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ALLIANCE [14 records]

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Record 1 2024-12-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Federal Government Programs (Canadian)
  • Scholarships and Research Grants
  • Sciences - General
  • Engineering
OBS

A Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) program that offers funding opportunities.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de programmes fédéraux (Gouvernement canadien)
  • Bourses d'études et subventions de recherche
  • Sciences - Généralités
  • Ingénierie
OBS

Programme du Conseil de recherches en sciences naturelles et en génie du Canada (CRSNG) qui offre des possibilités de financement.

Spanish

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Record 2 2024-06-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Social Movements
  • Sociology of Human Relations
DEF

A process in which a person becomes involved in efforts to end the discrimination and oppression experienced by a group of people to which the person does not belong.

OBS

Allyship is often broken down into various stages that are all part of a continuum. These stages generally include becoming aware of the issues, becoming more informed and educated, educating others and actively advocating against discrimination and oppression.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mouvements sociaux
  • Sociologie des relations humaines
DEF

Processus par lequel une personne participe aux efforts visant à mettre fin à la discrimination et à l'oppression vécues par un groupe de personnes dont elle ne fait pas partie.

CONT

Au travail, l'alliance demande de soutenir et de défendre les collègues issus de groupes minoritaires, y compris les personnes [des communautés] LGBTQ+ [lesbiennes, gaies, bisexuelles, transgenres, queer et autres], les femmes, les personnes en situation de handicap et les personnes de couleur.

OBS

L'alliance inclusive est souvent divisée en plusieurs phases qui font partie d'un processus évolutif. Ces phases comprennent généralement le fait de prendre conscience des problèmes, de se renseigner et s'éduquer, d'éduquer les autres et de lutter activement contre la discrimination et l'oppression.

OBS

[...] il s'agit d'un processus de toute une vie axé sur l'établissement de relations interpersonnelles fondées sur la confiance, la cohérence et la responsabilisation avec des personnes ou des groupes marginalisés.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Movimientos sociales
  • Sociología de las relaciones humanas
CONT

[...] la alianza [...] ha sido un proceso muy significativo para las personas que fueron incorporadas, ya que habían esperado mucho tiempo por la oportunidad de un trabajo, lo que se logró gracias al apoyo que hay detrás de esta alianza, que incluye psicólogos, intérpretes en lenguaje de señas y otros profesionales.

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Record 3 2023-11-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Translation (General)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traduction (Généralités)

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Traducción (Generalidades)
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Record 4 - external organization data 2021-03-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment – Nomenclature 4.0
  • Museums and Heritage (General)
OBS

wedding ring: an item in the "Ceremonial Objects" class of the "Communication Objects" category.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Nomenclature 4.0
  • Muséologie et patrimoine (Généralités)
OBS

alliance : objet de la classe «Objets cérémoniels» de la catégorie «Objets de communication».

Spanish

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Record 5 2020-11-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Horse Racing and Equestrian Sports
OBS

A loop through which the rein pass, it is carried under the neck and preventing the reins being thrown over the horse's head.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Courses hippiques et sports équestres
OBS

Bande de cuir qui relie les rênes, entre la bouche et l'encolure.

Spanish

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Record 6 2019-12-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Alternative Dispute Resolution
  • Commercial and Other Bodies (Law)

French

Domaine(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Modes substitutifs de résolution des différends
  • Organismes commerciaux ou non (Droit)
DEF

Contrat, union, accord de coopération contracté par engagement mutuel entre des entreprises indépendantes pour réaliser des projets communs de natures diverses : investissement, production, fournitures, distribution, recherche et développement, etc.

OBS

alliance : désignation normalisée par le Comité de normalisation, Promotion de l'accès à la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).

Spanish

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Record 7 2015-06-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Property Law (common law)
  • Family Law (common law)
CONT

Relationship by marriage; that is, the relationship between a husband and his wife's kindred, and between the wife and her husband's kindred. Affinity is distinguished into three kinds: direct, or that subsisting between the husband and his wife's relations by blood, or between the wife and the husband's relations by blood; secondary, or that which subsists between the husband's and his wife's relations by marriage; and collateral, or that which subsists between the husband and the relations of his wife's relations. (Jowitt's, 2nd ed., 1977, p. 68)

French

Domaine(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Droit des biens et de la propriété (common law)
  • Droit de la famille (common law)
OBS

alliance : terme normalisé par le Comité de normalisation, Promotion de l'accès à la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).

