Canadian Immigration and
Citizenship Indexing Terms

December 2002

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Race relations
  FRA:  Relations raciales
  SN:   Use to describe the interpersonal contact between 
        or among racial groups.                           
  UF:   Ethnic relations

Racial discrimination
  FRA:  Discrimination raciale
  SN:   Use to describe inequitable treatment directed    
        toward a group because of race.  'Race' usually   
        assumes some real or imagined physical            
        characteristics such as skin colour or features   
        etc.                                              
  UF:   Racism

Racism
  USE:  Racial discrimination

RAP
  USE:  Resettlement Assistance Program

RBA certificates
  USE:  Registration of birth abroad certificates

RCO
  USE:  Refugee claims officers

Reacquire citizenship
  USE:  Resumption of citizenship

Reaffirmation ceremonies
  FRA:  Cérémonie de réaffirmation

Reaffirmation certificates
  FRA:  Certificat de réaffirmation
  SN:   Use to describe the souvenir documents given to   
        people who participate in a reaffirmation         
        ceremony.  These are not legal documents.         

Receipts
  FRA:  Reçu

Receiving countries
  FRA:  Pays d'accueil

Recidivism
  FRA:  Récidive

Record letters
  FRA:  Lettre de confirmation de statut
  SN:   Use to describe the confirmation document that a  
        person has been registered as a Canadian citizen. 
  UF:   Confirmation of citizenship

Record of landing
  USE:  Immigrant visa and record of landing

Record searches
  FRA:  Recherche de dossiers
  UF:   Search of records

Records management
  FRA:  Gestion des documents administratifs

Recruiting
  USE:  Recruitment

Recruitment
  FRA:  Recrutement
  UF:   Recruiting

Reference materials
  FRA:  Ouvrages de références

Refoulement
  FRA:  Refoulement
  SN:   The return by a state of an individual to another 
        country in which that person may be persecuted for
        reasons of race, religion, nationality, membership
        of a particular social group or political opinion.

Refugee Appeal Division
  FRA:  Section d'appel des réfugiés
  SN:   Use to describe the division of the Immigration   
        and Refugee Board under IRPA, not yet in force.   

Refugee camps
  FRA:  Camps de réfugiés

Refugee categories
  FRA:  Catégorie des réfugiés

Refugee claimant rights
  FRA:  Droits de demandeurs du statut de réfugié

Refugee claims
  FRA:  Revendication du statut de réfugié

Refugee claims officers
  FRA:  Agent chargé de la revendication
  UF:   RCO

Refugee law
  FRA:  Droit des réfugiés

Refugee minors
  FRA:  Réfugiés mineurs
  SN:   A person under 18 years of age who has been       
        granted refugee status.                           

Refugee policy
  FRA:  Politique relative aux réfugiés
  SN:   Use for a course or method of action deliberately 
        chosen that guides or influences decisions on     
        refugee matters.  Use for outlining, discussing or
        proposing changes to policy.  For actual          
        statements issued by political parties or         
        governments, use both this heading and 'Policy    
        documents'.                                       

Refugee protection
  FRA:  Protection des réfugiés
  SN:   Used to describe all aspects of the rights and    
        protection of refugees, including legal, social   
        and physical concerns.                            

Refugee Protection Division
  FRA:  Section de la protection des réfugiés
  SN:   Under IRPA the previous 'Convention Refugee       
        Determination Division' has been renamed the      
        'Refugee Protection Division'.                    
  UF:   Convention Refugee Determination Division
        CRDD
        RPD

Refugee Resettlement Model
  FRA:  Modèle de réétablissement des réfugiés
  UF:   RRM

Refugee selection
  FRA:  Sélection de réfugiés

Refugee sponsorship
  FRA:  Parrainage de réfugiés
  UF:   Sponsorship of refugees

Refugee Sponsorship Training Program
  FRA:  Programme de formation relative au parrainage
        de réfugiés
  UF:   RSTP

Refugee status
  FRA:  Statut de réfugié

Refugees
  FRA:  Réfugié

Refunds
  FRA:  Remboursement

Refusal
  USE:  Non-approval

Regional chief overpayment recovery
  FRA:  Chef régional du recouvrement des trop-payés

Regional program centres
  FRA:  Centre régional de programmes

Regional programs
  FRA:  Programmes régional

Registrar
  FRA:  Greffier
  UF:   Registrar of Canadian citizenship

Registrar of Canadian citizenship
  FRA:  Greffier de la citoyenneté canadienne
  USE:  Registrar

Registration of birth abroad
  FRA:  Enregistrement d'une naissance à l'étranger
  SN:   Under the Canadian Citizenship Act certain        
        children born outside Canada to a Canadian parent 
        were eligible to be registered as citizens.       

