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Arctic exploration and development, c. 500 B.C. to 1915 : an encyclopedia
Encyclopedia covering over 2,000 expeditions that took place in the Arctic over a period of nearly 2,000 years, as well as information on some of the key explorers of this territory.
Subjects: Discovery, Exploration, Indigenous peoples
- Type of access
- Printed document
- Domain
- Humanities and Social Sciences
Arctic labyrinth : The quest for the Northwest Passage
Documentary work describing the many attempts of maritime expeditions to discover a passage leading from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean. (Glyndwr Williams, Toronto, Viking Canada, 2009, 440 p.)
Subjects: Exploration, History, John Franklin, Navigation, Northwest Passage
- Category.s
- Type of access
- Printed document
- Reserved Access
- Domain
- Humanities and Social Sciences
Arctic Portal Library
Collection of a thousand documents (books, articles, images, legal documents, etc.) published by the Arctic Council or the University of the Arctic, or as part of International Polar Year 2007-2008. A significant part of the collection is freely accessible.
Subjects: Culture, Education, Environmental sciences, Indigenous peoples, Law, Natural Resources
- Type of access
- Free - Open Access
- Domain
- Humanities and Social Sciences
- Natural Sciences
Arctic Research Mapping Application
A Web application that allows users to view the locations of Arctic research projects funded by the United States.
Subjects: Cartography, Maps, United States, Research
- Type of access
- Free - Open Access
- Domain
- Health Sciences
- Humanities and Social Sciences
- Natural Sciences
Arctic Variety (Arctic Centre. University of Lapland)
This book explores daily life in the Arctic in various professions and regions of Finland, such as tourism, design, economy, navigation, education, healthcare, research and diplomacy. (Marjo Laukkanen & Markku Heikkilä, Rovaniemi (Finland), Arctic Centre. University of Lapland, 100 p.)
Subjects: Arctic sciences, Arts, Economy, Finland, Navigation, Politics
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- Type of access
- Free - Open Access
- Domain
- Humanities and Social Sciences
Arctic: journal of the Arctic Institute of North America (Arctic Institute of North America)
Arctic is Canada’s premier research journal, publishing the results of scientific inquiry from all areas of circumpolar scholarship. Its subject matter is multidisciplinary and each issue includes book reviews. (Arctic Institute of North America, University of Calgary, 1948 to the present.)
Subjects: Arctic sciences, Canadian arctic, Circumpolar Arctic, Research with Indigenous peoples
- Type of access
- Free - Open Access
- Domain
- Engineering and Technology
- Humanities and Social Sciences
- Natural Sciences
Arctica, oeuvres 1 : Écosystème arctique en haute latitude
This first volume of Arctica is devoted to Jean Malaurie’s work on Arctic ecosystems at high latitudes: findings from expeditions, observations, notes and reflections published since the end of the 1940s, with some unpublished material. (Jean Malaurie, Paris, CNRS, 2016.)
Subjects: Ethnology, Geology, geopolitics, Greenland, History
- Category.s
- Type of access
- Printed document
- Free - BAnQ Subscribers
- Domain
- Humanities and Social Sciences
- Natural Sciences
Arctica, oeuvres 2 : Tchoukotka 1990 : de Lénine à la Pérestroïka
In 1990, a scientific expedition under the direction of Jean Malaurie sought to examine the consequences of policies aimed at the autonomy of peoples in Siberia from Lenin to Gorbachev. These 59 articles analyze the social, economic, health-related and cultural conditions of the eastern district of Chukotka, with a particular focus on shamanism. (Jean Malaurie, Paris, CNRS, 2019, 766 p.)
Subjects: Ethnology, History, Indigenous peoples, Siberia
- Category.s
- Type of access
- Free - BAnQ Subscribers
- Domain
- Humanities and Social Sciences
Arctica, oeuvres 3 : Nunavut, Nunavik : Arctique central canadien et nord-québécois
In 1968, Jean Malaurie conducted a field survey in Quebec with four specialists to study the living conditions of the Inuit, in anticipation of the creation of the Nunavik territory. The analyses and recommendations of his pro-Native report are collected, as well as articles published since the 1960s devoted to the defence of Canada’s Arctic minorities. (Jean Malaurie, Paris, CNRS, 2020, 406 p.)
