Glossary
In Human Rights
Gender identity is a person’s internal and individual experience of gender.
In Criminal Law, Types of Offences, Bail, Probation, and Court Attendance, Assault, Driving, Drugs, Firearms, Gender-based violence, Harassment, Mischief, Theft, Threats, Victims and witnesses
Gender-based crimes are criminal offences committed against a person because of their gender identity or gender expression. Gender-based crimes can happen between people in intimate relationships, friends, acquaintances, co-workers, and strangers. Anyone can be the victim of a gender-based crime, but girls, women, and gender-diverse people are at a higher risk of gender-based violence.
Some of the most common gender-based criminal offences are:
- voyeurism
- publication of an intimate image without consent
- criminal harassment or harassing communications
- assault and sexual assault
- uttering threats or extortion
- forcible confinement
- failing to comply with a court order or condition
In Criminal Law
When you’re charged with multiple crimes in different incidents, you can ask the Crown for a global resolution. This means the Crown agrees to deal with all the crimes together and to have all the charges resolved at once.
If your charges are at different courthouses, the Crowns at both locations have to agree before a global resolution can be considered. You may be able to negotiate a better plea position if you resolve your charges globally than if you proceeded with them separately.
In Employment and Work, Human rights at work, Human Rights, Types of discrimination
A grievance is an official complaint by a union against an employer. Grievances are decided by arbitrators, who are private judges hired by the union and the employer. Arbitrators hear your complaint and decide whether it happened. If you win, the arbitrator can order your employer to pay you money, change workplace rules, or stop doing something that’s not fair to you.
The Guaranteed Annual Income System (GAINS) payment is a monthly amount that the Ontario government pays to people who:
- get the Old Age Security (OAS) pension and the Guaranteed Income Supplement (GIS), and
- qualify financially.
The Guaranteed Income Supplement (GIS) is a monthly amount that the Government of Canada pays to people living in Canada who:
- get the Old Age Security (OAS) pension, and
- qualify financially
A guarantor is a person or business who agrees to pay your debt if you do not. For example, you may need a guarantor for an apartment lease. If you don’t pay the rent on time, your guarantor has to pay the rent instead.
In Wills and Powers of Attorney
A Guardian of Property is someone who a court or the Office of the Public Guardian and Trustee appoints to manage your money and property. This might happen if you’re not mentally capable of doing this. Or, if the attorney you named in your Power of Attorney for Property is not looking after your money and property properly.
In Wills and Powers of Attorney
A Guardian of the Person is someone a court appoints to make personal decisions for you if you’re not mentally capable of making them. Their role is to make the decisions you would make for yourself. If the Guardian does not know what you would want, they must make decisions based on what they believe is best for you.
A guardian of the person is someone who a court appoints to make personal decisions for you if you’re not mentally capable of making them. This includes decisions about where you live, what you eat, getting dressed, washing and having a bath, and staying safe. It also includes decisions about medical treatment and health care.
Their role is to make the decisions you would make for yourself. If they do not know what you would want, they must decide based on what they believe is best for you.