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Gender Analytics for Innovation
  • Level Foundation
  • Duration 9 hours
  • Course by University of Toronto
  • Offered by

About

Gender Analytics is a way to analyze your products, services, processes and policies with a gender lens to uncover hidden opportunities for innovation and effectiveness. We'll answer questions such as: Why are women 47% more likely than men to be injured when they get in a car accident? Why do financial products fail to meet women’s needs across their life cycles? Why will automation and AI be more likely to impact women than men? Why are gender-neutral policies are not necessarily gender-equal? This is the introductory course in the 5-course Gender Analytics Specialization offered by the Institute for Gender and the Economy (GATE) at the University of Toronto's Rotman School of Management. In this course, you will build the foundations for conducting Gender Analytics. You will get comfortable with the concepts and terms associated with Gender Analytics, including sex, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation and intersectionality. You will examine how policies, products, services and processes may have unintentionally gendered outcomes that miss out on opportunities or create needless risks. You will learn to uncover assumptions underlying these policies, products, services and processes, and to break social, cultural, and or organizational norms that perpetuate exclusion and inequality. You will see how Gender Analytics can lead to transformational innovations. You will also evaluate your own competencies and start your Self Development Plan and begin your journey to build a workplan for your own Gender Analytics project.

Modules

Welcome to the Gender Analytics Specialization

    • 3 Videos
    • 2 Readings
    • 1 Discussion
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1 Discussions

  • Introduce yourself & meet your classmates

3 Videos

  • Introduction to the Gender Analytics specialization
  • Introduction to the Gender Analytics faculty
  • Gender Analytics learning philosophy

2 Readings

  • Land Acknowledgement
  • Gender Analytics faculty biography for Course 1

Using Gender Analytics to create opportunities and avoid risks

    • 3 Videos
    • 2 Readings
    • 2 Discussion
    • 1 Assignment
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1 Assignment

  • Assessment 1

2 Discussions

  • Examples of gender-based insights
  • Reflection

3 Videos

  • Gender Analytics to create opportunities
  • Case example: McCarthy Uniforms
  • Gender Analytics to avoid risks

2 Readings

  • Introduction to Case example: McCarthy Uniforms
  • Case example: McCarthy Uniforms

Gender Analytics competencies

    • 3 Videos
    • 3 Readings
    • 1 Discussion
    • 1 Assignment
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1 Assignment

  • Assessment 2

1 Discussions

  • Reflection on Gender Analytics competencies

3 Videos

  • Gender Analysis Competency Framework introduction
  • Understanding the Gender Analysis Competency Framework
  • How the courses in the Specialization will build your competencies

3 Readings

  • Introduction to the next video
  • Gender Analysis Competency Framework
  • [Exercise] Gender Analysis Competency Self-Assessment

Defining gender

    • 3 Videos
    • 5 Readings
    • 1 Discussion
    • 2 Assignment
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2 Assignment

  • Reviewing gender concepts
  • Assessment 3

1 Discussions

  • Reflection

3 Videos

  • Defining gender
  • Beyond the gender binary
  • Impact of intersectionality

5 Readings

  • [Multimedia resource] The risks of the “male default”
  • [Multimedia resource] The theory of intersectionality
  • [Multimedia resource] Case example: Bias in facial recognition technology
  • [Multimedia resource] How gender identity intersects with race
  • [Worksheet] Interrogating your own identities

Inclusive innovation

    • 3 Videos
    • 2 Readings
    • 1 Assignment
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1 Assignment

  • Assessment 4

3 Videos

  • Gender Analytics as innovation
  • Inclusive innovation is radical innovation
  • Inclusion as transformation

2 Readings

  • Introduction to these interviews
  • Case example: inclusive innovation at Samagra

Course summary

    • 3 Videos
    • 3 Readings
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3 Videos

  • Application Spotlight: Application to your project workplan
  • Application Spotlight: Application to your Self Development Plan
  • End of Course Recap

3 Readings

  • [Worksheet] Your own Gender Analytics project
  • [Worksheet] Gender Analytics Self Development Plan
  • Congratulations!

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"Gender Analytics for Innovation" is a foundational course in Business & Management, offered by the University of Toronto's Rotman School of Management through Coursera. This course teaches you to analyze products, services, processes, and policies using a gender lens to uncover hidden opportunities for innovation. Led by experts from the Institute for Gender and the Economy (GATE), you'll explore why gender-neutral policies often fall short of gender equality and how to create transformative innovations. Suitable for beginners, the course spans 540 minutes and offers Starter and Professional subscription options. Ideal for those looking to enhance their understanding of Gender Analytics and drive effective, inclusive strategies.

Sarah Kaplan
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Sarah Kaplan