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AWC [14 records]

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Alphabetical list of terms

Record 1 2024-05-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Private-Sector Bodies and Committees
  • Grain Growing
OBS

The commission’s mandate is to give Alberta wheat producers an organization for developing new markets and products for wheat and for influencing the direction of research dedicated to wheat production.

OBS

The Alberta Wheat Commission fused with the Alberta Barley Commission to become the Alberta Grains Commission.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités du secteur privé
  • Culture des céréales
OBS

La commission a fusionné avec l'Alberta Barley Commision en 2023 pour former l'Alberta Grains Commission.

Spanish

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Record 2 2023-09-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Soil Science
  • Water Resources Management
  • Drainage and Irrigation (Agric.)
  • Plant and Crop Production
DEF

... the amount of water that a soil can store that is available for use by plants.

OBS

It is the water held between [the] field capacity and the wilting point[,] adjusted downward for rock fragments and for salts in solution.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Science du sol
  • Gestion des ressources en eau
  • Drainage et irrigation (Agriculture)
  • Cultures (Agriculture)
DEF

[...] quantité d'eau qu'une plante peut extraire d'un sol.

OBS

C'est la quantité d'eau qui se trouve entre deux situations, la capacité au champ et le point de flétrissement.

Spanish

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Record 3 2023-02-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Federal Government Bodies and Committees (Canadian)
  • Meteorology
OBS

In September 1974, the Atlantic Weather Central merged with the Maritimes Weather Office to form the new Maritimes Weather Office, located at the Bedford Tower in Bedford, Nova Scotia.

OBS

The Atlantic Weather Central was located at the Dominion Public Building in Halifax, Nova Scotia, until its merger with the Maritimes Weather Office.

OBS

Environment Canada.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités fédéraux (Gouvernement canadien)
  • Météorologie
OBS

En septembre 1974, le Centre météorologique régional de l'Atlantique a fusionné avec le Bureau météorologique des Maritimes pour former le nouveau Bureau météorologique des Maritimes, situé dans la tour de Bedford à Bedford en Nouvelle-Écosse.

OBS

Le Centre météorologique régional de l'Atlantique était situé dans l'édifice public du Dominion à Halifax en Nouvelle-Écosse jusqu'à sa fusion avec le Bureau météorologique des Maritimes.

OBS

Environnement Canada.

Spanish

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Record 4 2021-04-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Non-Gov. Provincial Bodies and Committees (Canadian)
  • Water Resources Management
OBS

Established in 2004 and incorporated as a not-for-profit society in 2007, the Alberta Water Council is a collaborative partnership that provides leadership, expertise, and sector knowledge and perspectives to help governments, Indigenous peoples, industry, and non-governmental organizations to advance the outcomes of Water for Life and other water management priorities. The Council is made up of 24 members from governments, industry, and non-government organizations.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités provinciaux non gouv. canadiens
  • Gestion des ressources en eau

Spanish

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Record 5 2019-09-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names (General)
  • Military Organization
  • Air Defence
OBS

air warfare commander; AWC : designations standardized by NATO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
  • Organisation militaire
  • Défense aérienne
OBS

commandant de la lutte aérienne; AWC : désignations normalisées par l'OTAN.

Spanish

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Record 6 2019-02-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Units (Regular Force, Armed Forces)
  • Air Forces
Key term(s)
  • Air Warfare Center

French

Domaine(s)
  • Unités (régulières, Forces armées)
  • Forces aériennes

Spanish

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Record 7 2012-01-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Military Occupational Codes - Officers
Universal entry(ies)
64
occupation code
OBS

64: officers’ military occupation code (MOC).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Groupes professionnels militaires des officiers
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
64
occupation code
OBS

64 : groupe professionnel militaire (GPM) des officiers.

Spanish

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Record 8 2010-09-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Labour and Employment
  • Sociology of persons with a disability
CONT

Contrat d’intégration au travail (CIT) Program. The CIT promotes labour-force entry for people with disabilities through subsidies to employers other than an adapted work centre. This program compensates employers for expenses relating to the limitations of the individuals hired, and also provides funds for disabled access to the workplace, workstation adjustments, support, skills assessment, interpretation, and medical treatment.

Key term(s)
  • adapted workcentre
  • adapted workcenter

French

Domaine(s)
  • Travail et emploi
  • Sociologie des personnes handicapées
CONT

Un Centre de travail adapté (CTA) est une entreprise employant une majorité de personnes handicapées qui, en raison de leurs limitations fonctionnelles, sont considérées comme étant productives mais non compétitives sur le marché régulier du travail.

Spanish

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Record 9 2003-09-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • National Bodies and Committees (Non-Canadian)
  • Climatology
  • Meteorology
OBS

National Weather Service.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités nationaux non canadiens
  • Climatologie
  • Météorologie

Spanish

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Record 10 2000-10-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Military Titles
  • Operations (Air Forces)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appellations militaires
  • Opérations (Forces aériennes)
OBS

Plan de défense 900.

Spanish

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Record 11 1996-11-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Applications of Automation

French

Domaine(s)
  • Intelligence artificielle
  • Automatisation et applications

Spanish

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Record 12 1993-05-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • National Bodies and Committees (Non-Canadian)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités nationaux non canadiens

Spanish

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Record 13 1989-12-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Telegraphy

French

Domaine(s)
  • Télégraphie
OBS

Termes tirés du Lexique de la section technique, par M. Thibodeau.

Spanish

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Record 14 1988-05-03

English

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

Formed by merger of: Northeast Waterfowl Committee (founded 1946, formerly Black Duck Committee, then Joint Black Duck Committee) and Southeast Waterfowl Committee (founded 1949).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes, unités administratives et comités

Spanish

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