBC has engaged in efforts with the Centre for Gender, Diversity, and Inclusion Statistics within Statistics Canada as they work towards a public-facing data hub to support evidence-based policy development and decision-making.

Highlights of GBA Plus Results Reporting Capacity by Program
Conditional Release Decisions In 2022-2023, the PBC will:
  • Develop policy amendments incorporating GBA+ considerations in decision-making as part of the Policy Manual Alignment Review;
  • Develop the Working Group on Diversity and Systemic Racism Report and Action Plan, which will consider issues of diversity in general, with attention to anti-Black racism and Indigenous concerns in particular;
  • Continue to operationalize the management action plan for the PBC report called “Gendered Parole: Responding to Women Offender Needs” to provide a gender-responsive approach for women through enhancements to PBC's guidance and training to Board members and staff; and
  • Continue to participate in a government-wide LGBTQ2+ Action Plan in the area of safety and justice.
Conditional Release Openness and Accountability The PBC participates in many internal and external working groups and committees, such as the Chairperson’s Indigenous Circle, in order to remain informed and sensitive to the issues facing Indigenous offenders. The PBC continues to explore new partnerships with groups representing various vulnerable offender populations.
Record Suspension and Expungement Decisions/Clemency Recommendations

All programs remove stigmatizing barriers of having a criminal record that allow people to pursue two of the pillars and goals: education and skills development and economic prosperity and participation.

Legislatively, these programs are not required to report on gender data, unless requested on an adhoc basis by the Minister of Public Safety.

The PBC continues to update all program application forms and implement internal database system changes with the addition of a third gender box - as a non-binary option to enable comprehensive gender data collection for possible future reporting.

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