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HARBOUR FUNCTION [4 records]

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Record 1 2024-02-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Urban Planning
  • Urban Sociology
Key term(s)
  • harbor function

French

Domaine(s)
  • Aménagement urbain
  • Sociologie urbaine
CONT

L'utilisation de la zone portuaire est axée vers les industries, les commerces et les services associés à la fonction portuaire. [...] Sur l'ensemble des 920 cartes et plans inclus dans les schémas d'aménagement, la représentativité des zones portuaires est faible.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Planificación urbana
  • Sociología urbana
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Record 2 2023-10-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Rights and Freedoms
  • Citizenship and Immigration
DEF

The freedom to undertake practices and harbour beliefs, having a nexus with religion, in which an individual demonstrates they sincerely believe or are sincerely undertaking in order to connect with the divine or as a function of their spiritual faith, irrespective of whether a particular practice or belief is required by official religious dogma or is in conformity with the position of religious officials.

CONT

The council of commissioners’ decision prohibiting G from wearing his kirpan to school infringes his freedom of religion.

OBS

freedom of religion: designation and definition officially approved by the Defence Terminology Standardization Board.

OBS

freedom of religion: designation used by Citizenship and Immigration Canada and the Immigration and Refugee Board (IRB).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droits et libertés
  • Citoyenneté et immigration
DEF

Liberté de se livrer à des pratiques et d'entretenir des croyances ayant un lien avec une religion, pratiques et croyances que l'intéressé exerce ou manifeste sincèrement, selon le cas, dans le but de communiquer avec une entité divine ou dans le cadre de sa foi spirituelle, indépendamment de la question de savoir si la pratique ou la croyance est prescrite par un dogme religieux officiel ou conforme à la position de représentants religieux.

CONT

La décision du conseil des commissaires interdisant à G de porter son kirpan à l'école porte atteinte à sa liberté de religion.

OBS

liberté de religion; liberté de culte : désignations et définition uniformisées par le Conseil de normalisation de terminologie de la défense.

OBS

liberté de religion : désignation employée par Citoyenneté et Immigration Canada et la Commission de l'immigration et du statut de réfugié (CISR).

OBS

liberté de culte : désignation employée par la Commission de l'immigration et du statut de réfugié (CISR).

Spanish

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Record 3 2022-03-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ports
CONT

The basic structure involved in the creation of an artificial harbour is a breakwater, sometimes called a jetty, or mole, the function of which is to provide calm water inshore.

Key term(s)
  • artificial harbor
  • man-made harbor

French

Domaine(s)
  • Ports

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Puertos
CONT

Actualmente se considera, además de los "puertos naturales", como los que se han instalado en las bahías u otras zonas costeras cerradas, el llamado "puerto artificial", concepto que implica la existencia de complejas instalaciones especializadas cuyo diseño y estructura han ido cambiando de acuerdo con las necesidades.

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Record 4 2006-11-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names (General)
  • Ship's Organization (Military)
DEF

In the naval element of the Canadian Armed Forces, the officer to whom control of the ship is delegated when the ship is berthed alongside a dock, jetty or other berthed vessel, and who is responsible for the routine and the security of the ship.

OBS

Not to be confused with "officer of the watch(harbour) "which is an equivalent function when the ship is at anchor.

OBS

officer of the day; OOD: term and abbreviation officially approved by the Department of National Defence and the Canadian Forces.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
  • Organisation du navire (Militaire)
OBS

officier de service; OS : terme et abréviation uniformisés par le ministère de la Défense nationale et les Forces canadiennes.

OBS

officier de service; ODS : terme et abréviation uniformisés par le Comité de normalisation de la terminologie navale.

Spanish

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