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Floating coast : An environmental history of the Bering Strait
Documentary work on the history of peoples, animal species and environmental changes specific to the Bering Strait. The author notably explores the impact of the economy and the exploitation of natural resources on the delicate balance of this remote area. (Bathsheba Demuth, New York, Norton & Company, 2019, 416 p.)
Subjects: Bering Strait, Environmental changes, History, Politics, Natural Resources
- Category.s
- Type of access
- Free - BAnQ Subscribers
- Domain
- Humanities and Social Sciences
- Natural Sciences
Forme et sens des mots du Tunumiisut. Lexique inuit du Groenland oriental: Lexique tunumiisut-anglais-danois
Trilingual dictionary of the Tunumiisut dialect of Inuktitut (also known as Ammassalik).
Subjects: Greenland, Indigenous peoples, Inuit, Inuktitut dialects, Inuktitut Dictionary, Inuktitut language, Tunumiisut lexicon, Tunumiisut
- Type of access
- Printed document
- Domain
- Humanities and Social Sciences
Frontier Life: Borderlands, Settlement & Colonial Encounters
Printed books, government, legal and commercial documents, newspapers and magazines, maps, photographs, etc., dealing with the theme of the borderlands and colonization during the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries. Includes 18 archival collections from the United States and Canada, including the Hudson’s Bay Company Archives (Archives of Manitoba) and thematic guides on First Nations, exploration, expeditions and travel.
Subjects: Borders, Colonialism, Exploration, Hudson’s Bay Company, Indigenous peoples, Primary Sources
- Type of access
- Reserved Access
- Domain
- Humanities and Social Sciences
Frontier Production Statistics (National Energy Boards)
Oil and gas production data from companies exploiting deposits located in areas regulated by the National Energy Board. The report lists monthly hydrocarbon and water production volumes for each deposit.
Subjects: Energy, Gas production, Northern Canada, Oil production
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- Type of access
- Free - Open Access
- Domain
- Engineering and Technology
- Humanities and Social Sciences
- Natural Sciences
GEOBASE
Database featuring over 3 million references to journal articles and geoscience conference proceedings, including those in the fields of geography, earth sciences, ecology, geology, oceanography, and nature conservation. Boasts a rich controlled vocabulary accessible via a thesaurus that allows users to search by geographic region of the North and the Arctic. Also includes significant content on Indigenous studies.
Subjects: Conservation, Earth sciences, Ecology, Environmental sciences, Indigenous peoples
- Type of access
- Reserved Access
- Domain
- Humanities and Social Sciences
- Natural Sciences
Géocultures : Méthodologies russes sur l’Arctique
Collective essay on cultural methodologies on the Arctic in the context of Siberia. (Daniel Chartier, Dmitry Zamyatin, Ekaterina Romanova et Olga Lavrenova, Montréal, Imaginaire Nord, coll. «Isberg», 2020, 100 p. Translated from Russian by Marianna Samsonova.)
Subjects: Imaginary North, Research methodologies, Russia, Siberia
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- Type of access
- Free - Open Access
- Domain
- Humanities and Social Sciences
Géogratis – Index des produits géospatiaux
Access to the most common federal geospatial data for Canada, including the Arctic.
Subjects: Canada, Geospatial data
- Type of access
- Free - Open Access
- Domain
- Humanities and Social Sciences
- Natural Sciences
GéoInfo – Territoire nordique (Gouvernement du Québec)
Compilation of data on Northern Quebec, some of which is freely accessible.
Subjects: Cartography, Geospatial data, Northern Quebec
- Type of access
- Free - Reference only
- Free - Open Access
- Domain
- Humanities and Social Sciences
- Natural Sciences
Google Scholar
A bibliographic search engine that indexes a considerable proportion of scientific publications made available in digital format by academic publishers, scholarly societies, and universities, including journal articles, reports, theses, e-books, and others. Full text (not just metadata) can be searched. Provides links to free-access content.
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- Type of access
- Free - Reference only
- Free - Open Access
- Domain
- Engineering and Technology
- Health Sciences
- Humanities and Social Sciences
- Natural Sciences
Handbook of the politics of the Arctic
A reference work devoted to contemporary geopolitical issues related to climate change, Indigenous Peoples, energy, borders, marine resources, and pollution.
