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NON-AUTOCHTONE [2 records]

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Record 1 2024-04-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Government Contracts
CONT

[it was] suggested that the federal government focus on the supply chain and ensure that large purchases and large contracts that go to non-Indigenous businesses have clauses that support the inclusion of Indigenous businesses throughout the supply chain.

Key term(s)
  • non Indigenous business

French

Domaine(s)
  • Marchés publics
CONT

[…] l'État doit plutôt mettre l'accent sur la chaîne d'approvisionnement et exiger des entreprises non autochtones choisies pour les projets d'envergure qu'elles fassent affaire avec des entreprises autochtones.

Key term(s)
  • entreprise non-autochtone

Spanish

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Record 2 2022-10-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Demography
  • Sociology
DEF

In Canada, a person who is not of Indigenous origin, that is, who does not belong to one of the three Indigenous Peoples, namely, First Nations, Inuit or Métis.

OBS

Some people refer to non-Indigenous people as settlers. It is an accepted practice in academic communities for a person to refer to themselves as a settler to not only acknowledge that they are not Indigenous, but that they are also on colonized land.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Démographie
  • Sociologie
DEF

Au Canada, personne qui n'est pas d'origine autochtone, c'est-à-dire qui n'appartient pas aux trois peuples autochtones, soit les Premières Nations, les Inuit ou les Métis.

OBS

Même si, selon les ouvrages de référence, le terme «allochtone» signifie «qui n'est pas originaire du pays où il habite», au Canada on en fait un usage spécifique et on emploie ce terme comme synonyme de «non-Autochtone».

Spanish

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