Registration of birth abroad certificates
  FRA:  Certificat d'enregistrement d'une naissance à
        l'étranger
  SN:   Use to describe the documents issued under the    
        Canadian Citizenship Act confirming that a person 
        registered as a Canadian citizen.  This document  
        is not proof of citizenship.                      
  UF:   RBA certificates

Regulations
  FRA:  Réglementation

Regulatory impact analysis statement
  FRA:  Résumé de l'étude d'impact de la réglementation
  USE:  Impact studies

Rehabilitation
  FRA:  Réadaptation
  SN:   The Immigration and Refugee Protection Act does   
        not define ‘Rehabilitation’.  Black's Law         
        Dictionary defines rehabilitation as “[t]he       
        process of seeking to improve a criminal’s        
        character and outlook so that he or she can       
        function in society without committing other      
        crimes.”  Within the immigration context, the     
        Federal Court of Appeal has described the         
        rehabilitation decision as an assessment of       
        possible future comportment based on actions,     
        attitudes and behaviour since conviction.         

Reinstatement
  FRA:  Réintégration
  USE:  Resumption of citizenship

Reinstatement of status
  FRA:  Rétablissement du statut
  USE:  Restoration of status

Relationships of convenience
  FRA:  Relation de convenance
  SN:   Use to describe relationships entered into for    
        immigration purposes.                             

Reliability of Client Information
  FRA:  Fiabilité des renseignements sur le client

Relief provisions
  FRA:  Dispositions liées au redressement

Religion
  FRA:  Religion

Religious discrimination
  FRA:  Discrimination religieuse

Religious tolerance
  FRA:  Tolérance religieuse

Removal orders
  FRA:  Mesure de renvoi
  SN:   One of three types of orders (departure,          
        deportation, and exclusion) which require a       
        foreign national to physically depart Canada.     

Removals
  FRA:  Renvoyées

Renunciation certificates
  FRA:  Certificat de renonciation
  UF:   Certificates of Renunciation

Renunciation of citizenship
  FRA:  Répudiation de la citoyenneté

Repatriation
  FRA:  Repatriement
  SN:   Use for the return, voluntary or otherwise, of    
        prisoners of war, refugees, etc. to their home    
        country or country of habitual residence.         

Replacement certificates
  FRA:  Certificat de remplacement

Reports
  FRA:  Rapport

Request for medical opinion
  FRA:  Demande d'avis médical

Research
  FRA:  Recherche

Resettlement
  FRA:  Réétablissement
  SN:   Use for the process by which refugees establish   
        economic sustainability and social networks in the
        receiving country in order to function            
        effectively.                                      

Resettlement Assistance Program
  FRA:  Programme d'aide au réétablissement
  UF:   RAP

Resettlement loans
  FRA:  Prêt au titre du réétablissement

Resettlement partners
  USE:  Service provider organizations

Resettlement processing
  FRA:  Processus de réétablissement

Residence
  FRA:  Résidence

Residence calculation
  FRA:  Calcul de la résidence
  SN:   Section 5(1)(c) of the Citizenship Act states how 
        residence is calculated.                          

Residency obligations
  FRA:  Obligation de résidence

Residency status
  FRA:  Statut de résidence

Responsible parent
  FRA:  Parent responsable
  SN:   The Canadian Citizenship Act defines the          
        responsible parent as the father in wedlock,      
        mother out of wedlock and mother if she has the   
        child's custody by court order. Children could    
        acquire or lose citizenship through the actions of
        the responsible parent. This definition only      
        applies to the Canadian Citizenship Act.          

Restoration of status
  FRA:  Rétablissement du statut
  UF:   Reinstatement of status

Resume citizenship
  USE:  Resumption of citizenship

Resumption of citizenship
  FRA:  Réintégration dans la citoyenneté
  UF:   Citizenship resumption
        Reacquire citizenship
        Reinstatement
        Resume citizenship

Retention of citizenship
  FRA:  Conservation de la citoyenneté

Retraining
  FRA:  Formation de reconversion

Return migration
  FRA:  Migration de retour
  SN:   Use for the voluntary return of immigrants or     
        refugees to their original country.               

Reverse discrimination
  USE:  Affirmative action

Revocation of citizenship
  FRA:  Révocation de la citoyenneté
  UF:   Automatic loss

Right of Citizenship Fee
  FRA:  Droit exigé pour la citoyenneté

Right of landing fee
  USE:  Right of permanent residence fee

Right of permanent residence fee
  FRA:  Droit exigé pour la résidence permanente
  SN:   Under IRPA this term replaces the previous Right  
        of Landing Fee (ROLF).                            
  UF:   Landing fee
        Permanent resident fee
        Right of landing fee
        ROLF
        RPRF

Right of withdrawl
  USE:  Right to withdraw

Right to withdraw
  FRA:  Droit de retrait
  UF:   Right of withdrawl

Rights
  FRA:  Droits

Rights and responsibilities of citizenship
  FRA:  Droits et responsabilités liés à la citoyenneté

Rights of the child
  USE:  Children's rights

ROLF
  USE:  Right of permanent residence fee

RPD
  USE:  Refugee Protection Division

RPRF
  USE:  Right of permanent residence fee

RRM
  USE:  Refugee Resettlement Model

RSTP
  USE:  Refugee Sponsorship Training Program

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