(Non-exhaustive)

Participants/Learners – anyone involved in the activity, in community-engaged arts projects.

Cultural Competence – the ability to distinguish and determine norms in different cultural environments, and to adapt to them, without imposing a colonial, Western-dominated approach; for example, seeking to work in non-hierarchical ways, as circumstances determine.

Cultural Sensitivity – the ability to respond to norms in different cultural contexts by including or omitting activities or expressions that are appropriate or inappropriate to that culture.

Spiritual Sensitivity – beyond culture, the capacity to grasp the nuances of belief systems and to respond appropriately to them so that participants/learners may contribute in ways congruent with their belief system.

Ethno-Racial – a (sometimes unhelpful) distinction between ethnicities and races. Assume unless otherwise directed that you are in a position to learn about each person and the things that make their ethnicity or race different.

Programming – any activity that the creative team initiates in a community-engaged arts project.

Settler – someone who came to Canada, or whose family or forebears came from another place and culture, rather than someone whose ancestors lived here for millennia. (Settler is a relatively innocuous term, implying the land was vacant prior to being “settled” by immigrants, migrants or invaders. This term may also evolve over time to something less benign and more truthful).