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FRASER INSTITUTE [10 records]

Record 1 2026-01-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Monographs
OBS

Publication of The Fraser Institute.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de monographies
OBS

Publication du Fraser Institute.

Spanish

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Record 2 2026-01-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Monographs
  • Economics
OBS

Publication of The Fraser Institute.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de monographies
  • Économique
OBS

Publication du Fraser Institute.

Spanish

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Record 3 - external organization data 2017-04-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP)
OBS

The Institute for Canadian Urban Research Studies(ICURS) is based at Simon Fraser University in British Columbia, Canada.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir - Gendarmerie royale du Canada (GRC)
OBS

L'Institut des études de recherches urbaines canadiennes (ICURS) est établi à l'Université Simon-Fraser en Colombie-Britannique (Canada).

Spanish

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Record 4 2017-02-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • International Bodies and Committees
  • Penal Law
OBS

The International Centre is an independent, international institute, based in Vancouver, Canada, officially affiliated with the United Nations, under a formal agreement between the government of Canada and the UN. The Centre is part of the UN Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Programme Network of Institutes. It was founded in 1991, as a result of a joint initiative of the University of British Columbia, Simon Fraser University and the International Society for the Reform of Criminal Law, with contributions from the Government of Canada and the Province of British Columbia. The Centre is supported in part from the endowment funds established by the British Columbia Law Foundation, the Ontario Law Foundation and the Vancouver Foundation.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités internationaux
  • Droit pénal
OBS

Le Centre international pour la réforme du droit criminel et la politique en matière de justice pénale (CIRDC), dont le siège social est à Vancouver au Canada, a été fondé en 1991. Le Centre mène des recherches et analyse des politiques, entreprend l'élaboration et la mise en œuvre de programmes d'aide technique, diffuse de l'information au grand public et offre des services de consultation, le tout, dans les domaines du droit pénal international, de la politique en matière de justice pénale et de la prévention des actes criminels.

Spanish

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Record 5 2014-05-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sociology of Work
  • Rights and Freedoms
  • Recruiting of Personnel
DEF

Deliberately unfair practices stemming from prejudice or ill-will.

CONT

Certain discriminatory practices such as intent discrimination stem from long-standing personal biases that employers have towards certain groups.(Becker, Gary. Discrimination, Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity. The Fraser Institute, Vancouver, 1982, p. 39.)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sociologie du travail
  • Droits et libertés
  • Recrutement du personnel
DEF

Mise en application délibérée de pratiques d'emploi injustes en raison de préjugés ou de mauvaise volonté.

CONT

Plusieurs femmes se rendent compte qu'il y a de la discrimination intentionnelle au sein de l'entreprise, c'est-à-dire qu'il y a des employeurs qui ne les embauchent pas à cause d'une préférence personnelle pour quelqu'un de sexe opposé.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Sociología del trabajo
  • Derechos y Libertades
  • Contratación de personal
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Record 6 2008-06-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Various Proper Names
  • Measuring Instruments
  • Political Science
OBS

13 March 1996. The Fraser Institute announced today the first official setting of its Canada Clock, a mesure of the probability of Canada's survival in its present form.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appellations diverses
  • Appareils de mesure
  • Sciences politiques

Spanish

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Record 7 1996-08-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Private-Sector Honorary Distinctions
OBS

The Fraser Institute presented The Fraser Institute Fiscal Performance Award for 1995 to Premier Ralph Klein of the Government of Alberta at a Fraser Institute Luncheon being addressed by Premier Klein, January 6, 1995. This award is given to the Government of Alberta for having achieved the highest overall score on the Fraser Institute Fiscal Performance Index to the end of 1994.

Key term(s)
  • The Fraser Institute Fiscal Performance Award

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres honorifiques et décorations du secteur privé

Spanish

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Record 8 1996-02-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Monographs
OBS

The Fraser Institute recently released the results of the first ever attempt to create a general international fiscal performance ranking of junior governments in North America. The Fraser Institute Fiscal Performance Index ranks 34 U. S. states and the 10 Canadian provinces according to their taxation and spending policies.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de monographies

Spanish

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Record 9 1992-05-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Monographs
OBS

Authors : Michael A. Walker and others; Fraser Institute, Vancouver, B. C., 1992; Information obtained from the organization.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de monographies
OBS

Auteurs : Michael A. Walker et al.; Fraser Institute, Vancouver, B.C., 1992; Renseignement obtenu de l'organisme.

Spanish

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Record 10 1992-01-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Recruiting of Personnel
DEF

A disproportionately high ratio of any one group workers to other employees in a specific type of job, unit, level, or occupational group.

CONT

There tends to be a concentration of women in occupations which are accorded lesser status and receive lower pay.(Becker, Gary. Discrimination, Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity. The Fraser Institute, Vancouver, 1982, p. 73)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Recrutement du personnel
DEF

Proportion démesurément élevée d'un groupe donné de travailleurs par rapport à d'autres groupes dans une section, à un niveau ou dans une profession.

CONT

Nous remarquons une forte concentration de femmes dans les domaines comme la vente et le travail de bureau. (Lewennak, Sheila. Les femmes et le travail. Entreprise moderne, Grande Bretagne, 1980, p. 27)

Spanish

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