Canadian Immigration and
Citizenship Indexing Terms

December 2002

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Safe Third Country Agreement
  FRA:  Accord de tiers pay sûr

SAH
  USE:  Sponsorship agreement holders

Salaries
  FRA:  Salaire
  UF:   Wages

Same-sex couples
  FRA:  Couple de même sexe
  UF:   Homosexual couples

Satellite offices
  FRA:  Bureau satellite

School allowances
  FRA:  Allocation scolaire

School libraries
  FRA:  Bibliothèque scolaire

Schools
  FRA:  École

Search of records
  USE:  Record searches

Search warrants
  FRA:  Mandat de perquisition

Searches
  FRA:  Perquisition

Second generation
  FRA:  Deuxième génération
  SN:   For immigration purposes, use to describe children
        born to immigrants and refugees in the receiving  
        country.                                          
        For citizenship purposes, use to describe a person
        born outside Canada to a Canadian parent who was  
        also born outside Canada.  The person born in the 
        second generation on or after February 15, 1977   
        may, in fact, be the third or fourth generation to
        be born outside Canada.                           
  UF:   Children of immigrants

Second language learning
  FRA:  Apprentissage d'une langue seconde

Second language teaching
  FRA:  Enseignement d'une langue seconde

Secondary examination
  FRA:  Deuxième interrogatoire

Security
  FRA:  Sécurité

Security and criminal screening
  FRA:  Contrôle sécuritaire et vérifications judiciaires
  SN:   This term refers to Immigration procedures.  For  
        Citizenship procedures use the term 'Clearances'. 
  UF:   Criminal screening

Security certificates
  FRA:  Attestation de sécurité

Security check
  FRA:  Examen sécuritaire

Security clearances
  FRA:  Autorisation sécuritaire

Security deposits
  FRA:  Cautionnement

Security risk
  FRA:  Menace à la sécurité

Seizure
  FRA:  Saisie
  SN:   Use to describe the process of taking possession  
        of property by legal means.                       

Selection grid
  USE:  Points system

Self-employed persons
  FRA:  Travailleur autonome

Seminars
  USE:  Conferences

Sending countries
  FRA:  Pays source

Senior citizens
  USE:  Older adults

Seniors
  USE:  Older adults

Sensitization
  FRA:  Sensibilisation
  SN:   Use to describe both the resources and the process
        designed to explain and describe cross-cultural   
        differences between various ethnic groups.        

Series A
  FRA:  Série A
  SN:   A certificate granted to an alien under the       
        Naturalization Act which did not include minor    
        children. See the Citizenship Policy manual for a 
        more detailed definition. This is not the same as 
        the “Series A” certificate issued under the       
        Citizenship Act.                                  

Series B
  FRA:  Série B
  SN:   A certificate granted under the Naturalization Act
        to an alien which included minor children. See the
        Citizenship Policy manual for a more detailed     
        definition.                                       

Series C
  FRA:  Série C
  SN:   A certificate granted to a minor under the        
        Naturalization Act at the Minister's absolute     
        discretion.                                       

Series D
  FRA:  Série D
  SN:   A special certificate granted under the           
        Naturalization Act to remove doubt whether a      
        person was a British subject.                     

Series E
  FRA:  Série E
  SN:   A certificate granted under the Naturalization Act
        to a person who had been naturalized under a Local
        Act. See the Citizenship Policy manual for a      
        detailed definition.                              

Series F
  FRA:  Série F
  SN:   A certificate issued under the Naturalization Act 
        to confirm re-admission to British subject status 
        (no children included).                           

Series G
  FRA:  Série G
  SN:   A certificate issued under the Naturalization Act 
        to confirm re-admission to British subject status 
        (children included). See the Citizenship Policy   
        manual for a more detailed definition.            

Series H
  FRA:  Série H
  SN:   A certificate issued under the Naturalization Act 
        to a wife of a man naturalized in Canada upon her 
        declaration to acquire British nationality. See   
        the Citizenship Policy manual for a more detailed 
        definition.                                       

Series I
  FRA:  Série I
  SN:   A certificate of retention granted under the      
        Naturalization Act to a married women whose       
        husband had ceased to be a British subject. See   
        the Citizenship Policy manual for a more detailed 
        definition.                                       

Series J
  FRA:  Série J
  SN:   A certificate of retention granted under the      
        Naturalization Act to a British-born woman married
        to an enemy alien.                                

