ABSTRACT In 2017, the Canadian Liberal government introduced the Feminist International Assistance Policy (FIAP), which offers an “intersectional” lens by taking into consideration the diversity of women and girls. This article argues that “intersectional” conceptualized inconsistently in FIAP, and outlines the dissimilar understandings of intersectionality between GAC officials and civil society members. The lack of clarity around intersectionality is predictable given that this issue fuels debates and dialogues in the field of intersectionality theory. As intersectionality has traveled from activist circles to academia and beyond, the theory of intersectionality has often been reduced to a fuzzword and buzzword. Ultimately, this article argues that the impact of this theory on Canadian aid may be quite limited if intersectionality is not clearly and consistently conceptualized.

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流行语和模糊词：扁平化加拿大援助中的交叉性

摘要 2017 年，加拿大自由党政府推出了女权主义国际援助政策 (FIAP)，该政策通过考虑妇女和女童的多样性提供了一个“交叉”视角。本文认为 FIAP 中“交叉性”的概念不一致，并概述了 GAC 官员和民间社会成员之间对交叉性的不同理解。考虑到这个问题引发了交叉性理论领域的辩论和对话，交叉性缺乏明确性是可以预见的。随着交叉性从活动家圈子传播到学术界和其他领域，交叉性理论经常被简化为模糊词和流行语。最终，