The act of implementing a policy or program designed to suppress, either in whole or in part, the production of or access to information, sources, literature, the performing arts, letters, documents or ideologies which are considered unacceptable or dangerous for political, moral or religious reasons.

The cultural, institutional and individual set of practices and beliefs that assign value to people according to their socio-economic status, thereby resulting in differential treatment.

Usually refers to the period of European colonization from Columbus (1492) onwards, in the Americas, Asia and Africa, and taking on different forms from settler colonies like Canada to non-settler colonies such as India during British rule. Colonialism differs also across colonizing nations and across time. For example, French colonialism had different policies from British, while modern colonialism is often seen as part of "globalization", which includes the exploitation of labour and national resources by transnational corporations and the expansion of free trade agreements and blocs.

Primarily an informal communications process aimed at getting the parties to establish meaningful dialogue, combat rumours and suggest cooperative ways of solving conflict.  The goal of conciliation and/or mediation (see below) is to settle racial or ethnical disputes peacefully and outside the courts.

Men, women and children with good reason to fear persecution in their home country because of their race, religion, gender, nationality, political viewpoint, or membership in a particular social group. Their lives are in danger. If they are lucky enough to escape from their home country, they cannot return to it in safety until the situation changes. Refugees do not leave because they want to, but because they must.

A professed system and confession of faith, including both beliefs and observances or worship. A belief in a god or gods or a single supreme being or deity is not a requisite.

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

Portrayal of Aboriginals, Blacks, and other people of colour in all forms of media, school texts, literature as inherently, "inferior", "savage", "bad", "primitive". The impression given is that these groups have contributed nothing to civilization, and that there was no civilization before Europeans found "non-white" peoples and "found" lands where they were living.

The mix of ideas, beliefs, values, behavioural norms, knowledge and traditions of a group of individuals who share a historical, geographic, religious, racial, linguistic, ethnic or social context, and who transmit, reinforce and modify those ideas and beliefs, passing them on from one generation to another.  A culture is the total of everything an individual learns by being immersed in a particular context.  It results in a set of expectations for appropriate behaviour in seemingly similar contexts.