Government Documents Repository
A project to capture Canadian government documents in a repository.
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- Intimate partner abuse against men
- abstract: This document provides an overview of the available research findings on the nature and extent of abuse committed by women against their intimate male partners, as well as an examination of the various methods that have been used in that research. It identifies risk factors and the physical and psychological effects on victims. Finally, it considers issues relevant to prevention and offers suggestions on what individuals (victims, friends and professionals) can do and what resources and services they can access for help.
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- Issues and challenges in communicating with less literate Canadians : final report
- abstract: This report outlines the results of a study into the perceptions and needs of Canadians with lower levels of literacy. It sets out literacy-related issues and a general context for the study. The report lists the information needs of these Canadians, the results when they were asked to evaluate federal government communications, and which types of communication they preferred. Appendices look at literacy as it relates to factors such as education, geography, age, and immigration.