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AUTOCHTONE [9 records]

Record 1 2024-04-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Indigenous Peoples (General)
DEF

A person who belongs to one of the three Indigenous Peoples in Canada, namely, First Nations, Inuit or Métis.

OBS

In the Canadian government, to align with international usage, the term "Indigenous person" should be used instead of "Aboriginal person" to refer to a First Nations member, an Inuit or a Métis person.

OBS

The adjectives "Indigenous" and "Aboriginal" should be capitalized when referring to Indigenous identity in the same way adjectives such as "English" or "French" are capitalized.

OBS

The plural form "Indigenous people" is used to refer to a group of people who identify as Indigenous in a context where their specific identities are not at issue.

OBS

Some Indigenous people in Canada may choose to refer to themselves as "a Native person" or "a Native"; however, the use of these terms by non-Indigenous people is seen as derogatory.

OBS

The term "Aboriginal" used as a noun can be offensive and should be avoided.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Peuples Autochtones (Généralités)
DEF

Personne appartenant à l'un des trois peuples autochtones au Canada, soit les Premières Nations, les Inuit ou les Métis.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Pueblos indígenas (Generalidades)
OBS

En Canadá, este término comprende a los indígenas, métis e inuits.

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Record 2 2020-02-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Indigenous Peoples (General)
DEF

Relating to the original peoples of the Americas and their descendants.

OBS

In the Canadian government, to align with international usage, the term "Indigenous" should be used instead of "Aboriginal" to refer to First Nations, Inuit and Métis.

OBS

[The term "Native" is] increasingly seen as outdated (particularly when used as a noun) and is starting to lose currency.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Peuples Autochtones (Généralités)
DEF

Relatif aux premiers habitants des Amériques et à leurs descendants.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Pueblos indígenas (Generalidades)
DEF

Relativo a los pueblos originarios de las Américas y sus descendientes.

OBS

[...] el término "indígena" se relaciona directamente con el sustantivo "Indias" [...] En este sentido, este concepto es etnocéntrico, en tanto se refiere únicamente a los pobladores del continente americano [...]

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Record 3 2018-11-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Corporate Structure

French

Domaine(s)
  • Structures de l'entreprise
CONT

Au Canada, les organismes de certification sont notamment [...] la Canadian Aboriginal and Minority Supplier Council (CAMSC) pour les entreprises appartenant à des Autochtones et à des membres de minorités visibles [...].

Spanish

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Record 4 2017-04-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Anthropology
DEF

Relating to the people ... that have lived in a place or country since the earliest times.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Anthropologie
DEF

[Se dit d'un peuple dont la] présence dans un lieu déterminé est avérée depuis de nombreuses générations.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Antropología
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Record 5 2013-08-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Peat and Peat Bogs
  • Mining of Organic Materials
  • Solid Fossil Fuels
DEF

[Said of] peat formed in place ...

OBS

... the most minable coals are of this type.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tourbières
  • Exploitation de matières organiques (Mines)
  • Combustibles fossiles solides
CONT

[La tourbe] s'est donc constituée sur place, elle est dite «autochtone».

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Turberas
  • Explotación de materias orgánicas (Minas)
  • Combustibles fósiles sólidos
DEF

Dícese del mineral o de la roca que se han formado en el mismo sitio en el que hoy se encuentran.

CONT

La hulla constituye un ejemplo importante de mineral autóctono, ya que yace en el mismo sitio en que se acumularon las materias vegetales cuya transformación in situ ha originado el carbón mineral.

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Record 6 2012-09-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Epidemiology
DEF

Is said of a disease acquired in the place where the patient is located.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Épidémiologie
DEF

En médecine, se dit d'une infection contractée au lieu même où vit le malade.

Spanish

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Record 7 2008-01-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tectonics
DEF

A body of rocks that remains at its site of origin, where it is rooted to its basement.

OBS

Rocks of an autochthon may be mildly to considerably deformed.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tectonique
DEF

Ensemble de roches non déformées par l'orogénie (formation de la chaîne de montagnes), non déplacées tectoniquement, qui jouxte une chaîne de montagnes plissée.

CONT

Dans le cas du Grenville, l'autochtone est constitué des roches archéennes des provinces du Supérieur et de Rae, ainsi que des roches paléoprotérozoïques de la Fosse du Labrador. C'est le bloc continental stable à la marge duquel s'est formée la chaîne de montagnes.

OBS

À strictement parler, l'autochtone ne fait pas partie de la chaîne de montagnes.

Spanish

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Record 8 2004-07-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geochemistry
  • Hydrology and Hydrography
  • Soil Science
CONT

The hydrogen ion driving the chemical weathering reaction is supplied from external and internal sources. The external source is the acid supplied in bulk precipitation (meteorological input); the internal source stems from various biologic and chemical processes occurring within the soil zone.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géochimie
  • Hydrologie et hydrographie
  • Science du sol
DEF

[Se dit d'un] élément apparaissant à l'intérieur de son milieu naturel de croissance et de production.

CONT

Dans certains cas, il sera difficile, voire impossible, de différencier les origines des modifications autochtones et allochtones lorsque les flux des substances découlant des activités anthropiques dominent les processus naturels à l'intérieur d'un bassin versant.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Geoquímica
  • Hidrología e hidrografía
  • Ciencia del suelo
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Record 9 2004-06-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Petrography
CONT

Two Canadian Au skarns ... have similar settings in displaced, rather than autochthonous, cratonal terranes ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pétrographie
CONT

Deux skarns aurifères du Canada [...] occupent un cadre similaire, mais ils se situent dans des terranes déplacés plutôt que dans des terranes cratoniques autochtones [...]

Spanish

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