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WORK CENTRE [32 records]

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Alphabetical list of terms

Record 1 2026-02-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Military Organization
  • Signals (Military)
OBS

regional line work centre; RLWC: designations officially approved by the Army Terminology Panel.

Key term(s)
  • regional line work center

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organisation militaire
  • Transmissions de campagne (Militaire)
OBS

centre régional de pose et de maintenance des lignes; CRPML : désignations uniformisées par le Groupe d'experts en terminologie de l'Armée de terre.

Spanish

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Record 2 2026-01-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Military Organization
  • Signals (Military)
OBS

national line work centre; NLWC: designations officially approved by the Army Terminology Panel.

Key term(s)
  • national line work center

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organisation militaire
  • Transmissions de campagne (Militaire)
OBS

centre national de pose et de maintenance des lignes; CNPML : désignations uniformisées par le Groupe d'experts en terminologie de l'Armée de terre.

Spanish

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Record 3 2026-01-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Military Organization
  • Signals (Military)
OBS

local line work centre; LLWC: designations officially approved by the Army Terminology Panel.

Key term(s)
  • local line work center

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organisation militaire
  • Transmissions de campagne (Militaire)
OBS

centre local de pose et de maintenance des lignes; CLPML : désignations uniformisées par le Groupe d'experts en terminologie de l'Armée de terre.

Spanish

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Record 4 2024-12-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Private-Sector Programs
  • Training of Personnel
  • Labour and Employment
  • Indigenous Sociology
OBS

A pilot program for remote, rural community-led workforce planning models to support economic diversification strategies and inclusive growth­.

Key term(s)
  • Friendship Centre Community Workforce Development Programme
  • Friendship Centre Community Work Force Development Program
  • Friendship Centre Community Work Force Development Programme
  • Friendship Center Community Workforce Development Program
  • Friendship Center Community Workforce Development Programme
  • Friendship Center Community Work Force Development Program
  • Friendship Center Community Work Force Development Programme

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de programmes du secteur privé
  • Perfectionnement et formation du personnel
  • Travail et emploi
  • Sociologie des Autochtones
OBS

Programme pilote pour les modèles de développement de la main-d'œuvre dans les communautés rurales, éloignées afin de soutenir les stratégies de diversification économique et la croissance inclusive.

Spanish

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Record 5 2019-11-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Dance
CONT

After warming up at the barre, dancers move to the center of the room for center work. … In the center, you … repeat exercises from the barre and learn steps that develop into dynamic movement combinations.

OBS

The second part of a ballet class; after the work at the barre ...

Key term(s)
  • centre practise
  • center practise

French

Domaine(s)
  • Danse
CONT

Deuxième partie du cours de danse, le «milieu» est en quelque sorte, la «reconstitution» des pas de danse préalablement décomposés et analysés à la «barre» en exercices séparés.

Spanish

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Record 6 - external organization data 2019-08-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP)
OBS

GC: Government of Canada.

Key term(s)
  • Center for GCworkplace Innovation
  • Centre for Government of Canada Workplace Innovation
  • Center for Government of Canada Workplace Innovation
  • Centre for GCwork Place Innovation
  • Center for GCwork Place Innovation
  • Centre for Government of Canada Work Place Innovation
  • Center for Government of Canada Work Place Innovation
  • GCworkplace Innovation Center
  • Government of Canada Workplace Innovation Centre
  • Government of Canada Workplace Innovation Center
  • GCwork Place Innovation Centre
  • GCwork Place Innovation Center
  • Government of Canada Work Place Innovation Centre
  • Government of Canada Work Place Innovation Center

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir - Gendarmerie royale du Canada (GRC)
OBS

GC : gouvernement du Canada.

