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The Eastern Arctic Seas Encyclopedia

The Eastern Arctic Seas Encyclopedia

I S Zonn, A G Kostianoĭ, Aleksandr V Semenov

Contains over 1,500 terms related to the physical and human geography, biology, transport communications, history, and protection of the Laptev, East Siberian, and Chukchi Seas.

Subjects: Biology, Earth sciences, Eastern Arctic, History, Indigenous peoples, Oceanography

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  • Type of access
    • Reserved Access
  • Domain
    • Engineering and Technology
    • Humanities and Social Sciences
    • Natural Sciences
The Encyclopedia Arctica

The Encyclopedia Arctica

The Encyclopedia Arctica is the typescript of a proposed 20-volume reference work on the northern Arctic and sub-Arctic regions. The project was started in 1947 and was never published. Subjects covered include archaeology, anthropology, botany, engineering, geography, geology, history, law (including international relations), language, medicine, meteorology, oceanography, religion, zoology, and biographies.

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    • Free - Open Access
  • Domain
    • Engineering and Technology
    • Health Sciences
    • Humanities and Social Sciences
    • Natural Sciences
The new Arctic

The new Arctic

Birgitta Evengård, Joan Nymand Larsen, Øyvind Paasche

Provides a multidisciplinary perspective of Arctic science today, with texts related to Indigenous studies, tourism, economics, natural resources, and governance. (Birgitta Evengård et al. [dir.], Cham (Suisse) : Springer, 2015, 352 p.)

Subjects: Arctic sciences, Circumpolar Arctic, Climate change, Indigenous peoples, Northern studies

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    • Reserved Access
  • Domain
    • Humanities and Social Sciences
    • Natural Sciences
The new Northwest Passage : A voyage to the front line of climate change

The new Northwest Passage : A voyage to the front line of climate change

Cameron Dueck

Exploration story by Canadian journalist Cameron Dueck during his expedition through the Northwest Passage in 2009, for which the crossing is now possible in summer due to climate change. (Cameron Dueck, Winnipeg, Great Plains Publications, 2012, 256 p.)

Subjects: Climate change, Exploration, Inuit, Northwest Passage

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    • Printed document
  • Domain
    • Natural Sciences
The North Data

The North Data

A selection of geospatial data from Natural Resources Canada on geology, ice, snow, the seabed, etc.

Subjects: Canada, Geology, Geospatial data, Ice, Seabed, Snow

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    • Free - Open Access
  • Domain
    • Natural Sciences
The Polar Explorer (PBS)

The Polar Explorer (PBS)

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.)

Subjects: Climate change, Exploration, Films, Northwest Passage

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    • Free - BAnQ Subscribers
  • Domain
    • Natural Sciences
The polar regions : an environmental history

The polar regions : an environmental history

Adrian Howkins

A book that looks at the history of the exploration, economic development, geopolitical challenges, and myths about the Arctic and the Antarctic, from an environmental standpoint. (Adrian Howkins, Cambridge, Polity Press, 2016, 251 p.)

Subjects: Circumpolar Arctic, Economy, Environment, Exploration, History, Mythology

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    • Printed document
  • Domain
    • Humanities and Social Sciences
    • Natural Sciences
The Western Arctic Seas Encyclopedia

The Western Arctic Seas Encyclopedia

An encyclopedia designed to accumulate and systematize knowledge about three unique natural water areas—the Barents, White, and Kara Seas—and their rich features, the events that have taken place on their waters and shores, and the remarkable people whose lives were, and are, closely intertwined with these seas.

Subjects: Biology, Earth sciences, History, Western Arctic, Oceanography

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    • Reserved Access
  • Domain
    • Engineering and Technology
    • Humanities and Social Sciences
    • Natural Sciences
Topographic maps (NTS 13: Côte-Nord)

Topographic maps (NTS 13: Côte-Nord)

Corpus of topographic maps of the North Shore of Quebec at a scale of 1: 50,000. The first level NTS number representing the geographic area concerned is 13.

Subjects: Topographic maps, Northern Quebec

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    • Free - Open Access
  • Domain
    • Natural Sciences
Topographic maps (NTS 14: Nord-du-Québec)

Topographic maps (NTS 14: Nord-du-Québec)

Corpus of topographic maps of Nord-du-Québec at a scale of 1: 50,000. The first-level NTS number representing the geographic area concerned is 14.

Subjects: Topographic maps, Northern Quebec

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    • Free - Open Access
  • Domain
    • Natural Sciences
Topographic maps (NTS 23: Côte-Nord)

Topographic maps (NTS 23: Côte-Nord)

Corpus of topographic maps of Nord-du-Québec at a scale of 1: 50,000. The NTS number representing the geographic area concerned is 23.

