2020-21 Departmental Results Report: Gender-based analysis plus

Section 1: Institutional GBA Plus Capacity

CIHR has a GBA Plus Framework to coordinate related work and to operationalize commitments to the Health Portfolio and Department for Women and Gender Equality. The Framework seeks to build GBA Plus organizational capacity and sustain the practice of GBA Plus through three streams:

The CIHR GBA Plus Responsibility Centre leads, enhances, supports, and monitors implementation of CIHR’s GBA Plus Framework and the actual practice of GBA Plus. CIHR has a Co-Champion model for GBA Plus. The Vice President, Research Programs serves as one GBA Plus Co-Champion and is responsible for implementation of GBA Plus across CIHR with support from the GBA Plus Focal Point and staff within the Science Policy branch. The Scientific Director, Institute of Gender and Health, serves as the other GBA Plus Co-Champion and provides guidance on the implementation of Sex and Gender-Based Analysis (SGBA) in the context of health research. Strategic guidance on GBA Plus-related matters is provided by Science Council, while operational guidance and decision-making is provided by senior management. CIHR’s Governing Council, the committee responsible for developing and approving CIHR’s strategic directions, has EDI as a recurring agenda item and also applies an EDI lens to deliberations. All CIHR staff and members of CIHR’s Governing Council are required to complete the Department of Women and Gender Equality GBA Plus Training Module, as well as training on Unconscious Bias and Indigenous cultural awareness offered through the Canadian School of Public Service. To monitor GBA Plus in CIHR-funded research, CIHR tracks integration of sex and gender in all research proposals. CIHR monitors GBA Plus in all of its funding programs through the Tri-Agency Self-Identification Questionnaire, which collects information on applicant age, gender, and whether someone identifies as Indigenous, a visible minority or a person with a disability. In program evaluations, CIHR administers surveys to applicants and recipients to monitor differential impacts of funding programs on four designated employment equity groups and gender. To monitor GBA Plus in CIHR’s workplace, CIHR tracks GBA Plus training completed by staff and Governing Council members, and participates in Health Portfolio-wide surveys to assess staff knowledge and application of GBA Plus.

In 2020–21, CIHR released its new strategic plan: CIHR Strategic Plan 2021–2031, A Vision for Healthier Future, which will prioritize activities that promote equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) among researchers. Its accompanying Action Plan for Year 1 (2021–22) outlines key actions CIHR will undertake in the next five years to strengthen Canadian health research capacity and promote EDI.

CIHR is also working with the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) to implement a Tri-Agency EDI Action Plan, which includes activities that cut across the three areas of CIHR’s GBA Plus Framework. Work is governed through an Interagency Committee on EDI and implemented by an Interagency EDI Policy Working Group.

Section 2: Gender and Diversity Impacts, by Program

Core Responsibility: Funding health research and training

Program Name: Investigator-Initiated Research

Target Population: All Canadians

Distribution of Benefits:

First group Second group Third group Fourth group Fifth group
By gender Men Applicable. Second group: 60 per cent - 79 per cent men. Women
By income level Low Applicable. Third group: No significant distributional impacts. High

(A)pplicable.

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
  • Forth 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
  • Forth group: Somewhat benefits high income individuals (Somewhat regressive)
  • Fifth group: Strongly benefits high income individuals (Strongly regressive)
First group Second group Third group
By age group Youth Applicable. Second group: No significant inter-generational impacts or impacts generation between youth and seniors. Senior

(A)pplicable.

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

Key Impacts:

Statistics Observed Results* Data Source Comment
Percent of research that addresses sex or gender considerations 72.5% of CIHR-funded Investigator-Initiated research addressed sex or gender considerations. CIHR internal data None
Footnote *

2020–21 or most recent.

* referrer

Other:
In 2020–21, CIHR developed an engagement strategy to gather qualitative input from racialized and Indigenous communities about the barriers they face and what can be done to address systemic racism in Canada’s health research funding system. In early 2021, CIHR hosted an online discussion; additional engagement activities will be implemented in 2021-22. The findings will be used to develop an action plan to address systemic racism in the health research funding system.

Supplementary Information Sources:
Statistics Canada, 2016 Census of Population, Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 98-400-X2016304.

