What is the tort of harassment?

In Dechant v. Law Society of Alberta, 2006 ABQB 908, 70 Alta. L.R. (4th) 284), Horner J. stated at para. 55: 55 The law is not fully settled in Canada with respect to what specific acts or courses of conduct and what types of harm can establish the tort. The same is true of the tort of harassment. In fact, it may well be that the tort of harassment is the same as, or a variation of, the tort of intentional infliction of nervous shock. Fridman describes harassment as, “conduct, not involving assault or battery but causing distress and the disturbance of the victim’s everyday and lawful life” (Fridman [The Law of Torts in Canada, 2nd ed. (Toronto: Carswell, 2002)] at 84).