2025-2026 Supplementary Information Tables - Gender-based Analysis Plus (GBA+)

Section 1: institutional GBA Plus governance and capacity

Governance

The Office of the Registrar of the Supreme Court of Canada (ORSCC) has identified and appointed a departmental GBA Plus Champion.

Capacity

In 2025-2026 the ORSCC updated the organization’s Accessibility Plan to ensure that the ORSCC is inclusive and eliminates any barriers that would prevent access to justice for Canadians.

Members of the Employment Equity and Diversity Advisory Committee (EEDAC) have been offered GBA Plus training and all staff have been invited to participate in initiatives that promote inclusivity.

Human resources (full-time equivalents) dedicated to GBA Plus

As a small department, the ORSCC dedicates less than 0.25 full time equivalents (FTEs) in total to GBA Plus across three individuals: a Human Resources (HR) Advisor, an HR Manager, and a GBA Plus Champion.

Section 2: gender and diversity impacts, by program

Core responsibility: The administration of Canada’s final court of appeal

Program name:

• Administration of the Judges’ Act for the Judges of the Supreme Court of Canada
• Court Administration
• Internal Services

Program goals:

As it relates to the ORSCC’s Core Responsibility, which is “The administration of Canada’s final court of appeal” and the three following programs: “Administration of the Judges’ Act for the Judges of the Supreme Court of Canada”, “Court Administration” & “Internal Services”, management and staff have been provided training on diversity and inclusion.

Both the ORSCC’s 2024-2027 Employment Equity Diversity and Inclusion Plan and ORSCC’s Accessibility Plan incorporate Federal Public Service regulations and best practice strategies to ensure that the organization is inclusive and diverse. Training and awareness initiatives that complement the GBA+ program have been built into the development and implementation of these plans.

GBA Plus data collection plan

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