Subjects: Inuit, Northern Quebec, Social sciences, Northwest Territories
- Category.s
- Type of access
- Free - BAnQ Subscribers
- Domain
- Humanities and Social Sciences
ArcticNet Publications Database (ASTIS)
Cites over 3,800 publications from the ArcticNet network that cover natural sciences, health sciences, and social sciences.
Subjects: ArcticNet, Climate change, Hydrology, Oceanography
- Type of access
- Free - Reference only
- Free - Open Access
- Domain
- Engineering and Technology
- Health Sciences
- Humanities and Social Sciences
- Natural Sciences
ArcticStat (Université Laval)
Socio-economic statistics on Arctic countries and inhabitants.
Subjects: Circumpolar Arctic, Demographic statistics, Education, Income, Socio-economic Statistics
- Type of access
- Free - Open Access
- Domain
- Humanities and Social Sciences
Arctique, l’histoire secrète : de Pythéas à Poutine, une lutte de 2500 ans
History of the conquest of the Arctic, from the first explorers to the present day. (Dominique Le Brun Paris, Omnibus, 2018, 662 p.)
Subjects: Circumpolar Arctic, Exploration
- Category.s
- Type of access
- Printed document
- Free - BAnQ Subscribers
- Domain
- Humanities and Social Sciences
Arthur Lamothe Collection (BAnQ)
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.
Subjects: Cultural identity, Innu, Innu territory
- Type of access
- Free - Open Access
- Domain
- Humanities and Social Sciences
- Natural Sciences
ASTIS
An Arctic Institute of North America resource featuring 16 databases containing publication and research project references about northern Canada.
Subjects:
- Type of access
- Free - Reference only
- Free - Open Access
- Domain
- Engineering and Technology
- Health Sciences
- Humanities and Social Sciences
- Natural Sciences
Atlas des activités des chasseurs et piégeurs cris de Eeyou Istchee (Réseau DIALOG)
Interactive map of the activities of hunters and trappers in nine Cree communities in Eeyou Istchee (James Bay region) produced using annual statistical data (1977 to 2011) from the Cree Hunters and Trappers Income Security Board.
Subjects: Atlas, Cree, Hunting and fishing, Indigenous peoples, Maps
- Type of access
- Free - Open Access
- Domain
- Humanities and Social Sciences
Atlas des peuples autochtones du Canada
Four-volume atlas presenting information on Indigenous communities, languages, education, treaties and territories, as well as residential schools, colonialism, racism and cultural appropriation. (Ottawa, Société géographique royale du Canada, 2018, 4 vol. )
Subjects: Atlas, Colonialism, Indian residential schools, Indigenous communities, Indigenous peoples, Inuit
- Type of access
- Free - Open Access
- Domain
- Humanities and Social Sciences
Atlas des pôles : régions polaires : questions sur un avenir incertain
Atlas published by Éditions Autrement presenting the physical and natural environment, First Nations, and environmental, climatic, and geopolitical issues associated with the Arctic and the Antarctic.
Subjects: Alaska, Climate change, geopolitics, Indigenous peoples
- Type of access
- Printed document
- Domain
- Humanities and Social Sciences
- Natural Sciences
Atlas of Indian nations
Atlas with rich iconographic, cartographic, and textual content presenting the various nations of North America according to a wide range of themes. Includes relevant content about the First Peoples of the North and the Arctic. (Washington, National Geographic Society, 2013, 219 p.)
Subjects: Atlas, Indigenous peoples, Maps
- Type of access
- Printed document
- Reserved Access
- Domain
- Humanities and Social Sciences
Atlas of Registered Aboriginal Population of Quebec (Réseau DIALOG)
Interactive map of statistical data on the registered Indian population in Quebec from 1998 to 2010, on-reserve and off-reserve.
Subjects: Atlas, Demographic statistics, Indigenous peoples, Maps, Population
- Type of access
- Free - Open Access
- Domain
- Humanities and Social Sciences
Atlas of the North American Indian
Atlas with a focus on the history, migrations, conflicts, lifestyles, and location of Indigenous Peoples in North America. Content related to Northern Canada and Alaska.
Subjects: Alaska, Atlas, Indigenous peoples, Maps, Northern Canada
- Type of access
- Printed document
- Domain
- Humanities and Social Sciences