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• INCLUDES:
• Clubs, societies, organizations specifically related to women
• Historical, social, political and cultural circumstances of women
• Individuals
• Records created by women
• Women-only facilities and activities
• Women’s issues

• INCLUDES:
• Accidents (i.e. highway crashes, derailments, air crashes, shipwrecks, etc.)
• Act or means of providing water, power, sewage etc. to communities
• Act or means of transporting from one place to another
• Businesses and corporations (i.e. towing and repair services, motor associations)
• Facilities and infrastructures (i.e. harbours, highways, airports, sewage treatment plants, electric systems, hydro-electric projects)
• Professional organizations, unions specifically related to transportation or utilities
• Rescue transportation services (i.e. towing, coast guard, search & rescue)
• Vehicles, rolling stock (i.e. locomotives, carriages, wagons, or other vehicles used on a railroad), aircraft, ships and boats, ferries

• INCLUDES:
• Businesses related to sports, recreation, and leisure (i.e. bike rental shop, tour guiding, sports coaching, etc.)
• Education and training
• Individuals, organizations, clubs specifically related to sports, recreation and/or leisure
• Physical activity, occupations or amusements carried out by humans for the purpose of wellness, socializing, relaxation, entertainment or competition
• Professional and amateur competitors / teams
• Sports, outdoor recreation, hobbies, games, travel, etc.

• INCLUDES:
• Clubs, user groups, professional organizations specifically dedicated to science and/or technology
• Research / research foundations, institutes
• Scientists, researchers, etc.
• Study and application of science
• Technology schools / programs

• For specific "School Names"

• INCLUDES:
• Churches and denominations
• Individuals (i.e. ministers, missionaries, members of religious orders, etc.)
• Non-traditional groups and organizations (sometimes referred to as cults)
• Personal, institutional and organizational relationships between humans and what they regard as holy, sacred or divine
• Religious orders, groups and organizations
• Religious theory and study
• Schools, charities, missions and hospitals operated by religious groups

• INCLUDES:
• Individuals (i.e. politicians, campaigners, party members)
• Political parties, campaigns and organizations
• Political theory and study

• INCLUDES:
• Clubs, societies, associations - all types, except official (government) functions (i.e. agricultural, business, charitable, community, cultural, ethnic, fraternal, labour, military, political, professional, recreational, social, sports)

• INCLUDES:
• Energy (i.e. hydro-electric, thermal, solar)
• Game management
• Individuals
• Land, water, minerals, forests, fisheries, soil, oil and gas
• Regulatory and professional organizations

• INCLUDES:
• Equipment, weapons, uniforms, artifacts
• Individuals and organizations (i.e. veterans, military personnel, militia, cadets)
• Legislation
• Military institutions, bases, sites
• Military service, training and activities
• Military vehicles and ships

• INCLUDES:
• Activities / structures for administration of law and justice
• Administrative and support organizations (i.e. police boards)
• Community service programs
• Courts, prisons, remand centres
• Individuals (i.e. lawyers, judges, police officers, bylaw officers, criminals)
• Law enforcement (i.e. police forces, RCMP, coast guard)
• Legislation
• Litigation, arbitration, mediation, restorative justice, reconciliation, settlements
• Professional organizations (established specifically for the administration and enforcement of law and justice)

• INCLUDES:
• Claiming, settling and moving to a new land
• Community and regional settlement patterns
• Land settlement companies
• Land surveys / surveyors
• Land titles, distribution, grants etc.
• Organizations involved in sponsoring / supporting immigrants
• Real estate companies and activities

• INCLUDES:
• Arbitration boards
• Events (eg. strikes)
• Individuals
• Labour and union organizations
• Professional associations with labour focus (eg. teachers, nurses)
• Union-associated social groups

• INCLUDES:
• Construction, ship building
• Processing, packing and shipping industries
• Resource industries (i.e. mining, forestry, fishing, etc.)
• Resource industry cooperatives (i.e. agriculture, housing, retail)
• Salvage companies and operations

