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HISTORICAL TRAUMA [2 records]

Record 1 2024-11-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Family Law (common law)
  • Social Problems
  • Sociology of the Family
CONT

The residential school experience of Canada's Aboriginal people has been identified as a contributing factor to IPV(intimate partner violence). The historical exposure to violence, trauma and abuse has created and sustained an intergenerational cycle of violence.

Key term(s)
  • inter-generational cycle of violence

French

Domaine(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Droit de la famille (common law)
  • Problèmes sociaux
  • Sociologie de la famille
OBS

cycle intergénérationnel de la violence; cycle de la violence : désignations normalisées par le Comité de normalisation, Promotion de l'accès à la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).

Key term(s)
  • cycle inter-générationnel de la violence

Spanish

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Record 2 2022-11-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mental health and hygiene
  • Social Problems
DEF

A trauma experienced collectively by a group of people sharing a common identity, caused by the oppression of this group through one or more events in the past, and that is usually characterized by the persistence of social and health problems in this group across several generations.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Hygiène et santé mentales
  • Problèmes sociaux
DEF

Traumatisme vécu collectivement par un groupe de personnes ayant une identité commune, qui découle de l'oppression de ce groupe à la suite d'un ou plusieurs événements dans le passé, et qui est habituellement caractérisé par la persistance de problèmes sociaux et de santé dans ce groupe sur plusieurs générations.

Spanish

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