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Mercédes Benegbi, the Glossary

Mercédes Benegbi (born 1962) is a Canadian disabilities activist who has been recognized for her advocacy for the rights of disabled people.^[1]

Ancestry.com

Ancestry.com LLC is an American genealogy company based in Lehi, Utah.

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CBC News is a division of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation responsible for the news gathering and production of news programs on the corporation's English-language operations, namely CBC Television, CBC Radio, CBC News Network, and CBC.ca.

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CTV News Channel (Canadian TV channel)

CTV News Channel is a Canadian specialty news channel owned by Bell Media (a wholly owned subsidiary of Bell Canada).

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Disability rights movement

The disability rights movement is a global social movement that seeks to secure equal opportunities and equal rights for all people with disabilities.

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La Presse (Canadian newspaper)

, founded in 1884, is a federalist, left-wing French-language online newspaper published daily in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

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Montreal

Montreal is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest in Canada, and the tenth-largest in North America.

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Morocco

Morocco, officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa.

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Ottawa Journal

The Ottawa Journal was a daily broadsheet newspaper published in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, from 1885 to 1980.

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Phocomelia

Phocomelia is a congenital condition that involves malformations of human arms and legs which results in a flipper-like appendage.

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Quebec

QuebecAccording to the Canadian government, Québec (with the acute accent) is the official name in Canadian French and Quebec (without the accent) is the province's official name in Canadian English is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada.

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Thalidomide

Thalidomide, sold under the brand names Contergan and Thalomid among others, is an oral medication used to treat a number of cancers (e.g., multiple myeloma), graft-versus-host disease, and many skin disorders (e.g., complications of leprosy such as skin lesions).

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