Use for: Aboriginal, First Nations, Indian, Inuit, Metis, Native, Native American

• INCLUDES:
• Government agencies and treaties
• Indigenous organizations and businesses
• Indigenous schools and education
• Individuals / communities of Indigenous ancestry
• Issues pertaining to Indigenous Peoples or history
• Records pertaining to / created by Indigenous individuals, families, bands, agencies

• INCLUDES:
• Activities / systems for maintaining and preserving individual / community health and wellness (provided by public, private or community agencies or individuals)
• Businesses
• Fire and emergency services, disaster relief
• Health and wellness services offered by charitable groups (i.e. meditation, retreats)
• Individuals (i.e. doctors, nurses, dentists, pharmacists, counselors, clinicians)
• Medical services, hospitals, clinics
• Professional and support organizations
• Protective services and emergency support (i.e. community watch) - NOT police
• Safety and community health programs and training
• Social programs and services (i.e. youth, seniors, mental illness, maternity, counseling, support, etc.)

• INCLUDES:
• Hospital districts, improvement districts, land districts, school boards, health boards, library boards, police boards, etc.
• Indigenous Peoples and tribal governments
• Local, municipal, regional, provincial, federal, jurisdictional
• Officials (i.e. mayors, premiers, MLAs, ministers, civil servants)
• Organizations in direct response to government (i.e. ratepayers associations)
• Protest against government
• Support organizations (i.e. municipal associations)
• Taxes

• For items mainly but not exclusively pertaining to photgraphic and cartographic records
• INCLUDES:
• Boundaries, districts, reserves, parks, sanctuaries, towns, etc.
• Includes both natural and artificial features
• Physical landscape, built landscape
• Site plans
• Topography
• Urban and industrial landscapes
• Viewscapes (i.e. panoramas, scenery)

• INCLUDES:
• Photos related to flooding
• 1894 Flood
• 1948 Flood

• INCLUDES:
• Friendships, personal relationships, home life
• Genealogical records
• Generational records
• Individuals (all ages), families
• Sexuality
• Support and charitable organizations for assisting families and individuals

• INCLUDES:
• Early contact with Indigenous Peoples
• Expeditions, exploration, adventure, prospecting, guiding
• Individuals and groups (i.e. explorers, adventurers, prospectors, guides, outfitters)
• Personal, geographical, scientific, mapping, etc.
• Personal travels accounts (i.e. journals / diaries, blogs, vlogs)

• INCLUDES:
• Campaigns (i.e. political, fundraising)
• Centennials, parades, festivals, fairs, exhibitions, concerts
• Ceremonies (i.e. openings, graduations, sod-turnings, etc.) Parties (i.e. community, birthday, anniversary, etc.)
• Organizations, public agencies and businesses that ONLY do event(s) planning
• Protests and demonstrations
• Specific cultural, arts, political, sports, holiday and community events; also personal events
• VIP visits (i.e. royalty, celebrity)
• Weddings, funerals, baptisms, etc.

• INCLUDES:
• Climate, weather
• Conservation movement / activities
• Environmental issues (i.e. air quality, pollution, habitat destruction, endangered species, recycling)
• Habitat and species protection / recovery
• Individuals, organizations, businesses
• Nature, wilderness, scenery
• Parks, natural areas, wildlife management

• INCLUDES:
• Activities / structures relating to educational activities
• Individual teachers / educators
• Educational related professional, regulatory, and support organizations
• Public and private schools / agencies offering training or education
• Students (all ages)
• Vocational training and continuing education

• INCLUDES:
• Activities / events promoting life / values of cultural group(s)
• Individuals / groups working towards preservation of heritage, a particular cultural group, or cultural community
• Movements, initiatives, legislation etc. that promotes the existence and participation of diverse ethnic, racial, religious or social groups within the larger community