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FEMMES FILLES PERSONNES BISPIRITUELLES AUTOCHTONES DISPARUES ASSASSINEES [1 record]

Record 1 2024-05-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Indigenous Sociology
  • Special-Language Phraseology
CONT

Two red dresses hung from the trees on either side of the flagpole at CFB [Canadian Force Base] Borden's north gate during the ceremony as a symbol of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls and Two-Spirit people (MMIWG2S).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sociologie des Autochtones
  • Phraséologie des langues de spécialité
OBS

FFADA2S : Bien que ce sigle soit parfois utilisé, il s'agit d'une forme fautive, car l'abréviation «2S» correspond au terme anglais «Two-Spirit». En français, le terme «bispirituel» est rendu par les abréviations «2» ou «2E».

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