Series K
  FRA:  Série K
  SN:   A certificate of resumption issued under the      
        Naturalization Act to a person who had ceased to  
        be a British subject during his or her minority   
        because his or her father ceased to be a British  
        subject. A declaration had to be made within one  
        year after attaining majority.                    

Service provider organizations
  FRA:  Fournisseur de services
  UF:   Resettlement partners
        SPO

Service standards
  FRA:  Normes de services

Settlement
  FRA:  Établissement
  SN:   Use for the process by which immigrants establish 
        economic sustainability and social networks in the
        receiving country in order to function            
        effectively.                                      

Settlement centres
  FRA:  Centre d'établissement

Settlement patterns
  FRA:  Modèle d'établissement

Settlement programs
  FRA:  Programme d'établissement
  SN:   Use to describe government programs offered to    
        immigrants upon arrival or shortly thereafter to  
        aid in the settlement process.                    

Settlement services
  FRA:  Services d'établissement
  SN:   Use to describe those services provided by        
        governments and communities to aid new immigrants 
        during the settlement process.                    

Sex changes
  USE:  Gender reassignment

Sex discrimination
  USE:  Gender discrimination

Sexual harassment
  FRA:  Harcèlement sexuel

Sexually transmitted diseases
  FRA:  Maladie transmise sexuellement
  UF:   STDs
        Veneral diseases

Skilled labour
  FRA:  Main-d'oeuvre qualifiée

Skilled worker class immigrants
  FRA:  Immigrant de la catégorie des travailleurs qualifiés

Skilled workers
  FRA:  Travailleur qualifié

Skills
  FRA:  Habiletés
  UF:   Competencies

SMU
  USE:  Statement of mutual understanding

Smuggling, humans
  USE:  Human trafficking

Social adjustment
  FRA:  Adaptation sociale

Social attitudes
  USE:  Attitudes

Social change
  USE:  Social development

Social classes
  USE:  Social structure

Social cohesion
  FRA:  Cohésion sociale
  SN:   Use to describe values which hold a society       
        together and provide it with a sense of purpose   
        and direction.                                    

Social conditions
  FRA:  Conditions sociales

Social customs
  FRA:  Coutume sociale

Social development
  FRA:  Développement social
  UF:   Social change

Social history
  FRA:  Histoire sociale

Social impact
  FRA:  Impact social
  SN:   Use to describe the influence or contributions    
        that an ethnic group makes on its host society.   

Social indicators
  FRA:  Indicateurs sociaux
  SN:   Characteristics used as indices of the quality of 
        life of social groups.                            

Social interaction
  FRA:  Interaction sociale
  SN:   Use to describe the reciprocal stimulation and    
        response taking place between individuals and     
        between groups, with particular reference to      
        cultural activity.                                

Social isolation
  FRA:  Interaction sociale
  SN:   Use to describe voluntary or involuntary absence  
        of contact with others.                           

Social mobility
  FRA:  Mouvement social
  SN:   Use to describe change,usually upward, in the     
        social status of individuals or groups.           

Social policy
  FRA:  Politique sociale
  SN:   Use for a course or method of action deliberately 
        chosen that guides or influences decisions on     
        social 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'.                                       

Social problems
  FRA:  Problèmes sociaux
  SN:   Use when describing a range of problems.  If the  
        item discusses one type of social problem, use the
        name of that problem.                             

Social responsibility
  FRA:  Responsabilité sociale

Social services
  FRA:  Services sociaux
  SN:   Use to describe the activities executed by        
        governments or aid organizations designed to      
        promote social welfare.                           

