Thesaurus

definitions of thesaurus terminology

definitions of terms used in thesaurus entries

• SCOPE NOTE: explains HOW the term has been used to index items in the library database; defines the term
• USE: denotes a preferred term or phrase
• USED FOR: indicates terms or phrases that are NOT used to index items in the library database; these terms or phrases are considered synonymous with the indicated preferred term (only use "preferred terms" when searching the library database)
• BROADER TERM: broader or more general terms or phrases
• NARROWER TERM: narrower or more specific terms or phrases; a subset of the indicated broader term
• RELATED TERM: a term or phrase that is conceptually or associatively linked with the indicated preferred term

Thesaurus: 1285 entries.

QUEBEC (Search for related entries in the library)

• BROADER TERM(S)

CANADA

PROVINCES

RACE (Search for related entries in the library)

Scope Note: A social construct used to categorize people based on physical characteristics. Race is tied to racialization, whereby racial categories are embedded in both daily interactions as well as ideologies, policies and practices.

• NARROWER TERM(S)

RACIALIZATION

• RELATED TERM(S)

SOCIAL LOCATION (VAR)

VISIBLE MINORITIES

RACIAL MINORITIES 

• USE

VISIBLE MINORITIES

RACIALIZATION (Search for related entries in the library)

Scope Note: A process of signification in which human beings are categorized into "races" by reference to real or imagined phenotypical or genetic differences (Miles 1987:7).

• BROADER TERM(S)

RACE

• RELATED TERM(S)

RACIALIZED GROUPS

RACISM

VISIBLE MINORITIES

• USED FOR

SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION OF RACE

RACIALIZED GROUPS (Search for related entries in the library)

• RELATED TERM(S)

RACIALIZATION

RACIALIZED WORKERS (Search for related entries in the library)

• USED FOR

TRADITIONALLY DISADVANTAGED GROUPS

RACISM (Search for related entries in the library)

Scope Note: A system in which one group of people exercises power over another or others on the basis of socially constructed 'racial' categories. Racism manifests in 'everyday' and systemic forms.

• RELATED TERM(S)

RACIALIZATION

RAISES 

• USE

ANNUAL RAISES

RATE OF PAY 

Scope Note: Along with wages, broadly refers to the different ways of measuring how people are paid, mainly through an hourly rate of pay wages and salaries before deductions.

• NARROWER TERM(S)

HOURLY RATE OF PAY

• RELATED TERM(S)

SALARIES AND WAGES

WAGES

RDO 

• USE

ROSTERED DAY OFF