Individuals age 18 and older who have been subjected to a persistent pattern behaviour in which one intimate partner uses physical violence, coercion, threats, intimidation, isolation and emotional, sexual, or economic abuse to control the other partner in a relationship. Stalking or other harassing behaviour is often an integral part of the pattern. Abusers may include caregivers, spouses, intimate partners or other family members.

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Individuals who have been seriously or fatally injured as the result of an unplanned and unforeseen event or condition which has occurred as a result of their own or another's ignorance, negligence, lack of awareness or other circumstances which were beyond their control.

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Individuals who have suffered injury or loss of property because of the illegal actions of another.

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Indigenous individuals who as children were removed from their homes in order to be sent to distant boarding schools, with the goal of assimilation into the dominant culture. While systematically disrupting the transmission of Indigenous languages, practices, and beliefs across generations, lack of oversight resulted in sometimes rampant physical and sexual abuse and even death. Residential schools were generally funded by the government of Canada and operated by established churches.

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