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Q
Queer
Once a negative term to describe those who did not meet societal norms of sexual behaviour, queer is now used by many LGBTI people to describe themselves.
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G
Genocide
Deliberate decisions and actions made by one nation or group of people in order to eliminate, usually through mass murder, the entirety of another nation or group.  The term has also been used to refer to the destruction of the culture of a people, as in cultural genocide.
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P
People of Colour
A term which applies to all people who are not seen as White by the dominant group, generally used by racialized groups as an alternative to the term visible minority.  It emphasizes that skin colour is a key consideration in the ?everyday? experiences of their lives. The term is an attempt to describe people with a more positive term than non-White or minority which frames them in the context of the dominant group.
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C
Cultural Group

Members of a group having the same beliefs, behavioural norms, values, language, ways of thinking about and viewing the world.


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D
Dominant Group
Considered the most powerful and privileged of groups in a particular society or context. The dominant group in Canada is white, Christian, male and English speaking, perceiving themselves to be superior to and more privileged than Aboriginal Peoples, Black People and other people of colour or people of minority religious or linguistic groups. (See Majority)
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H
Hate Group Activity
Representing some of the most destructive forms of human rights-based discrimination in that they promote hatred against identifiable groups of people. Hate groups generally label and disparage people who may include immigrants, people with disabilities, members of racialized, religious or cultural groups, or people who are gay or lesbian.
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E
Ethnic Group
Refers to a group of people having a common heritage or ancestry, or a shared historical past, often with identifiable physical, cultural, linguistic and/or religious characteristics.
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M
Minority Group

Refers to a group of people within a society that is either small in numbers or that has little or no access to social, economic, political or religious power.  In Canada, refers to the diverse ethno-racial identities that are not of the dominant white group.  In some areas, they are not always in the minority numerically. Minority rights are protected by the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, The Human Rights Acts and Codes, and the UN Convention on the rights of minorities.

  The term may imply inferior social position.  In common use, Racial or Visible Minority describes people who are not White; Ethnic Minority refers to people whose ancestry is not English or Anglo-Saxon; Linguistic Minority refers to people whose first language is not English (or not French in Quebec).


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D
Designated Groups
Social groups whose individual members have been denied equal access to employment, education, social services, housing, etc. because of membership in the group.  The designated groups in Ontario are visible minorities, women, aboriginal peoples and persons with disabilities.
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