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MASCOTTE [5 records]

Record 1 - external organization data 2023-02-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - National Occupational Classification (NOC)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Classification nationale des professions (CNP)

Spanish

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Record 2 2017-07-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Performing Arts
CONT

A mascot is any person, animal, or object thought to bring luck, or anything used to represent a group with a common public identity, such as a school, professional sports team, society, military unit, or brand name. Mascots are also used as fictional, representative spokespeople for consumer products ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Arts du spectacle
CONT

Une mascotte est un être (le plus souvent, un animal) ou une chose servant de symbole, d'emblème ou de porte-bonheur à un groupe de personnes, une institution ou une entreprise.

Spanish

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Record 3 2004-08-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tourism (General)
DEF

[An] actor ... often [an] aspiring actor ... who [wears] costumes of cartoon characters and animals and [walks] around theme parks.

OBS

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Key term(s)
  • walk-around
  • walk around

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tourisme (Généralités)
DEF

Acteur ou aspirant acteur portant un costume de personnage de bandes dessinées ou d'animal et qui se déplace dans un parc d'attraction thématique.

Spanish

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Record 4 2002-06-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Monographs
  • Political Science (General)
OBS

Elections Canada. Choosing Our Mascot is a junior election simulation kit for kindergarten to grade four, developed in partnership with the Northwest Territories. The kit is available in English, French and Inuktitut.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de monographies
  • Sciences politiques (Généralités)
OBS

Élections Canada. Choisissons notre mascotte est une trousse de simulation d'élection destinée aux enfants de la maternelle à la quatrième année. Élaborée en partenariat avec les Territoires du Nord-Ouest, elle est offerte en français, en anglais et en inuktitut.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Títulos de monografías
  • Ciencias políticas (Generalidades)
OBS

Juego de simulacro electoral para estudiantes desde el jardín infantil hasta el cuarto grado.

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Record 5 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Games and Toys (General)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Jeux et jouets (Généralités)

Spanish

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