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HANDOUTS [13 records]

Record 1 2017-02-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Monographs
  • Occupational Health and Safety
OBS

Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety. This guide will assist in the development and implementation of workplace health and wellness programs. It is a practical guide with information designed for both the program leader and the workforce in general. Many of the tips and suggestions can be used as handouts for participants in employee training sessions.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de monographies
  • Santé et sécurité au travail
OBS

Centre canadien d'hygiène et de sécurité au travail. Ce guide vous aidera à élaborer et mettre en œuvre des programmes de santé et de mieux-être en milieu de travail. Il s'agit d'un guide pratique qui contient de l'information susceptible d'intéresser autant le directeur des programmes que l'ensemble des employés. Il contient notamment beaucoup de conseils et de suggestions que l'on peut photocopier et distribuer aux employés au cours de séances de formation.

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Record 2 2011-08-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Business and Administrative Documents
  • Information Sources (Journalism)
  • Communication (Public Relations)
DEF

A short document, generally on a single page and often in point form, that provides quick facts about a product, service, organization or event.

OBS

Fact sheets are often distributed to the media, but may also have other uses. For example, as handouts at public meetings.

OBS

fact sheet: term and definition standardized by the Translation Bureau and the Office of Critical Infrastructure Protection and Emergency Preparedness (OCIPEP).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Écrits commerciaux et administratifs
  • Sources d'information (Journalisme)
  • Communications (Relations publiques)
DEF

Court document, ne dépassant généralement pas une page et souvent rédigé en abrégé, qui donne un aperçu d'un produit, d'un service, d'une organisation ou d'un événement.

OBS

Les feuillets de documentation sont souvent destinés aux médias, mais ils peuvent servir à d'autres fins, par exemple comme prospectus à l'occasion de réunions publiques.

OBS

feuillet de documentation : terme et définition normalisés par le Bureau de la traduction et le Bureau de la protection des infrastructures essentielles et de la protection civile (BPIEPC).

Spanish

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Record 3 2010-11-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Meetings and Assemblies (Administration)
DEF

the act or process of taking notes.

CONT

Pre-prepared notes... can be given to students in the form of handouts. This can save the student from tedious and perhaps inefficient note-taking, thus allowing him to concentrate better on what is being said.

CONT

Overhead transparencies make note taking easy.

CONT

... in lectures, much of the students’ energies may be taken up with note writing.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Réunions et assemblées (Administration)
CONT

La prise de notes demande de la part de l'animateur rigueur et continuité. Ce n'est pas une fois de temps en temps que l'on écrit quelques mots au tableau de papier pour résumer une situation. C'est à tous les temps du stage; et surtout lorsqu'il y a une production de la part du groupe.

CONT

Les manuels (...) ont disparu quoique des polycopiés jouent finalement le même rôle, la prise de notes étant considérée comme une conduite scolaire.

CONT

(...) la prise de notes est une nécessité si nous désirons que nos échanges soient plus riches et que les décisions prises soient clairement perçues et appliquées.

Spanish

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Record 4 2010-08-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • News and Journalism (General)
CONT

canned copy :[Journalism] public relations promotional handouts; these handouts are deliberately tailored for journalistic convenience, and often have only just been written by the reporter before they appear as apparent news or features.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Information et journalisme (Généralités)
CONT

[...] un accord a été passé entre la cellule de communication et une dizaine de quotidiens, pour leur fournir des articles clés en main, prêts à être publiés [...]

Spanish

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Record 5 2010-08-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Drainage and Irrigation (Agric.)
  • Irrigation (Civil Engineering)
DEF

A type of sprinkler fixed in position, having no moving parts and capable of dispersing water in a full part circle or square patterns.

CONT

Sprinkler irrigation: The application of water to the soil for the benefit of present crops. Water is projected outward through the air by above-ground applicators to reach the soil in droplet form that approaches rainfall. Applicators commonly used are rotary or fixed sprinklers, oscillating pipe or perforated pipe.

CONT

Sprinkler irrigation. Basic sprinkler types include rotating sprinklers and stationary spray-type nozzles. Rotating sprinklers, such as the slow-rotation, impact-driven sprinkler, are most commonly used. Fixed-spray nozzles are becoming more popular, although they are used most often for landscape applications because their application rates are very high.

OBS

nozzle. As per the source Internet, www. aom. ufl. edu/aom3734/handouts/Lecture12. doc, a "nozzle" is one part of a "sprinkler" but in other consulted sources, the term is also used as the whole.

Key term(s)
  • fixed-nozzle sprinkler
  • stationary spray type nozzle

French

Domaine(s)
  • Drainage et irrigation (Agriculture)
  • Irrigation (Génie civil)
CONT

L'appareil à basse pression le plus fréquemment utilisé pour l'irrigation en grande culture est l'asperseur [...] qui est un ajutage avec ou sans brise-jet, piqué sur la canalisation ou placé à l'extrémité d'un support vertical; il peut être fixe ou muni d'un dispositif à palette oscillante qui, sous l'action du jet, provoque la rotation de l'appareil.