Key term(s)
  • Centre d'innovation Milieu de travail du gouvernement du Canada

Spanish

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Record 7 2019-08-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Federal Government Bodies and Committees (Canadian)
  • Occupational Health and Safety
  • Mental health and hygiene
OBS

The Centre of Expertise on Mental Health in the Workplace is the result of an initiative of collaboration between departmental officials and bargaining agents that is designed to support federal organizations in developing and implementing measures as outlined in the Federal Public Service Workplace Mental Health Strategy.

Key term(s)
  • Center of Expertise on Mental Health in the Workplace
  • Centre of Expertise on Mental Health in the Work Place
  • Center of Expertise on Mental Health in the Work Place

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités fédéraux (Gouvernement canadien)
  • Santé et sécurité au travail
  • Hygiène et santé mentales
OBS

Le Centre d'expertise pour la santé mentale en milieu de travail est une initiative de collaboration entre les représentants ministériels et les agents négociateurs afin d'aider les organismes fédéraux à développer et à mettre en œuvre les mesures telles que définies dans la Stratégie pour la fonction publique fédérale sur la santé mentale en milieu de travail.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Organismos y comités federales (canadienses)
  • Salud y seguridad en el trabajo
  • Higiene y salud mental
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Record 8 2018-07-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Federal Government Programs (Canadian)
  • Mental health and hygiene
OBS

[The Centre is a] joint initiative between [Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)], Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC) and the Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (IRB). [The mandate of the Centre is] to promote psychological health, safety and well-being in all aspects of the workplace ...

OBS

Established in 2018.

Key term(s)
  • Canadian Innovation Center for Mental Health in the Workplace
  • Canadian Innovation Centre for Mental Health in the Work Place
  • Canadian Innovation Center for Mental Health in the Work Place

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de programmes fédéraux (Gouvernement canadien)
  • Hygiène et santé mentales
OBS

Le Centre est une initiative conjointe entre [Innovation, Sciences et Développement économique Canada (ISDE)], Services publics et Approvisionnement Canada (SPAC) et la Commission de l'immigration et du statut de réfugié (CISR). [Le mandat du Centre est de] promouvoir la santé psychologique, la sécurité et le mieux‑être dans tous les aspects du milieu de travail [...]

OBS

Établi en 2018.

Spanish

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Record 9 - external organization data 2014-06-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP)
OBS

CPIC: Canadian Police Information Centre.

OBS

IJI: Integrated Justice Initiative.

Key term(s)
  • CPIC and IJI Work Group
  • CPIC/IJI Working Group
  • CPIC and IJI Working Group
  • Canadian Police Information Centre/Integrated Justice Initiative Work Group
  • Canadian Police Information Center/Integrated Justice Initiative Work Group
  • Canadian Police Information Centre and Integrated Justice Initiative Work Group
  • Canadian Police Information Center and Integrated Justice Initiative Work Group

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir - Gendarmerie royale du Canada (GRC)
OBS

CIPC : Centre d'information de la police canadienne.

OBS

IJI : Initiative de justice intégrée.

Key term(s)
  • Groupe de travail sur le Centre d'information de la police canadienne et l'Initiative de justice intégrée

Spanish

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Record 10 2013-04-19

English

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

Information confirmed by the organization.

Key term(s)
  • Quebec Employers Centre in Health & Security at Work

French

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

Information confirmée par l'organisme.

Spanish

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Record 11 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 12 2009-04-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Various Military Titles
  • Quality Control (Management)
  • Military Organization
OBS

Quality Assurance Work Centre; QAWC: title and abbreviation to be used by the Department of National Defence and the Canadian Forces.

Key term(s)
  • Quality Assurance Work Center

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appellations militaires diverses
  • Contrôle de la qualité (Gestion)
  • Organisation militaire
OBS

Centre de travail sur l'assurance de la qualité; CTAQ : titre et abréviation d'usage obligatoire au ministère de la Défense nationale et dans les Forces canadiennes.

Spanish

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Record 13 2005-06-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Private-Sector Bodies and Committees
  • Mental Disorders
OBS

Title confirmed by the organization.

