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 # The Equity Maturity Model
 
-This is a framework for organizations to evaluate social equity maturity of their services and products. The model has four sections: Privacy-Security-Data, GBA+, Equity and Finance and Records. Diverse groups includes, but never limited to, BIPOC, 2SLGBTQQIA+, Neurodivergent, People with Disabilities, Socio-Economic status, Rural Residents, and Gender Diverse & Gender Non-Conforming Folx. This framework uses the Intercultural Continuum Model to demonstrate the shift from monocultural ways of being to intercultural and offers a path towards achieving the best possible services for all peoples.
+This is a framework for organizations to evaluate social equity maturity of their services and products. The model has four sections: Privacy-Security-Data, Intersectional Analysis, Equity and Finance and Records. Diverse groups includes, but never limited to, BIPOC, 2SLGBTQQIA+, Neurodivergent, People with Disabilities, Socio-Economic status, Rural Residents, and SOGI (Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity). This framework uses the Intercultural Continuum Model to demonstrate the shift from monocultural ways of being to intercultural and offers a path towards achieving the best possible services for all peoples.
 
 The quoted words are followed by definitions relevant to the Equity Maturity Model. Definitions of acronyms can be found below. 
 
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 ## 1.1 Privacy, Security and Data
 Tier | Mindset | Content
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-0 | Denial | <ul><li>"Confirmation Bias": Data collection uses an unauthorized, passive and casual approach. An example of this approach is conversations among selected and immediate colleagues. Stereotypes are common within the Product, and systemic challenges and barriers of oppressed groups are perpetuated.</ul></li><ul><li>Data is used for surveillance capitalism, meaning substantial cost-savings are searched for as Product grows, instead of investing in the Product for ethical development. Cost-savings then contribute to, maliciously or not, six degrees of traumatic impacts. These impacts can last more than one generation. Investments only come when protecting against liability.</ul></li><ul><li>More time is spent planning than building the Product's framework with residential experts. Planning does not include a complex feedback system, prioritized feedback or tangible measures of the Product's impact to all communities in the Province.</ul></li><ul><li>Because data collection did not have a purpose and ethical processing did not occur, the Product is completely outdated prior to release.</ul></li>
+0 | Denial | <ul><li>"Confirmation Bias": Data collection uses an unauthorized, passive and casual approach. An example of this approach is conversations among selected and immediate colleagues. Stereotypes are common within the product lifecycle, and systemic challenges and barriers of oppressed groups are perpetuated.</ul></li><ul><li>Data is used for surveillance capitalism, meaning substantial cost-savings are searched for as Product grows, instead of investing in the Product for ethical development. Cost-savings then contribute to, maliciously or not, six degrees of traumatic impacts. These impacts can last more than one generation. Investments only come when protecting against liability.</ul></li><ul><li>More time is spent planning than building the Product's framework with residential experts. Planning does not include a complex feedback system, prioritized feedback or tangible measures of the Product's impact to all communities in the Province.</ul></li><ul><li>Because data collection did not have a purpose and ethical processing did not occur, the Product is completely outdated prior to release.</ul></li>
 1 | Polarization | <ul><li>Privacy and security are rooted in protection of capital assets, or other property. For publications and communications, Public Relations and related business units do not include layers of systemic oppression, individual and/or community rights, vulnerabilities and challenges. They write to discredit. There are frequent discussions streamline processes and avoid incidents, but no implementation.</ul></li><ul><li>"Hypervisibility": Because confidential and ethical data collection is unavailable, systemically oppressed communities experience further ostracization. This happens because of fear of retaliation, being simply forgotten about and/or assimilated into social dominant group. The Product team is indifferent because of team homogeneity.</ul></li><ul><li>"Walking on Thin Ice": Minority-centric project elements are acknowledged with fear of open conflict among product team and stakeholders. This creates inequalities and large data gaps in research and communications.</ul></li><ul><li>Product data are collected from random sample(s) of higher ranks instead of operational users who implement, maintain, and use the product. Often, data collection is non-consensual and derived from the Product team's assumptions of an individual/community. These assumptions are based on infrequent and specific instances.</ul></li>
 2 | Minimization | <ul><li>The Product team explores open and big data, intentions, information sharing, security and privacy risks before building the Product. But, exploration uses unethical questions and resolutions. Emotional labour of equity seeking minorities for "learning" is common - equity seeking minorities are considered the same as research tools (like Google) instead of human beings.</ul></li><ul><li>Product's data is collected from management with assumption data collection is substantial and methodical. Socio-economic status is a strong barrier to qualitative and quantitative feedback.</ul></li><ul><li>Equity seeking minorities' feedback is censored and/or reworded because their feedback is considered political. The Product team will see the present as a logical state of existance.</ul></li><ul><li>Product's feedback process follows antiquated methodology, is irregular, biased or non-existent. Feedback is only initiated if a large problem is brought forward or a large investment is involved.</ul></li>
 3 | Acceptance | <ul><li>"Quick wins": There is a shift in acknowledging complexities of the Province because they are considered unavoidable. The Product team starts using an intersectional approach. They connect with respective experts for research and consultation, instead of building image that raise their social standing within the organization.</ul></li><ul><li>Government is beginning to be perceived as a civic community. The Product Team begins to cultivate their relationships with Provincial communities. This includes advocates against aggregated data and for deaggregated data. Advocates' committement to social equity is respected, including their work against physical and psychological harms to improve socciatal living standards.</ul></li><ul><li>Indigenous Peoples are not monolithed and their Sovereignty and principles of ownership, control, access, and possession (OCAP) are undisputed and respected, is acknowledged and respected. Open communication channels are beggining regarding Product's impacts. The feedback collected is equitable regarding negative, neutral and/or positive, on Indigenous lands, peoples, policies and laws.</ul></li><ul><li>The promise to integrate the Respectful Relationship, specifically the public participation spectrum and E-GAP, is embodied. The approach accentuates authentic partnership between the Product team and Provincial communities, and abolishes performative efforts.</ul></li>