01-02 Search of Persons - Definitions

Question 1

Assistive/Prosthetic Device

Answer 1

a device used to replace, compensate for, or improve the functional abilities of people with disabilities or for trans or gender diverse persons to affirm gender identity. Assistive device includes a broad range of items such as mobility and visual/hearing aids, orthotics/prosthetics, speech devices, medical supplies, environmental controls and respiratory devices.

Question 2

Prosthetics used to express gender identity include

Answer 2

breast forms, chest binders, gaffs, packers, prosthetic penises and wigs

Question 3

Disability means:

Answer 3

a. any degree of physical disability, infirmity, malformation or disfigurement that is caused by bodily injury, birth defect or illness and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, includes diabetes mellitus, epilepsy, a brain injury, any degree of paralysis, amputation, lack of physical co-ordination, blindness or visual impediment, deafness or hearing impediment, muteness or speech impediment, or physical reliance on a guide dog or other animal or on a wheelchair or other remedial appliance or device;
b. a condition of mental impairment or a developmental disability;
c. a learning disability, or a dysfunction in one or more of the processes involved in understanding or using symbols or spoken language;
d. a mental disorder, or;
e. an injury or disability for which benefits were claimed or received under the insurance plan established under the Workplace Safety and Insurance Act

Question 4

Gender:

Answer 4

the set of socially classified behaviours, attitudes and norms associated with and roles of men, women, trans people, non-binary people and more. Encompasses gender identity, a person’s internal sense of being a man, woman, both or neither.

Question 5

Non-binary

Answer 5

gender identities outside of the expected binary of men and women.

Question 6

Member – Prisoner Care & Control for the purposes of prisoner transportation, care and control, includes a

Answer 6

a) police officer,
b) court officer, and
c) custodial officer.

Question 7

Service Members’ Perception Data means:

Answer 7

information derived from a member making a determination with respect to the race of an individual by observation, solely on the basis of that member’s own perception.

Question 8

Sex:

Answer 8

the classification of people as male, female or intersex based on a specific combination of reproductive organs, chromosomes and hormones and assigned at birth based on observation of a person’s genitals.

Question 9

Trans:

Answer 9

• an umbrella term referring to people with diverse gender identities and expressions that differ from their assigned sex at birth. It includes but is not limited to people who identify as transgender, trans woman (someone assigned male at birth who knows themself to be a woman), trans man (someone assigned female at birth who knows themself to be a man), non-binary, gender non-conforming, gender variant or gender queer. Some people may consider two-spirit to be a trans identity. Trans persons may or may not make a social transition, have surgery, use prosthetic devices or take prescription medications (such as hormone therapies), to affirm their gender identity. They may or may not have identity documents that reflect their lived identity.