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Record 1 2024-06-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Pre-Fire Planning
  • Brush, Prairie and Forest Fires
  • Fire Prevention

French

Domaine(s)
  • Prévision des incendies
  • Incendies de végétation
  • Prévention des incendies
DEF

Cote numérique de l'intensité des incendies utilisée comme indice général de danger d'incendie de forêt et calculée à l'aide de l'indice de propagation initiale et de l'indice du combustible disponible.

Spanish

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Record 2 2008-06-16

English

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

The Freshwater Institute in Winnipeg, Manitoba houses several programs of Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO). It is a national centre of expertise in aquatic biology and freshwater and marine fisheries. In conjunction with the Bayfield Institute in Burlington, Ontario, the Freshwater Institute serves as a focal point of scientific research in the Central and Arctic Region and for fishery, fish habitat and oceans management programs that are operated primarily through area and district offices.

OBS

The predecessor of the FWI was the Central Fisheries Research Station of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada. Established in Winnipeg in 1944, the station was moved to London, Ontario in 1957 and then back to Winnipeg as the FWI in 1966.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités fédéraux (Gouvernement canadien)
  • Alimentation en eau
OBS

L'Institut des eaux douces, à Winnipeg (Manitoba), est un centre national de connaissances spécialisées en biologie aquatique et en pêches maritimes et dulçaquicoles. En collaboration avec l'Institut Bayfield de Burlington (Ontario), l'Institut des eaux douces est le point central de la recherche scientifique dans la Région du Centre et de l'Arctique du ministère des Pêches et des Océans du Canada (MPO).

OBS

Le prédécesseur de l'Institut est la Station centrale de recherches piscicoles de l'Office des recherches sur les pêcheries du Canada. Fondée à Winnipeg en 1944, la station déménage à London, en Ontario, en 1957, puis revient à Winnipeg en 1966, portant alors le nom d'Institut des eaux douces.

Spanish

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Record 3 1995-11-02

English

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

Formerly: (1991) National Association of Bank Women. Maintains FWI Educational Foundation.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités nationaux non canadiens

Spanish

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