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![Postcards: Canadian Far North Mission and Eskimo Mission (BAnQ)](https://atiku.inq.ulaval.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/mission_esquimaudes_banq.png)
Postcards: Canadian Far North Mission and Eskimo Mission (BAnQ)
Corpus of postcards from Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate, a religious community responsible for relaunching missions in Canada. This selection offers an unprecedented look at scenes from the everyday life of the natives of the Canadian Far North, such as the construction of canoes and camps.
Subjects: Hunting and fishing, Indigenous communities, Indigenous peoples, Inuit
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![Prints inspired by the Inuit imagination (BAnQ)](https://atiku.inq.ulaval.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/estampe_laforest.png)
Prints inspired by the Inuit imagination (BAnQ)
Prints by artist Michèle Laforest that highlight several elements inspired by the Inuit imagination. It includes serigraphs as well as a linocut that represents Iriook, Agaguk’s wife, characters derived from Yves Thériault’s novel, the very first on Inuit life in Quebec.
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- Humanities and Social Sciences
![Publications de la Société Makivik (BAnQ)](https://atiku.inq.ulaval.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Publications-de-la-Societe-Makivik.jpg)
Publications de la Société Makivik (BAnQ)
Five digitized Makivik Corporation publications: Atuaqnik, Makivik Annual Report Corporation, Makivik Magazine, Makivik News and Taqralik. Makivik Corporation promotes the preservation of Inuit culture and language, as well as the health, well-being and education of Inuit in their communities.
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- Free - Open Access
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- Humanities and Social Sciences
![Revue Makivik news (BAnQ)](https://atiku.inq.ulaval.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/makivik_news_banq-2.png)
Revue Makivik news (BAnQ)
Corpus of the various issues of the quarterly magazine Makivik News. This review, published by the Makivik Corporation, presents the socioeconomic events taking place in the region and also describes the activities organized for the benefit of the Inuit of Nunavik as well as their achievements.
Subjects: Indigenous affairs, Indigenous communities, Indigenous languages
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![Series of photographs: daily life of the Inuit of Nouveau-Québec (now called Nord-du-Québec) (BAnQ)](https://atiku.inq.ulaval.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/armour_landry_fonds_banq.png)
Series of photographs: daily life of the Inuit of Nouveau-Québec (now called Nord-du-Québec) (BAnQ)
Series of photographs (1959-1967) taken by Armor Landry in the Nord-du-Québec region during his career as a photojournalist. These photographs are living witnesses of Inuit culture and find their basis in an ethnographic perspective. The Inuit are presented there as part of their daily life, as a family and as a guide to their territory. There are also aerial views of the surrounding flora and photographs of a former Hudson’s Bay Company trading post converted into supply stores. These photos were used for the illustration of newspaper articles and the preparation of reports.
Subjects: Cultural identity, Hunting and fishing, Inuit, Northern Quebec, Nouveau-Québec
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![Series of photographs: Health care of the Innu communities of the Lower North Shore (BAnQ)](https://atiku.inq.ulaval.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/fonds_pauline_laurin_banq.png)
Series of photographs: Health care of the Innu communities of the Lower North Shore (BAnQ)
Corpus of photographs taken from the Pauline Laurin (1923-1994) archival fonds. She was the first nurse of the Montagnais communities (Innu) of the Lower North Shore. Between 1949 and 1960, she photographed the daily life of the Innu communities of Mingan, Natashquan and La Romaine. These photographs also reflect the health intervention work and care provided by the Department of Health and Welfare Canada to these communities.
Subjects: Health, Innu, Innu territory, Medical care, Social determinants of health, Naskapis
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![Social History of the Eastern Arctic Database](https://atiku.inq.ulaval.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Social-History-of-the-Eastern-Arctic-Database.png)
Social History of the Eastern Arctic Database
This database contains abstracts of documents that deal principally with what is now Nunavut Territory and includes other material from the Inuvialuit Settlement Area, the Northwest Territories and Nunavik (Arctic Quebec).Designed to provide users with access to documents related to the social history of the Eastern Arctic that are in the archives of Canada. Contains references only.
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- Free - Reference only
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- Humanities and Social Sciences
![SPRI Museum catalogue](https://atiku.inq.ulaval.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/SPRI-Museum-catalogue.jpg)
SPRI Museum catalogue
Bank of more than 5000 images from the collections of the Polar Museum at the Scott Polar Research Institute (University of Cambridge). The images are grouped into eight collections, including the Arctic Material Culture Collection, the Polar Art Collection and the Inuit Art Collection.
Subjects: Arts, Images, Inuit, Material culture, Scott Polar Research Institute
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![SPRI Picture Library](https://atiku.inq.ulaval.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/EWCtxt_WsAEtkn6.jpg)
SPRI Picture Library
One of the largest historical and contemporary photographic libraries related to Arctic and Antarctic exploration, housed by the Scott Polar Research Institute (University of Cambridge). Of particular interest is the Picture Library catalog, which gives access to more than 20,000 photographs of British expeditions carried out between 1845 and 1960.
Subjects: British expeditions, Exploration, Photographs, Scott Polar Research Institute
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![Taqralik magazine: 1974-1986 (BAnQ)](https://atiku.inq.ulaval.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/taqralik_banq.png)
Taqralik magazine: 1974-1986 (BAnQ)
Corpus of the various volumes of the quarterly review Taqralik, formerly published by the Association des Inuit du Nouveau-Québec. This magazine was delivered free of charge to all households benefiting from the James Bay and Northern Quebec Agreement in all Nunavik communities.
Subjects: Indigenous affairs, Indigenous communities, Indigenous languages
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![The Labrador Inuit Through Moravian Eyes](https://atiku.inq.ulaval.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/The-Labrador-Inuit-Through-Moravian-Eyes.jpg)
The Labrador Inuit Through Moravian Eyes
Provides photographs, maps, drawings, and manuscripts on the 250-year relationship between Moravian missionaries and the Inuit of Labrador.
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- Free - Open Access
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- Humanities and Social Sciences