GBA Plus Data Collection Plan:
In May 2018, CIHR implemented a mandatory Self-Identification Questionnaire for applicants to all funding programs. Developed in collaboration with its Tri-Agency partners NSERC and SSHRC, the questionnaire collects information on five equity dimensions (described above), which will be used to enable effective monitoring of equity in CIHR’s funding system and inform evidence-based policy solutions to increase EDI in the research enterprise.

Using data collected from the Self-Identification Questionnaire, CIHR monitors and reports on the performance indicator “# and diversity of researchers and trainees supported” across all of CIHR’s programs. Aggregate results are reported internally, in the Program Information Profiles and externally to the Canadian Research Coordinating Committee (CRCC) and on CIHR’s website. In addition, results from the 2020 Spring and Fall Project Grant competitions will be posted on CIHR’s website in summer of 2021.

Research in Priority Areas

Target Population: All Canadians

Distribution of Benefits:

First group Second group Third group Fourth group Fifth group
By gender Men Applicable. Second group: 60 per cent - 79 per cent men. Women
By income level Low Applicable. Third group: No significant distributional impacts. High

(A)pplicable.

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
  • Forth 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
  • Forth group: Somewhat benefits high income individuals (Somewhat regressive)
  • Fifth group: Strongly benefits high income individuals (Strongly regressive)
First group Second group Third group
By age group Youth Applicable. Second group: No significant inter-generational impacts or impacts generation between youth and seniors. Senior

(A)pplicable.

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

Key Impacts:

Statistics Observed Results* Data Source Comment
Percent of research that addresses sex or gender considerations 70.4% of CIHR-funded Research in Priority Areas addressed sex or gender considerations. CIHR internal data None
Footnote *

2020–21 or most recent.

* referrer

Other:
Please see description above in Investigator-Initiated research.

Supplementary Information Sources:
Statistics Canada, 2016 Census of Population, Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 98-400-X2016304.

GBA Plus Data Collection Plan:
Please see description above in Investigator-Initiated research. CIHR monitors and reports on the performance indicator “# and diversity of researchers and trainees supported” across all of CIHR’s programs. Aggregate results are reported internally, in the Program Information Profiles and externally to the Canadian Research Coordinating Committee (CRCC).

Training and Career Support

Target Population: All Canadians

Distribution of Benefits:

First group Second group Third group Fourth group Fifth group
By gender Men Applicable. Second group: 60 per cent - 79 per cent men. Women
By income level Low Applicable. Third group: No significant distributional impacts. High

(A)pplicable.

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
  • Forth 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
  • Forth group: Somewhat benefits high income individuals (Somewhat regressive)
  • Fifth group: Strongly benefits high income individuals (Strongly regressive)
First group Second group Third group
By age group Youth Applicable. Second group: No significant inter-generational impacts or impacts generation between youth and seniors. Senior

(A)pplicable.

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

Key Impacts:

Statistics Observed Results* Data Source Comment
Percent of research that addresses sex or gender considerations 74.9% of CIHR-funded research in Training and Career Support addressed sex or gender considerations. CIHR internal data None
Footnote *

2020–21 or most recent.

* referrer

Other:
Please see description above in Investigator-Initiated research.

Supplementary Information Sources:
Statistics Canada, 2016 Census of Population, Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 98-400-X2016304.

GBA Plus Data Collection Plan:
Please see description above in Investigator-Initiated research. CIHR will monitor and report on the performance indicator “# and diversity of researchers and trainees supported” across all of CIHR’s programs. Aggregate results are reported internally, in the Program Information Profiles and externally to the CRCC.

Section 3: Program Links to Gender Results Framework

Core Responsibility: Funding health research and training

Education and Skills Development Economic Participation and Prosperity Leadership and Democratic Participation Gender-based Violence and Access to Justice Poverty Reduction, Health and Well-Being Gender Equality around the World
Investigator-Initiated Research Applicable Applicable Applicable
Research in Priority Areas Applicable Applicable Applicable
Training and Career Support Applicable Applicable Applicable

(A)pplicable.

Section 4: Program Links to Quality of Life Framework

Core Responsibility: Funding health research and training

Prosperity Health Environment Society Good Governance
Investigator-Initiated Research Applicable Applicable Applicable
Research in Priority Areas Applicable Applicable Applicable
Training and Career Support Applicable Applicable Applicable

(A)pplicable.

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