Subjects: Borders, Climate change, Energy, geopolitics, Indigenous peoples
- Type of access
- Reserved Access
- Domain
- Humanities and Social Sciences
Hidden in plain sight: contributions of Aboriginal peoples to Canadian identity and culture
This book offers an Indigenous perspective to Canadian and Aboriginal history, demonstrating the significant contributions Indigenous peoples have made and are making to the development of Canadian identity, politics, education, and culture, etc. (David Newhouse, Cora Voyageur, Daniel Beavon eds., Toronto, University of Toronto Press, 2005, 491 p.)
Subjects: Decolonization, Indigenous peoples
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- Type of access
- Reserved Access
- Domain
- Humanities and Social Sciences
High North Research Documents
Freely available articles, theses, reports, books, maps, videos, and other documents dealing with the North and the Far North.
Subjects: Caribou, Climate change, Ice, Indigenous peoples, Inuit, Oceanography, Permafrost, Sami, Tundra
- Type of access
- Free - Open Access
- Domain
- Engineering and Technology
- Health Sciences
- Humanities and Social Sciences
- Natural Sciences
Historical atlas of the Arctic
An atlas presenting five centuries of polar exploration and mapping, from the first-ever print map of the region (Mercator, 1595) to contemporary mapping of the ocean depths using multibeam bathymetry.
Subjects: Atlas, Cartography, Discovery, Exploration, History
- Type of access
- Printed document
- Domain
- Humanities and Social Sciences
Historical dictionary of the Inuit
A dictionary with over 450 articles on the social, political, economic, educational, and environmental history of the Inuit in the Circumpolar North.
Subjects: History, Indigenous peoples, Inuit
- Type of access
- Printed document
- Reserved Access
- Domain
- Humanities and Social Sciences
Historical maps: Arctic (BAnQ)
Corpus of fifteen old maps dating from the 17th to the 20th century. These documents bear witness to the Arctic expeditions and explorations carried out by several generations of European explorers in search of the Northwest Passage. These documents reflect the advancement of knowledge of the Arctic coastline of North America. The information on these maps is based among other things on the discoveries of Martin Frobisher, William Baffin, etc.
Subjects: Arctic archipelago, Baffin bay, Canadian arctic, Cartography, Circumpolar Arctic, Davis Strait, Greenland, Hudson Strait, Maps, Northwest Passage
- Type of access
- Free - Open Access
- Domain
- Humanities and Social Sciences
Historical maps: Circumpolar North (BAnQ)
Corpus of ancient maps of various kinds that represent the greater circumpolar region.
Subjects: Circumpolar North, Northern Quebec, Nouveau-Québec, Nunavik
- Type of access
- Free - Open Access
- Domain
- Humanities and Social Sciences
Historical maps: Hudson’s Bay (BAnQ)
Corpus of historical maps dating from the 17th and 18th century and allowing to visualize the territorial evolution of Hudson Bay. Their representation of Hudson’s Bay is inspired, among other things, by the explorations of Henry Hudson and Thomas James. These maps relate the French and English expeditions to this much coveted territory because of its strategic positioning for the fur trade in Europe.
Subjects: Cartography, Hudson Bay, Hudson’s Bay Company, Maps, New France
- Type of access
- Free - Open Access
- Domain
- Humanities and Social Sciences
Historical maps: Strait of Belle Isle (BAnQ)
Corpus of ancient maps of the Strait of Belle Isle, including parts of the coasts of Newfoundland and Labrador.
Subjects: Groswater Bay, Labrador, Strait of Belle Isle
- Type of access
- Free - Open Access
- Domain
- Humanities and Social Sciences
Hubert Wenger Eskimo Database
Bibliography of literature reporting first contact and first observations of the Inuit, hosted by the University of Alaska, Fairbanks.
Subjects: Bibliography, First contact, Inuit, Literature
- Type of access
- Free - Open Access
- Domain
- Humanities and Social Sciences
Hunter with Harpoon (BAnQ)
Published fifty years ago under the title Harpoon of the Hunter, Markoosie Patsauq’s novel helped establish the genre of Indigenous fiction in Canada. This new English translation unfolds the story of Kamik, a young hero who comes to manhood while on a perilous hunt for a wounded polar bear. In this astonishing tale of a people struggling for survival in a brutal environment, Patsauq describes a life in the Canadian Arctic as one that is reliant on cooperation and vigilance.
Subjects: Canadian arctic, Indigenous authors, Indigenous literature, Inuit
- Type of access
- Printed document
- Free - BAnQ Subscribers
- Reserved Access
- Domain
- Humanities and Social Sciences
- Natural Sciences