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GLOSSARY

BATTALION DUCKBOARDS

a military unit consisting of three or a board consisting of a number of wooden
more companies slats joined together, placed so as to form a
path over muddy ground or in a trench
CANADIAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCE
(CEF) was the entire overseas force fielded by EQUALITY
Canada during the First World War the right of different groups of people to
have a similar social position and receive the
COMBAT same treatment
a fight, especially during a war between the
two sides PETITIONED
to make a formal request for something,

COMBATANTS especially in a law court
people who fight in a war
PUBLIC ACCOMMODATIONS

CONSCRIPTED facilities, whether publicly or privately owned,
to force someone to serve in an army or one of that are used by the public at large
a country’s armed forces
TRENCH
COXSWAIN type of in-ground excavation that is generally
the person who steers a ship deeper than it is wide and narrow

DISCRIMINATION
is the act of making unjustified distinctions
between people based on the groups, classes,
race, age or disability

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