Social status
  FRA:  Statut social

Social structure
  FRA:  Structure sociale
  UF:   Social classes

Social support networks
  FRA:  Réseau de soutien social
  SN:   Use to describe individuals, organizations, or    
        groups which offer social and emotional support to
        people.                                           

Socioeconomic status
  FRA:  Statut socioéconomique

Source country class
  FRA:  Catégorie de pays source

Special education
  FRA:  Éducation spécialisée

Special humanitarian programs
  FRA:  Programmes spéciaux d'aide humanitaire

Special needs
  FRA:  Besoins spéciaux

Specialized offices
  FRA:  Bureau spécialisé

Speeches
  FRA:  Discours

SPO
  USE:  Service provider organizations

Sponsor-referred refugee
  FRA:  Réfugié désigné par un répondant

Sponsorship
  FRA:  Parrainage

Sponsorship agreement holders
  FRA:  Signataire d'entente de parrainage
  UF:   SAH

Sponsorship agreement holders training
  FRA:  Formation offerte aux signataires d'ententes
        de parrainage

Sponsorship agreements
  FRA:  Entente de parrainage
  UF:   Undertakings

Sponsorship bars
  FRA:  Interdiction de parrainage
  UF:   Bars to sponsorship

Sponsorship breakdowns
  FRA:  Rupture de l'engagement de parrainage

Sponsorship of refugees
  USE:  Refugee sponsorship

Spousal abuse
  USE:  Family violence

Spouse or common-law partner in Canada class
  FRA:  Catégorie des époux ou conjoints de fait au Canada

Spouses
  FRA:  Conjoint

Staffing
  FRA:  Dotation

Stale-dated application
  FRA:  Demande périmée
  SN:   An application is stale-dated when the Minister   
        receives the application 91 days after the date   
        indicated on the form.                            

Stamping the IMM1000
  USE:  Updating the IMM1000

Standard of living
  FRA:  Niveau de vie
  UF:   Living standards

Standards
  FRA:  Norme

Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration
  FRA:  Comité permanent de la citoyenneté et de l'immigration

Staple allowances
  FRA:  Allocations pour produits de première nécessité

Stateless persons
  FRA:  Apatrides
  SN:   Use to describe persons lacking the status of a   
        national of any state.                            

Statelessness
  FRA:  Apatridie
  SN:   Use to describe the condition of lacking the      
        status of a nation.                               

Statement of mutual understanding
  FRA:  Déclaration d'entente
  UF:   SMU

Statistical analysis
  FRA:  Analyse statistique
  SN:   Use for the application of statistical procedures 
        to the interpretation of numerical data.          

Statistics
  FRA:  Statistiques

Status
  FRA:  Statut

Status Indians
  USE:  Aboriginal peoples

Status of women
  FRA:  Condition de la femme
  UF:   Women's status

Statutory declarations
  FRA:  Déclaration solennelle
  SN:   A written statement made under the Canada Evidence
        Act. The person making the declaration swears it  
        is true.                                          
  UF:   Declarations

STDs
  USE:  Sexually transmitted diseases

Stereotypes
  FRA:  Stéréotypes

Stipends
  FRA:  Appointements

Stress
  FRA:  Stress

Strikes
  FRA:  Grève
  USE:  Labour disputes

Structural change
  FRA:  Changement structurel
  SN:   Use for changes in economic structure and         
        employment bases, usually due to changes in       
        technology and demand.                            

Structural discrimination
  FRA:  Discrimination structurelle
  SN:   Use to describe discrimination which occurs as a  
        result of the organizational structure of a firm, 
        group or society rather than the personal actions 
        of individuals.                                   

Student authorizations
  USE:  Study permits

Study permits
  FRA:  Permis d'étude
  UF:   Student authorizations

Subsidized housing
  FRA:  Logement subventionné
  UF:   Low-cost housing
        Non profit housing

Substantial connection
  FRA:  Liens importants

Summary offences
  FRA:  Infraction sommaire

Support groups
  FRA:  Groupe de soutien

Surrendering certificates
  FRA:  Restitution des certificats

Surveillance
  FRA:  Surveillance

Surveys
  FRA:  Enquête

Suspending applications
  USE:  Suspension

Suspension
  FRA:  Suspension
  UF:   Suspending applications

Sustainable development
  FRA:  Développement durable
  SN:   Use to describe development that satisfies current
        requirements without jeopardizing the ability of  
        future generations to meet their own needs.       

Swearing in ceremony
  USE:  Citizenship ceremonies

Sworn statements
  USE:  Affidavits

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