Canada
This page will provide specific information for forensic clinicians in Canada. Although we will post online events here, we will also include general resources which may be more challenging for readers to find. Most recent resources are posted first.
Canadian Guidelines on Sexually Transmitted Infections, January 2008 (PDF). This document is available in hard copy as well at
http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/std-mts/sti-its/order-eng.php
Women Prisoners and Health Justice, written and edited by Diane C.Hatton, Anastasia A. Fisher (Radcliffe Publishing 2009)
Book is available from Amazon.com and Barnes and Noble. Chapter 10, Ethics for Health Care Providers: Codes as Guidance for Practice in Prisons was written by Jane Storch and Cindy Peternelj-Taylor. Cindy is Editor of the Journal of Forensic Nursing and a Professor in the School of Nursing at University of Saskatchewan.
Abuse is Wrong (Department of Justice, Canada). This brochure can be downloaded and printed for free,
instructions for ordering on line or by phone are also available on page 2.
Traumatic Pasts in Canadian Aboriginal People (Sochting, et al.) This article provides insight into the traumatic past of
Canadian Aboriginal people within the Indian residential school system. It
provides insight into the kinds of abuse suffered and the long term consequences
of the abuse.
Forensic Nursing Education in America. Arlene Kent-Wilkinson’s PhD dissertation at the University of Saskatchewan, available as a full-text PDF.
Why Don’t More Women Report Sexual Assault to the Police? 2000 research done by Dr. Margaret McGreor and Dr. Ellen Wiebe et al. in Vancouver, BC. This is a retrospective study of 958 cases who presented forcare post sexual assault to a Sexual Assault Service between 1993 and 1997.
The latest version of the Criminal Code of Canada from the Canadian Legal Information Institute:
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{The pertinent sections for forensic nurses are Part V Sections 150 to 182~Sexual Offences, Public Morals and Disorderly Conduct and Part VIII ~Offences Against the Person and Reputations Sections 214 to 320.Have a look at Sections 150, 151, 152, 153, 155, 159, 160, 163, 163.1,170, 171, 172, 266, 267, 268, 269, 269.1,271, 272, 273, 273.1, 273,2 and their subsections as they all refer to legal issues around consent and various forms of interpersonal violence including sexual assault. The website also allows you to compare the new laws with the older versions (available in English and French).}
The uses and impacts of medico-legal evidence in sexual assault cases: A global review (PDF): WHO study done in 2007 by Janice Du Mont and Deborah White looking globally at medico legal evidence in sexual assault cases.
In the Absence of Consent: Sexual Assault, Unconsciousness and Forensic Evidence (PDF): This research was done in 2001. Dr. Lee is a researcher in Vancouver, BC, Canada
All You Ever Wanted to Know About Forensic Science in Canada… (PDF): This document was compiled by Dr. Gail Anderson, an internationally known forensic entomologist at Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, Canada. It is the only document of its kind in Canada. Provides an overview of forensic nursing in Canada.
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Better identify, interpret, and investigate child maltreatment and sexual assault.
G.W. Medical Publishing/ STM Learning, Inc.
Essential Educational Resources for the Child Protection Community