OBS

Causeway is a community-based mental health agency in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Causeway members/clients, staff and partners work together to develop programs and services that assist people in recovering from their mental illness. Their mission is to provide community programs and services that offer employment, educational, social and recreational opportunities for persons with a mental illness.

Key term(s)
  • Causeway Work Center

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités du secteur privé
  • Troubles mentaux
OBS

Appellation confirmée par l'organisme.

Key term(s)
  • Centre de travail Causeway

Spanish

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Record 14 2003-11-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Labour and Employment
CONT

When examining a farm loss file, having already determined that a commercial endeavour exists, the process requires that the "centre work of routine" be determined first.

Key term(s)
  • center work of routine

French

Domaine(s)
  • Travail et emploi

Spanish

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Record 15 2000-11-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Organizations, Administrative Units and Committees
  • Labour and Employment
Key term(s)
  • Carleton Center for Research and Education on Women and Work

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes, unités administratives et comités
  • Travail et emploi

Spanish

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Record 16 2000-04-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • National Bodies and Committees (Canadian)
  • Personnel Management (General)
OBS

The mission of NLWC is to bring world-class life/work development programs to the widest possible audiences at affordable prices through innovative partnerships with prominent public and private sector agencies across Canada and internationally. The objective is to help people of all ages become self-reliant, make informed choices and find satisfying and fulfilling work and lifestyles in today's rapidly changing labour markets.

Key term(s)
  • National Life/Work Development Centre
  • Life/Work Centre

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités nationaux canadiens
  • Gestion du personnel (Généralités)
OBS

Mission : Aider les individus de tous les âges à devenir autonomes, à faire des choix éclairés et à trouver un emploi et un style de vie satisfaisants et enrichissants en offrant, à un coût minimal, des produits en développement de vie-carrière de haute qualité à ceux qui en ont besoin. Le fait de relier des partenaires puissants appartenant aux secteurs public et privé de partout au Canada permet d'obtenir des produits d'une grande qualité. Des coûts réduits sont obtenus grâce à un partage des coûts de la part des partenaires et à un marketing international. Les revenus provenant des ventes internationales permettent de réduire les coûts imposés aux consommateurs domestiques.

Key term(s)
  • Centre vie/carrière

Spanish

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Record 17 1999-12-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Forms
  • Trade
  • Office Automation
OBS

Publication number C33 of Revenue Canada.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de formulaires administratifs
  • Commerce
  • Bureautique
OBS

Publication numéro C33 de Revenu Canada.

Spanish

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Record 18 1999-05-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Private-Sector Bodies and Committees
  • Education
  • Labour and Employment
OBS

The Centre for Research and Education on Women and Work was established at Carleton University, School of Business, in 1992 to facilitate both research and education on women and work. The Centre supports research on the issues that women face in the workplace and offers a Management Development Program for Women. The Centre is guided by an Advisory Board and supported by a full-time administrator. The Centre is home to the Royal Bank Visiting Chair in Women and Work funded through donations from the Royal Bank of Canada and Ontario Hydro.

OBS

Title and abbreviation confirmed by the Centre for Research and Education on Women and Work, School of Business, Carleton University.

Key term(s)
  • Center for Research and Education on Women and Work

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités du secteur privé
  • Pédagogie
  • Travail et emploi
OBS

Appellation et abréviation vérifiées auprès du Centre for Research and Education on Women and Work, School of Business, Carleton University.

Spanish

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Record 19 1998-12-10

English

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

Located in Toronto. Information obtained from the organization.

Key term(s)
  • Center for Advancement in Work and Living

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités du secteur privé

Spanish

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Record 20 1998-07-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Organizations, Administrative Units and Committees
  • Physiotherapy
  • Rehabilitation (Medicine)
Key term(s)
  • Brunswick Physiotherapy & Work Hardening Center, Professional Corporation

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes, unités administratives et comités
  • Physiothérapie
  • Réadaptation (Médecine)

Spanish

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Record 21 1997-11-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Conference Titles
  • Sociology of the Family
OBS

In reference to the International Youth Year; Boston, USA, June 10-12, 1987.