CONT

Irrigation par aspersion [...] Elle comprend de nombreuses techniques qui diffèrent par : - la nature de l'asperseur : à jet fixe (diffuseur) ou à jet rotatif. [...] - le fonctionnement de l'asperseur à poste fixe ou en déplacement (appareil à pivot central, canon automoteur).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Drenaje y riego (Agricultura)
  • Riego (Ingeniería civil)
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Record 6 2010-06-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sociology of Human Relations
  • Sociology of Women
CONT

The Welfare Approach. Introduced in the 1950s and 1960s, welfare is the earliest policy approach concerned with developing countries. Its purpose is to bring women into development as better mothers.... The reproductive role of women is recognized and policy seeks to meet practical gender needs through that role by top-down handouts of food aid, measures against malnutrition and family planning. It is non-challenging and therefore still widely popular.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sociologie des relations humaines
  • Sociologie des femmes
OBS

besoin pratique de la femme; besoin pratique de l'homme. Termes à être utilisés selon le cas.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Sociología de las relaciones humanas
  • Sociología de la mujer
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Record 7 2002-08-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sales (Marketing)
  • Advertising Agencies and Services
OBS

Pre-launch party... invitations, flyers and handouts, were designed, printed and posted, T-shirts, lighters and caps prepared.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vente
  • Agences et services de publicité
DEF

Préparation des commerçants détaillants par des circulaires argumentaires en plusieurs envois avant une campagne de publicité sur le lieu de vente.

Spanish

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Record 8 1999-08-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Economic Co-operation and Development
CONT

The Welfare Approach. Introduced in the 1950s and 1960s, welfare is the earliest policy approach concerned with developing countries. Its purpose is to bring women into development as better mothers. Women are seen as passive beneficiaries of development. The reproductive role of women is recognized and policy seeks to meet practical gender needs through that role by top-down handouts of food aid, measures against malnutrition and family planning. It is non-challenging and therefore still widely popular.

OBS

A Women in Development policy approach.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Coopération et développement économiques
OBS

Une approche de la politique d'Intégration de la femme au développement.

Spanish

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Record 9 1994-06-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Documents and Works
  • Labour and Employment
OBS

Title of a document published by Employment and Immigration Canada in 1993.

OBS

Information obtained from the online library catalogue at Human Resources Development Canada (Hull, Québec).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de documents et d'œuvres
  • Travail et emploi

Spanish

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Record 10 1994-01-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Documents and Works

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de documents et d'œuvres
OBS

Brochure bilingue des Archives provinciales du Manitoba.

Spanish

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Record 11 1994-01-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Documents and Works

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de documents et d'œuvres
OBS

Brochure bilingue des Archives provinciales du Manitoba.

Spanish

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Record 12 1991-12-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Group Dynamics
DEF

A spontaneous portrayal (acting out) of a situation, condition, or circumstance by selected member of a learning group.

CONT

... role playing is the acting out of the parts which might be played by people in an imaginary or real situation, usually involving a human relations problem, followed by an analysis of what the players and observers saw and heard.

OBS

Role play is similar to dramatization. In fact, the two are often confused. However, a crucial difference is that in role play the leader does not determine the outcome in advance.

CONT

As for method of instruction, there are a great variety of teaching techniques ranging from lectures and handouts to role-playing and on-the-job training.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Dynamique des groupes
DEF

Technique tirée du psychodrame et différente de celui-ci en ce que les "situations" proposées ou les "personnages" à jouer ne sont pas construits à partir de données tirées de l'existence du sujet, et en ce que le but n'est pas directement psychothérapeutique.

CONT

Jeu de rôles. - Le jeu consiste à proposer une situation, inspirée d'un fait réel ou fabriquée de toutes pièces, et à distribuer des rôles.

CONT

Jacob Moreno, à travers les psychodrames, les sociodrames et les jeux de rôle a mis en évidence comment un comportement individuel peut être influencé par l'environnement immédiat du groupe.

OBS

au pluriel : "jeux de rôles" (cf. Q2098, 1983) ou "jeux de rôle" (cf. LEREU, 1983, p. 107).

Spanish

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Record 13 1987-12-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Conferences and Colloquia: Organization
  • Oral Presentations
  • Education Theory and Methods
DEF

... a communication aid. They are anything you distribute to the group; such as summaries, outlines, problems, case studies, solutions.

CONT

Printed handout material can help or hinder a presentation, depending upon when it is distributed and how it is used.

CONT

Circulate to speakers and chairman, asking about special equipment for visual aids or handouts if any.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organisation de congrès et de conférences
  • Exposés et communications orales
  • Théories et méthodes pédagogiques
CONT

La documentation distribuée aux participants avant ou pendant les travaux doit être codifiée pour faciliter son utilisation.

CONT

Le même bureau [des congrès] met gratuitement à la disposition des réunions le personnel pour l'enregistrement des délégués et la distribution des documents [...]

Spanish

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