For our second episode of “Advancing justice,” we’re pleased to welcome Dr. Mai Phan. Mai is a data expert who is passionate about data equity, social justice, equity, and human rights. She has more than 20 years of experience teaching, researching, developing, and leading initiatives to address systemic barriers and promote inclusive practices and policies in public sector organizations.

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Approved EDI Professionalism: 0 hour(s) and 15 minute(s)
Accreditation Criteria Session Approved Under: 6.0

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Mai is currently supporting the Toronto Police Service's Race and Identity-Based Data Collection Strategy, an anti-racism data initiative. Previously, she was a senior research and policy advisor at the Anti-Racism Directorate at the province of Ontario, where she led the development of the Ontario Anti-Racism Data Standards and provided strategic advice to public sector organizations regulated to collect race-based data under the Anti-Racism Act.

In our conversation, Mai talks about the importance of collecting race-based data to address systemic issues in the criminal justice system and what we need to consider before we collect and use race-based data to inform the work to achieve public safety and justice.

You can find the transcript of the conversation at https://maytree.com/maytree-podcasts/advancing-justice-podcast/.

For other contributions to the series and links to resources, visit the Maytree website at maytree.com/what-we-focus-on/advancing-justice/.