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We have included the definitions for several terms which appear in the Survey.
Any impairment, including a physical, mental, intellectual, cognitive, learning, communication or sensory impairment – or a functional limitation – whether permanent, temporary or episodic in nature, or evident or not, that, in interaction with a barrier, hinders a person's full and equal participation in society.
Gender refers to socially and culturally constructed roles, behaviours, expressions and identities of girls, women, boys, men, and transgender people. Most often people's sex and gender match up, but many people identify as a gender that is different from the sex they were assigned at birth.
Separate from the decision to tell someone is the decision to file a formal report that you experienced sexualized violence. An investigation into a report of sexualized violence determines whether an incident of sexualized violence has occurred, in accordance with the institution's sexualized violence policy.
Any unwanted sexual act that is attempted or is carried out. It may include physical, verbal, or psychological acts. There are many different types of sexualized violence, and people of all genders may experience it. Such behaviour may or may not involve physical contact and can occur in online/virtual environments.
It includes, but is not limited to:
An umbrella term that describes a wide range of people whose gender identity differs from their assigned sex at birth.
A term used within some Indigenous communities, encompassing sexual, gender, cultural, and/or spiritual identity. This umbrella term was created in the English language to reflect complex Indigenous understandings of gender and sexuality and the long history of sexual and gender diversity in Indigenous cultures. This term may refer to cross, multiple, and/or non-binary gender roles; non-heterosexual identities; and a range of cultural identities, roles, and practices embodied by Two-Spirit peoples. (definition used with permission from Battered Women's Support Services).