StatsCan Diversity Survey: Three Days Left to be Counted

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In December 2020, Statistics Canada launched its first diversity survey, a targeted attempt to measure diversity on governing boards in the charitable and non-profit sector. 

It is a crowdsourced survey designed with sector representatives, academics, and will be available online until January 18, 2021.

“Crowdsourced surveys are a relatively new tool for StatsCan,” says Kathleen Fowler, Assistant Director for Social Data Integration & Development, Statistics Canada. “Our first crowdsourced survey, done before the pandemic, was about what people were paying for cannabis. Since then we’ve done seven. A crowdsourced survey is an open call, a pulse check and provides quick information about a population group.” 

The diversity survey does not provide any financial data, such as assets and operating budgets, on the organizations the respondents represent. So, it won’t be able to follow the money.

Fowler said financial data couldn’t be measured reliably through the crowdsourcing and there wasn’t certainty that board members would necessarily have the information.

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