Last updated: August 6, 2024
People of Colour (capitalize 鈥淧鈥� and 鈥淐鈥�)
辫补谤迟-迟颈尘别听(补诲箩别肠迟颈惫别,听丑测辫丑别苍),听part time听(adverb, two words)
Examples: A part-time student. She studied part time.听
Part-Time Studies Office听(now part of the Centre for Extended Learning)听
per cent听(two words),听辫别谤肠别苍迟补驳别,听辫别谤肠别苍迟颈濒别听(one word)听
placement听(avoid when referring to co-operative education work terms)听
policymaker (no hyphen)
Portal
- A听personalized app and website made exclusively for 蓝莓视频 students.听
postdoctoral,听postgraduate听(no hyphen)听听
Postdoctoral scholar
- gender-neutral terms 鈥渟cholar鈥� (singular) or 鈥渟cholars鈥� (plural) are recommended
- postdoctoral scholar may also be referred to as postdoc, postdoctoral researcher, postdoctoral fellow, or the acronym PDF
post-secondary听(hyphen)听
principal, principle听
- principal (spelled 鈥減-a-l鈥�):听The head of a school.听
principle (spelled 鈥減-l-e鈥�):听A听matter of belief or ethics; a law of science.
- Examples: Fong was the principal investigator. A man of high moral principle. The uncertainty principle.
prerequisite
- Prerequisite听is a听necessary condition (no hyphen) and the short form.听Prereq听is acceptable in course descriptions.听
professor emeritus听(singular),听professors emeriti听(plural)
Refers to a retired faculty who retain academic rank.
Public Health Sciences
鈥渢he鈥� School鈥� can be used听on the鈥痵econd reference.听
Quest听(capitalize the first letter only)
