The Northern and Arctic Studies Portal
Selection of online resources providing access to documentaries and news stories on the North and the Arctic.
Some of the resources are freely available while others are restricted to members of the universities mentioned (restricted access), and are available under institutional licenses only.
To consult the various categories and subcategories that this collection contains, use the filter Collection.
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Filmmaker Arthur Lamothe has devoted most of his work to raising awareness of the First Peoples of Quebec, mainly the Innu and their culture. This collection covers two of his documentaries shot in the 1970s: “Amerindian Culture” and “Previous Memory”. Through 81 short films, various subjects are discussed, including snowshoe making and butchering moose.
Documentaries, television and radio programs, podcasts, etc., produced by the CBC, many of which deal with Aboriginal realities, as well as the northern world.
Subjects: Animals, Reports, Inuit, Indigenous youth, Indigenous women, Indigenous peoples, Indian residential schools, Documentaries, Climate change, CBC, Arctic Ocean
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Videos and news articles by journalists from the world’s circumpolar countries, reporting about Arctic climate change and reality of Arctic communities and peoples.
Archives of feature-length, educational, and amateur films as well as news reports about the Arctic.
Web platform for videos filmed by Indigenous directors depicting the contemporary realities of First Nations peoples.
French-language documentaries about the Arctic.
Selection of National Film Board of Canada films, by subject. Some of the films listed here are freely available.
Subjects: Canadian arctic, Documentaries, Films, Indigenous peoples, Labrador, Northern Quebec, Nunavut, NFB, Northwest Territories, Videos, Yukon
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Selection of National Film Board of Canada films, by subject. Some of the films listed here are freely available.
Subjects: Canadian arctic, Documentaries, Films, Indigenous peoples, Labrador, Northern Quebec, Nunavut, NFB, Northwest Territories, Videos, Yukon
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Selection of National Film Board of Canada films, by subject. Some of the films listed here are freely available.
Subjects: Canadian arctic, Documentaries, Films, Indigenous peoples, Labrador, Northern Quebec, Nunavut, NFB, Northwest Territories, Videos, Yukon
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Selection of National Film Board of Canada films, by subject. Some of the films listed here are freely available.
Subjects: Canadian arctic, Documentaries, Films, Indigenous peoples, Labrador, Northern Quebec, Nunavut, NFB, Northwest Territories, Videos, Yukon
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This short film, produced in 1951 by the priest Albert Tessier (1895-1976) for the government of Quebec, recounts the annual voyage of the ship Regina Polaris which supplies the isolated Oblate missions of the Canadian Far North. From the first stopover in Cape Dorset, passing through Chesterfield and Eskimo Point, to the last leg of the journey in Churchill, this film reflects Inuit customs and traditions.
UArctic Snowy OWL Talks—videos based on public presentations by inspirational leaders—are designed to serve as supplementary course material for students studying in or about the North.
YouTube channel gathering dozens of videos produced by the research program Takuvik, associated with the Green Edge project, which seeks to understand the impact of environmental disturbances on Arctic, marine and terrestrial ecosystems and geosystems.
Subjects: Hunting and fishing, Indigenous peoples, Inuit, Phytoplankton, Satellites, Videos, Marine ecosystem, Green Edge Project, Education, Climate change, Argo Floats, Arctic Ocean, Dimethylsulfide
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Documentary film on the exploration of the Arctic aboard the icebreaker Admunsen which, during the three weeks crossing the Northwest Passage, highlights the effects of climate change on this area. (Mark Terry, PBS, 2012, 60 min.)