Digital Equity & Inclusion UX Methods

Not everyone thrives in the digital revolution. Digital divides persist, often leaving already marginalized users out of UX research and design processes.

Gender-Based Analysis Plus (GBA+) is an analytical framework which identifies intersectional and systemic inequities in policy and program development. It can also be used as a UX method, to better understand the challenges and barriers that diverse and vulnerable users face.

This presentation will introduce the GBA+ framework and discuss practical ways to incorporate it into UX methods, to ensure that digital accessibility, equity and inclusion goals are built into designs from the ground up, rather than tagged on as an afterthought.

> Agenda
7:00 PM Doors open, networking time
7:15 PM Introductions from the event hosts, Nata and Ruby
7:20 PM Digital Equity & Inclusion UX Methods with Char Gagnon
7:50 PM Q&A
8:15 PM Networking and wrap-up
8:30 PM Doors close

> Speaker Bio
Char Gagnon is a Service Designer and UX Researcher with What We Make It and Kula Partners. Since 2005, Char has worked in a variety of academic and community-based projects in the areas of equity & technology, diversity, public safety, gender-based violence, restorative justice, housing/homelessness, education, rural/urban development, youth transitions, and grassroots media.

Char has a sociology/anthropology degree from MSVU, and has completed various courses in advanced quantitative methods, gender studies, business administration, and non-profit leadership. Connect with Char on LinkedIn.

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