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Assault
The intention to apply force to someone else in a direct or indirect manner, without that
person's consent.
Battery
The use of force against another that results in offensive or harmful contact.
Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety (CCOHS)
CCOHS promotes the total well-being - physical psychosocial and mental health - of
working Canadians by providing information, training, education, management systems
and solutions that support health, safety, and wellness programs.
Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
Guarantees the right to freedom of speech and the press, peaceful assembly, travel,
due process, privacy, and attorney with speedy trial in criminal cases, and trial by jury in
certain cases.
Chain of custody
A process that tracks the movement of evidence through its collection, safeguarding,
and analysis lifecycle by documenting each person who handled the evidence, the
date/time it was collected or transferred, and the purpose for the transfer.
Competence
The ability to do something successfully or efficiently
Confidentiality
The state of keeping or being kept secret or private.
Consent
Permission for something to happen or agreement to do something.
Contract Law
A form of private law between individuals and/or companies.
Exists in order to provide certainty for parties when they enter into many kinds of
agreements, arrangements or transaction with each other.
Contributory negligence
Failure of an injured plaintiff to act prudently, considered to be a contributory factor in
the injury suffered, and sometimes reducing the amount recovered from the defendant.
Criminal law
A system of law concerned with the punishment of those who commit crimes.
A body of law that prohibits certain kinds of conduct and imposes sanctions for unlawful
behaviour.
Duty of care
A requirement that a person act toward others and the public with the watchfulness,
attention, caution and prudence that a reasonable person in the circumstances would
use.
FOIPP
Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act
, A formal process to ask for copies of personal records about yourself or someone you
are responsible for.
Implied consent
Consent which is not expressly granted by a person, but rather implicitly granted by a
person's actions and the facts and circumstances.
Informed consent
Permission granted in the knowledge of the possible consequences, typically that which
is given by a patient to a doctor for treatment with full knowledge of the possible risks
and benefits.
Legislation
Refers to written laws, often referred to as Acts or statutes, which are enacted by
Parliament, the legislative arm of government.
Liability
The state of being responsible for something, especially by law.
Negligence
Failure to take proper care in doing something
PIPEDA
The Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act
Sets rules for how private-sector organizations collect, use, and disclose personal
information in the course for commercial activity.
Personal information can only be used for the purpose for which it was collected.
Consent must be obtained for other purposes.
Privacy
The state or condition of being free from being observed or disturbed by other people.
Private law
A branch of law that deals with the relations between individuals or institutions, rather
than relations between these and the government.
The Privacy Act
The law that sets out your privacy rights in your interactions with the federal
government.
Relates to a person's right to access and correct personal information that the
Government of Canada holds about them.
Public law
A set of rules that govern the relationships between private individuals or private
organizations and public bodies.
Deals with issues that affect the general public or society as a whole.
Tort law
Tort: an act or omission that gives rise to injury or harm to another and amount to a civil
wrong for which courts impose liability.
Tort law redresses a wrong done to a person and provides relief from the wrongful acts
of others.