Subjects: Topographic maps, Northern Quebec

  • Type of access
    • Free - Open Access
  • Domain
    • Natural Sciences
Topographic maps (NTS 24: Nord-du-Québec)

Topographic maps (NTS 24: Nord-du-Québec)

Corpus of topographic maps of Nord-du-Québec at a scale of 1: 50,000. The NTS number representing the geographic area concerned is 24.

Subjects: Topographic maps, Northern Quebec

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    • Free - Open Access
  • Domain
    • Natural Sciences
Topographic maps (NTS 25: Nord-du-Québec)

Topographic maps (NTS 25: Nord-du-Québec)

Corpus of topographic maps of Nord-du-Québec at a scale of 1: 50,000. The NTS number representing the geographic area concerned is 25.

Subjects: Topographic maps, Northern Quebec

  • Type of access
    • Free - Open Access
  • Domain
    • Natural Sciences
Topographic maps (NTS 33: Nord-du-Québec)

Topographic maps (NTS 33: Nord-du-Québec)

Corpus of topographic maps of Nord-du-Québec at the scale of 1: 50,000. The NTS number representing the geographic area concerned is 33.

Subjects: Topographic maps, Northern Quebec

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    • Free - Open Access
  • Domain
    • Natural Sciences
Topographic maps (NTS 34: Nord-du-Québec)

Topographic maps (NTS 34: Nord-du-Québec)

Corpus of topographic maps of Nord-du-Québec at the scale of 1: 50,000. The NTS number representing the geographic area concerned is 34.

Subjects: Topographic maps, Northern Quebec

  • Type of access
    • Free - Open Access
  • Domain
    • Natural Sciences
Topographic maps (NTS 35: Nord-du-Québec)

Topographic maps (NTS 35: Nord-du-Québec)

Corpus of topographic maps of Nord-du-Québec at the scale of 1: 50,000. The NTS number representing the geographic area concerned is 35.

Subjects: Topographic maps, Northern Quebec

  • Type of access
    • Free - Open Access
  • Domain
    • Natural Sciences
Tri-Council Policy Statement: Ethical Conduct for Research Involving Humans (Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, Canadian Institutes of Health Research ) (Conseil de recherche en sciences humaines du Canada, Conseil de recherches en sciences naturelles et en génie du Canada, Instituts de recherche en santé du Canada)

Tri-Council Policy Statement: Ethical Conduct for Research Involving Humans (Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, Canadian Institutes of Health Research ) (Conseil de recherche en sciences humaines du Canada, Conseil de recherches en sciences naturelles et en génie du Canada, Instituts de recherche en santé du Canada)

A joint policy of Canada’s three federal research agencies stemming from public consultations that sets out internationally recognized ethics standards. See Chapter 9, in particular, entitled “Research Involving the First Nations, Inuit, and Métis Peoples of Canada” (p.121-127).

Subjects: CIHR, NSERC, Research ethics, SSHRC

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    • Free - Open Access
  • Domain
    • Engineering and Technology
    • Health Sciences
    • Humanities and Social Sciences
    • Natural Sciences
Uiesh : Quelque part

Uiesh : Quelque part

Joséphine Bacon

This bilingual French-Innu aimum collection of poetry chronicles the life of a city-dweller whose soul and heart have remained in a lost land. Being a tribute to the territory of her ancestors, this book won Joséphine Bacon the Prix des libraires 2019.

Subjects: Indigenous authors, Indigenous literature, Innu territory, Innu-aitun, Poetry

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    • Printed document
    • Free - BAnQ Subscribers
  • Domain
    • Humanities and Social Sciences
    • Natural Sciences
Unfreezing the Arctic: science, colonialism, and the transformation of Inuit lands

Unfreezing the Arctic: science, colonialism, and the transformation of Inuit lands

Andrew Stuhl

This book analyses the impacts of colonialism on the climate crisis in the Arctic. (Andrew Stuhl, Chicago, The University of Chicago Press, 2016, 232 p. )

Subjects: Climate change, Colonialism

  • Type of access
    • Printed document
  • Domain
    • Humanities and Social Sciences
    • Natural Sciences
Web of Science

Web of Science

Database containing over 55 million article and conference proceedings citations, primarily in the sciences, but also in the humanities and social sciences. Features significant coverage of northern and Arctic studies. The database can be searched by citation to find articles cited by other publications.

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  • Type of access
    • Free - BAnQ Subscribers
  • Domain
    • Engineering and Technology
    • Health Sciences
    • Humanities and Social Sciences
    • Natural Sciences