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AWARD GRANT [11 records]

Record 1 2024-04-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Employment Benefits
CONT

The Commission may, on special application in that behalf, grant a compassionate pension, allowance or supplementary award in any case that it considers to be specially meritorious, but in which the Commission has decided that the applicant is otherwise unqualified to receive such an award or supplementary award under this Act. [Pension Act]

French

Domaine(s)
  • Avantages sociaux
CONT

La Commission peut, sur demande spéciale à cette fin, accorder une pension, allocation ou dotation supplémentaire de commisération dans tous les cas qu'elle estime particulièrement méritoires, mais où elle a décidé que le requérant est autrement inhabile à recevoir une telle dotation ou dotation supplémentaire aux termes de la présente loi. [Loi sur les pensions]

Spanish

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Record 2 2015-10-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Scholarships and Research Grants
DEF

A college or university faculty member with a Ph.D. (or equivalent terminal degree), a post-doctoral researcher, or an experienced professional or artist who has been awarded a Fulbright Scholar grant to teach and/or conduct research in another country participating in the Fulbright Program.

OBS

Not to be confused with a Fulbright student. A Fulbright student is a graduating senior, a recent graduate student, or a young professional or artist who has received a Fulbright Student grant.

OBS

"Fulbright scholar" is also used in a more generic sense to designate any person who has received a Fulbright award. However, it is preferable to restrict the use of "Fulbright scholar" to designate persons who have been awarded a Fulbright Scholar grant.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Bourses d'études et subventions de recherche
DEF

Universitaire émergent ou établi, chercheur postdoctoral ou professionnel ou artiste expérimenté titulaire d'une bourse pour chercheurs du programme Fulbright.

Spanish

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Record 3 2014-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names (General)
  • Scholarships and Research Grants
DEF

The principal applicant on a grant or award application that has been approved for funding.

OBS

The principal investigator ... is the grant holder.

OBS

principal investigator; PI: term and abbreviation in use at the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) and the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
  • Bourses d'études et subventions de recherche
DEF

[...] candidat principal d’une demande de subvention ou de bourse qui a été approuvée pour du financement.

OBS

Le chercheur principal [...] est considéré comme le titulaire de la subvention.

OBS

chercheur principal; chercheuse principale : termes en usage aux Instituts de recherche en santé du Canada (IRSC) et au Conseil de recherches en sciences naturelles et en génie du Canada (CRSNG).

Spanish

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Record 4 2008-12-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Private-Sector Bodies and Committees
  • Nervous System
  • The Heart
OBS

In 1995 an Ottawa-based research team, the Ottawa Stroke Consortium for Applied Research(OSCAR), was created to investigate cellular mechanisms responsible for the death of neurons following stroke. OSCAR was awarded a major grant from the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario(HSFO) to carry out this research. The $826, 000 award was for two years. At that time, this was the largest single stroke grant ever awarded by the HSF0.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités du secteur privé
  • Système nerveux
  • Cœur

Spanish

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Record 5 2006-08-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • International Honorary Distinctions
  • Rights and Freedoms
OBS

Rights & Democracy presents the John Humphrey Freedom Award each year to an organization or individual from any country or region of the world, including Canada, for exceptional achievement in the promotion of human rights and democratic development. The Award consists of a grant of $25, 000, as well as a speaking tour of Canadian cities to help increase awareness of the recipient s human rights work. It is named in honour of the Canadian John Peters Humphrey, a human rights law professor who prepared the first draft of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres honorifiques et décorations internationaux
  • Droits et libertés
OBS

Droits et Démocratie décerne chaque année le Prix John-Humphrey pour la liberté afin d'honorer un organisme ou une personne de toute région du monde, y compris le Canada, pour sa contribution exemplaire à la promotion des droits de la personne et du développement démocratique. Le Prix comprend une bourse de 25 000 $ et prévoit une tournée de villes canadiennes afin de sensibiliser le public au travail pour les droits humains de la lauréate ou du lauréat. Il a été créé pour rendre hommage au Canadien John Peters Humphrey, professeur de droit qui a préparé le premier projet de la Déclaration universelle des droits de l’homme.

Spanish

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Record 6 2005-09-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Special-Language Phraseology
  • Loans
  • Labour and Employment

French

Domaine(s)
  • Phraséologie des langues de spécialité
  • Prêts et emprunts
  • Travail et emploi
OBS

Lexique de l'emploi. Emploi et Immigration Canada, 1990.

Spanish

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Record 7 2004-04-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • System Names
  • Remuneration (Personnel Management)
OBS

Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council.

OBS

This system is used to control and monitor the Council' s disbursements to, and accounts receivable from, individual and institutional grant holders. The award holder is identified by the basic personal information and file number from the SSHRC Corporate database(SHR PPU 035). The information also includes the award holder's social insurance number, bank account number and payment requisition for funds committed.

Key term(s)
  • National Science and Engineering Research Council Award Management Information System

French

Domaine(s)
  • Noms de systèmes
  • Rémunération (Gestion du personnel)
OBS

Conseil de recherches en sciences humaines.

OBS

Ce système est utilisé pour retenir et classifier les déboursés et les comptes recevables de tous les bénéficiaires individuels et institutionnels. Chaque bénéficiaire est identifié par les renseignements personnels de base et par le numéro de dossier de la Base de données de gestion intégrée des dossiers de demande du CRSH (RSH PPU 035). L'information comprend aussi le numéro d'assurance sociale, le numéro du compte de banque et les réquisitions de paiement pour les fonds engagés.

Key term(s)
  • Système informatisé de gestion des subventions et bourses

Spanish

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Record 8 2002-04-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Loans
  • Education (General)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Prêts et emprunts
  • Pédagogie (Généralités)

Spanish

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Record 9 2002-03-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Special-Language Phraseology
  • Scholarships and Research Grants

French

Domaine(s)
  • Phraséologie des langues de spécialité
  • Bourses d'études et subventions de recherche

Spanish

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Record 10 2001-12-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Rules of Court
CONT

... the Court may grant or award, a mandamus, injunction or order for specific performance may be granted...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Règles de procédure
CONT

[...] la Cour peut [...] décerner un mandamus, une injonction ou une ordonnance d'exécution intégrale [...]

Spanish

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Record 11 1990-09-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Translation

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traduction

Spanish

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