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HOLISTIC SOCIETY [7 records]

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Record 1 2018-04-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Human Geography
  • Hygiene and Health
CONT

Health geography views health from a holistic perspective encompassing society and space, and it conceptualizes the role of place, location and geography in health, well-being and disease.

Key term(s)
  • geography of health

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géographie humaine
  • Hygiène et santé
DEF

[Discipline qui] décrit l'état des lieux sanitaires, [...] analyse les processus qui ont conduit aux disparités spatiales de santé constatées [et] étudie les effets spatiaux et territoriaux de la qualité de la santé de la population.

Spanish

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Record 2 2017-12-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Private-Sector Bodies and Committees
  • Sociology of Childhood and Adolescence
OBS

Youth Now on Track (YNOT) is a community based organization dedicated to giving meaning to the lives of youth in conflict with the law. [It] primarily [services] the Downsview and Weston Area of Toronto, ON.

OBS

YNOT provides prevention and intervention strategies to divert youth away from dangers of the streets and empower them to become productive members of society. [It helps] them to set and achieve their goals. [YNOT] addresses youth violence and offers a holistic service approach including counselling, mediation and recreational activities to address crime prevention. [It helps youth get] back into school; [empowers] them to overcome their personal challenges and to reach their full potential.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités du secteur privé
  • Sociologie de l'enfance et de l'adolescence

Spanish

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Record 3 2017-08-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Organizations, Administrative Units and Committees
  • General Medicine, Hygiene and Health
OBS

Action for Healthy Communities Society of Edmonton is committed to fostering individual and group participation and action to improve the comprehensive and holistic health of diverse communities.

OBS

Action for Healthy Communities: title in use since 2007.

OBS

Edmonton Healthcare Citizenship Society: title in use from 1995 to 2007.

OBS

Edmonton Healthcare Citizenship Project: title in use until 1995.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes, unités administratives et comités
  • Médecine générale, hygiène et santé

Spanish

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Record 4 2017-03-14

English

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

Mission :... To work with youth to promote their physical and mental well-being. [Head & Hands’] approach is preventative, inclusive, non-judgmental, and holistic, with a fundamental commitment to providing an environment that welcomes youth without discrimination. [The organization] facilitates social change and the empowerment of youth based on their current needs within [the] community and society at large.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes, unités administratives et comités
  • Services sociaux et travail social
OBS

Mission: [...] Travailler en collaboration avec les jeunes pour promouvoir leur bien-être physique et mental. [Son] approche est préventive, inclusive, sans jugement, holistique et vise à offrir un environnement libre de discrimination et accueillant pour les jeunes. [L'organisme facilite] le changement social et l'autonomisation des jeunes adultes en tenant compte de leurs besoins actuels au sein de [la] communauté et de la société dans son ensemble.

Spanish

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Record 5 2012-03-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Social Organization
CONT

The history of European culture is marked by a gradual transition from a holistic society(during the Middle Ages) to a society of individuals, and accompanying this transition was the evolution of identity formation characteristic of modernity.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organisation sociale
DEF

Société au sein de laquelle la totalité sociale et les groupes sociaux (clan, famille, etc.) l'emportent sur l'individu.

Spanish

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Record 6 2005-09-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of National Programs (Canadian)
  • Education (General)
OBS

The Canadian Marsville Program is an on-line simulation of the first habitation of the planet Mars. The purpose of the program is to create a positive vision for young Canadians of the technological society they will inherit in the 21st century. The program shows students how they can play a role in establishing the kind of society they want for the future. Marsville has been designed for students in Grades 5 to 12. While primary educational thrust of Marsville is math, science and technology, the project uses a cross-curricular, holistic approach integrating various disciplines.

Key term(s)
  • Canadian National Marsville Programme

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de programmes nationaux canadiens
  • Pédagogie (Généralités)
OBS

Le Programme Marsville canadien est une simulation en ligne de la première colonisation de la planète Mars. Le but du programme est de donner aux jeunes canadiens une image positive de l'environnement technologique qu'ils hériteront au 21ème siècle. Le programme permet de montrer aux élèves l'importance du rôle qu'ils pourront jouer dans la mise en place du type de société qu'ils souhaitent pour l'avenir. Marsville fut conçu pour des élèves de la 5ème à la 8ème années. Bien que l'effort éducationnel premier de Marsville se concentre sur les mathématiques, les sciences et la technologie, le projet a une approche holistique et transversale du curriculum en intégrant plusieurs disciplines.

Spanish

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Record 7 1993-01-19

English

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

Purpose is to teach meditation, philosophy, and holistic health care based on a synthesis of Eastern and Western knowledge and techniques; and thereby benefit mankind and society.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes, unités administratives et comités

Spanish

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