Spanish

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Record 8 2012-10-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Law of Estates (common law)
  • Family Law (common law)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit successoral (common law)
  • Droit de la famille (common law)
DEF

Relation que le mariage établit entre un individu, d'une part, et son conjoint ou tout parent de son conjoint, d'autre part.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Derecho hereditario (common law)
  • Derecho de familia (common law)
DEF

Parentesco entre un cónyuge y los parientes del otro, que se origina al contraer el matrimonio.

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Record 9 1999-12-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • International Relations
  • War and Peace (International Law)
DEF

A multilateral agreement by states to improve their power position by joining together in defense of their common interest. Most alliances are now characterized by an agreement to regard 'an attack upon any member of the alliance as an attack upon all'.

DEF

The result of formal agreements between two or more nations for broad, long-term objectives. (FM 100-5)

CONT

The ruling elites and coalitions of subordinate states frequently form alliances with the dominant powers and identify their values and interests with those of the dominant powers.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Relations internationales
  • Guerre et paix (Droit international)
DEF

Le résultat d'ententes formelles entre États visant des objectifs d'envergure et à longue échéance.

OBS

alliance : terme et définition uniformisés par le Comité de terminologie française du Conseil de doctrine et de tactique de l'Armée de terre.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Relaciones internacionales
  • Guerra y paz (Derecho internacional)
DEF

Forma de cooperación más estrecha entre los estados; vinculan la acción de los mismos en las circunstancias y en los modos previstos por el acuerdo o el tratado que las instituye. Una alianza se caracteriza por un compromiso en materia política o militar, que varios estados asumen para la protección o realización de sus intereses; el compromiso se formaliza con la firma de un acuerdo o tratado.

CONT

El primer fundamento de las alianzas es la percepción de insuficiencia de los recursos de los estados para promover un determinado interés, que incentiva a los gobiernos a buscar combinaciones internacionales con dicho fin.

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Record 10 1999-11-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Treaties and Conventions
  • War and Peace (International Law)
  • International Public Law
DEF

a union or association of two or more states or nations, formed by league or treaty, for the joint prosecution of a war (offensive alliance), or for their mutual assistance and protection in repelling hostile attacks (defensive alliance).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traités et alliances
  • Guerre et paix (Droit international)
  • Droit international public
DEF

Objet d'un traité, consistant dans l'engagement d'entraide mutuelle de deux ou plusieurs États et, par extension, nom de ce traité et, éventuellement, de l'institution qui en résulte.

Spanish

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Record 11 1999-06-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ecology (General)
  • Botany
DEF

The unit of next higher rank than the association in the Braun-Blanquet classification of plant communities.

CONT

Associations and fragments of associations which show floristic and sociological affinities between themselves form an alliance or group of associations. [Braun-Blanquet and Pavillard]

CONT

Classes, sub-classes, groups, alliances, and orders.

CONT

... the "Glumal Alliance" of Endogens contains the "Grasses", "Cyperaceæ", and three other allied orders.

OBS

The terminations of the names express their value; the groups end in "-osæ"; the alliances in "-ales"; the orders in "-aceæ"; the suborders in "-eæ".

French

Domaine(s)
  • Écologie (Généralités)
  • Botanique
DEF

Unité supérieure de la classification phytosociologique, qui comprend les associations végétales proches ayant des espèces caractéristiques en commun.

Spanish

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Record 12 1994-04-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • International Bodies and Committees

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités internationaux

Spanish

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Record 13 1992-11-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Organizations, Administrative Units and Committees
OBS

Seeks to develop a network of individuals to promote legislation protecting animals and their environment and teach the public how-to use the legislative process to establish laws protecting animals

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes, unités administratives et comités

Spanish

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Record 14 1987-12-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Jewellery
DEF

A ring symbolizing marriage.

OBS

The early christians incorporated the ring-giving in the marriage ceremony.

CONT

A wedding ring mentioned in a will of 1503 is simply described as "having a diamond and a ruby therein.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Joaillerie et bijouterie
DEF

Anneau nuptial, symbole de l'union.

Spanish

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