Restoring trust to help in race-based data collection could be ‘impossible’—unless communities control the data, say Indigenous experts

'[This is about] Indigenous self-determination. It’s something that we should control. We control the data, the story, and we can keep this information confidential, if we wish,' says Judith Sayers, president of the Nuu-chah-nulth Tribal Council in Port Alberni, B.C.
RCMP Commissioner Brenda Lucki, pictured on April 20, 2020, says her force will 'work with' the Privacy Commissioner to collect race-based data. Details are sparse, and the Privacy Commissioner says he has yet to hear from the RCMP on that subject.
Canada’s national police force and government will have to fight an uphill battle to restore trust with Black and Indigenous communities as they begin trying to collect race-based data, some experts say, and one Indigenous leader says a separate, Indigenous data collection agency should be establi...

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