by Heather Krause | Jul 25, 2019 | Funding |
In the We All Count Data Lifecycle, the first step is Funding. Funding is often overlooked as a factor in data equity because it’s the hardest to change. Data scientists and data project workers often consider how to increase equity within their projects and...
by Heather Krause | Jul 11, 2019 | Analysis |
Sometimes we’re told numbers that just don’t seem right. Even when the math is shown to us, the answer doesn’t align with the world we see around us. Rather than burying our heads in the sand and denying the math, or just conceding that our feelings are wrong and...
by Heather Krause | Jun 21, 2019 | Analysis |
It’s Pride weekend here in Toronto and the word of the day of The 519, a city organization dedicated to advocacy for the inclusion of LGBTQ communities is intersectionality. We’ve talked about the importance of using an intersectional approach in increasing the...
by Larissa Veloso | Jun 12, 2019 | Data Collection & Sourcing, Guest Posts |
This week, we’re welcoming guest author Larissa Veloso a multifaceted professional who works in journalism and marketing. Larissa is sharing her experience with data on race and ethnicity. A version of this piece originally appeared in Larissa’s Medium...
by Heather Krause | Jun 7, 2019 | Data Biography, Data Collection & Sourcing |
In last week’s email newsletter I mentioned Naomi Wolf’s data problems (That’s Naomi Wolf – not Naomi Klein as I accidentally wrote in part of the text. Apologies to Naomi Klein fans!) In Wolf’s latest book she makes claims about the number of men executed in...
