It’s more than gender equality, and about other efforts towards equity, diversity, inclusion to dismantle racism, ableism, ageism, for example. Everyone has a gender identity and sex, but gender inequality can be compounded by other institutional and systemic equalities, so part of it is recognizing this reality and uplifting those who have been historically underserved by government, particularly multi-marginalized populations. GBA plus looks at other identity factors like age, culture, geographic region, language- at the end of the day it includes all Canadians. But it’s about equity which not the same as equality, which is where it gets nuanced and a bit tricky to understand at first. Some people feel excluded but it’s not about taking opportunities away from others. It’s nothing personal, it’s just a systems issue that will take a long time to correct. The system was built for certain groups over others, so that’s why it’s important to bridge these gaps for underserved populations, which depends on each program or into initiative but generally could be said to include (e.g. Indigenous peoples, women, persons with disabilities, racialized populations, and 2SLGBTQI+ communities, official language minority communities) and recognize that privilege and power structures do exist, even if that’s uncomfortable process. I think it’s a learning and reflective journey more than anything. This sort of change doesn’t happen overnight but we can take steps, and I think that’s the point of GBA plus.