Key term(s)
  • International Conference of the American Youth Work Centre : Away from Home

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de conférences
  • Sociologie de la famille

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Títulos de conferencias
  • Sociología de la familia
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Record 22 1996-10-10

English

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

York University, Toronto, Ontario.

OBS

Information confirmed with the organization.

Key term(s)
  • Centre for Research on Work and Society

French

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

York University, Toronto (Ontario).

OBS

Renseignement vérifié auprès de l'organisme.

Spanish

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Record 23 1996-02-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Military (General)
CONT

In the Mapping and Charting Establishment at National Defence Headquarters, the Team Leader co-ordinates production activities with two other team leaders for planning, organizing and executing Special Work Centre classified and unclassified tasks.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Militaire (Généralités)

Spanish

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Record 24 1995-02-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Federal Government Bodies and Committees (Canadian)
  • Labour and Employment
Key term(s)
  • National Work Force Adjustment Center

French

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

Situé à l'Assurance-chômage.

OBS

Source : Feuillet d'information, Conseil du Trésor, février 95.

Spanish

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Record 25 1993-10-30

English

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

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes, unités administratives et comités

Spanish

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Record 26 1993-02-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Labour and Employment
Key term(s)
  • off-site work center

French

Domaine(s)
  • Travail et emploi
OBS

Région de l'Ontario.

OBS

Source(s) : Bureau régional de l'Ontario.

Spanish

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Record 27 1990-12-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Interior Design
OBS

a modern kitchen with three work centres is shown in Fig. 214. ... 1. preservation and storage; 2. preparation and cleaning; 3. cooking and serving ....

French

Domaine(s)
  • Architecture d'intérieurs
OBS

trois zones d'activité doivent toujours être prévues et aménagées dans toute cuisine : préparation des aliments; centre de cuisson; centre de lavage.

Spanish

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Record 28 1989-12-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Land Forces

French

Domaine(s)
  • Forces terrestres

Spanish

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Record 29 1988-05-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Organizations, Administrative Units and Committees
  • Working Practices and Conditions

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes, unités administratives et comités
  • Régimes et conditions de travail
OBS

Renseignement obtenu de la section de traduction de Travail Canada (1981).

Spanish

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Record 30 1985-08-30

English

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

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes, unités administratives et comités
  • Travail et emploi

Spanish

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Record 31 1985-01-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Military Administration
OBS

Functional activity in which person hours are correlative to a workload factor. It is a grouping of personnel, machines, processes, methods, and operations, normally under one supervisor, providing similar type or homogeneous work within a generally centralized area.

OBS

CFP 219-003.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Administration militaire

Spanish

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Record 32 1981-08-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Telecommunications
  • Informatics
OBS

Gordon (1976) discusses two basic applications of telecommunications systems designed to reduce the need for travel to and from work. (...) These are the neighbourhood work centre (NWC) and the work-at-home unit (HU). NWCs would be established by interested companies who jointly rent or purchase space in buildings within residential areas to establish telecommunication centres which can be used by employees in those neighbourhoods. (...) Neighbours could work at the same facility even though they worked for different companies.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Télécommunications
  • Informatique
OBS

Gordon (1976) étudie deux applications fondamentales de systèmes de télécommunications visant à réduire la nécessité de déplacements entre le bureau et le domicile (...) le neighbourhood work centre (NWC - centre de travail de voisinage) et work-at-home unit (HU - unité de travail à domicile). Les NWC seraient créés par les entreprises intéressées qui loueraient ou achèteraient en commun un local dans des immeubles situés dans des zones résidentielles afin d'établir des centre de télécommunications pouvant être utilisés par les employés habitant dans les environs. (...) Des voisins pourraient travailler dans le même local tout en étant employés pour des entreprises différentes.

Spanish

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