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Lists. v. t. e. The following is a list of terms, used to describe disabilities or people with disabilities, which may carry negative connotations or be offensive to people with or without disabilities. Some people consider it best to use person-first language, for example "a person with a disability" rather than "a disabled person." [1]
You Can't Ask That is a Canadian television documentary series, which premiered in 2019 on CBC Television. [1] It also airs on Accessible Media Inc .'s AMI-tv. The series was produced by Izabel Chevrier and directed by Mariane McGraw. An adaptation of the Australian series You Can't Ask That, it centres on people with disabilities, who help to ...
The Accessible Canada Act (ACA; French: Loi canadienne sur l'accessibilité) is a Canada-wide accessibility act that applies to the federal public sector, Crown corporations, and all federally-regulated organizations, [2] building on the Canadian Human Rights Act and focuses on the prohibition of discrimination based on disability. [3] Carla ...
Canuck / kəˈnʌk / is a slang term for a Canadian, though its semantic nuances are manifold. [1] Older sources often claimed the origins of the word as uncertain, [2] or related to the Iroquoian word for village (kanata), or other folk linguistic etymologies. Historical linguists consider it as "highly plausible" today that Canuck derives ...
Council for Canadians with Disabilities (CCD), formerly known as the Coalition of Provincial Organizations of the Handicapped (COPOH), was created by people with disabilities in 1976 to provide support for all people with disabilities who seek the opportunity to go to school, work, volunteer, have a family, and participate in recreational, sport and cultural activities.
ISO 639-3. –. Multicultural Toronto English (MTE) is a multi-ethnic dialect of Canadian English used in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA), particularly among young non-white working-class speakers. [1][2][3] First studied in linguistics research of the late 2010s and early 2020s, [4][5][6] the dialect is popularly recognized by its phonology and ...
Canadian English (CanE, CE, en-CA) [ 5 ] encompasses the varieties of English used in Canada. According to the 2016 census, English was the first language of 19.4 million Canadians or 58.1% of the total population; the remainder spoke French (20.8%) or other languages (21.1%). [ 6 ]
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau got an earful during a photo op from a cash-strapped steelworker who told the leader his policies have left his family scratching to make ends meet. Footage ...