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Nipimanitu : l’esprit de l’eau
This philosophical poetry collection by sociologist Pierrot Ross-Tremblay, Innu of the Essipit community, proposes a change of course in our relationship with the environment and nature, a reorientation for the future, otherwise we would head straight into a reef. Rather, the author lets nature speak for itself and recalls the urgency to act and get back to basics.
Subjects: Cosmogonic narratives, Indigenous authors, Indigenous literature, Innu-aitun, Poetry
- Type of access
- Printed document
- Free - BAnQ Subscribers
- Reserved Access
- Domain
- Natural Sciences
Nordicana D
Database of the Centre d’études nordiques gathering raw data from published studies as well as unpublished research data.
Subjects: Centre d’études nordiques, Climate change, Environmental sciences, Research data, Northern Canada
Nordicité canadienne
A seminal work on northern studies and nordicity that looks at the notion of “the North” (including perceptions and boundaries) in a Canadian context. (Louis-Edmond Hamelin, Montréal, Hurtubise HMH, 1975, 458 p.)
Subjects: Geography, Limits of the Canadian North, Northern studies, Northern Canada, Nordicity
- Category.s
- Type of access
- Printed document
- Domain
- Humanities and Social Sciences
- Natural Sciences
North Circumpolar Map (Gouvernement du Canada)
Polar projection map produced in 2016 indicating settlements, boundaries, transportation networks, glaciers, and national parks.
Subjects: Circumpolar North, Maps, Polar projection
- Type of access
- Free - Open Access
- Domain
- Humanities and Social Sciences
- Natural Sciences
Northern Granular Resources Bibliographic Database (ASTIS)
References for 2,200 reports on coastal and offshore granular resources (gravel, sand, and crushed stone) in the Yukon, Northwest Territories, and Nunavut.
Subjects: Crushed rock, Environmental sciences, Gravel, Sand
- Type of access
- Free - Reference only
- Free - Open Access
- Domain
- Health Sciences
- Humanities and Social Sciences
- Natural Sciences
Nunavik Bibliography (ASTIS)
Contains 8,000 records of publications dealing with various facets of northern Quebec, including geoscience, life sciences, humanities, and social science.
Subjects: Earth sciences, Environmental sciences, Indigenous peoples, Northern Quebec, Nunavik, Social sciences
- Type of access
- Free - Open Access
- Domain
- Engineering and Technology
- Health Sciences
- Humanities and Social Sciences
- Natural Sciences
Nunavut Atlas
Atlas depicting land and resource use as claimed by the Inuit as part of the process of the creation of Nunavut. Includes maps on the communities, wildlife, and geographic boundaries of the Inuit world.
Subjects: Borders, Atlas, Indigenous peoples, Inuit, Maps, Nunavut
- Type of access
- Printed document
- Domain
- Humanities and Social Sciences
- Natural Sciences
Nunavut Database (ASTIS)
Descriptions of nearly 35,000 grey literature publications (reports by government agencies, Inuit organizations, universities, and industry), journal articles, conference proceedings, theses, and books on Nunavut, the Canadian Arctic, and the circumpolar Arctic.
Subjects: Circumpolar Arctic, Environmental sciences, Inuit, Nunavut, Social sciences
- Type of access
- Free - Reference only
- Free - Open Access
- Domain
- Health Sciences
- Humanities and Social Sciences
- Natural Sciences
Parc national du Québec (Géoindex)
Layer of geospatial data representing Quebec’s provincial parks in the form of polygons, scale 1:100,000.
Subjects: Geospatial data, National parks, Quebec
- Type of access
- Reserved Access
- Domain
- Natural Sciences
Parki Parka : Un mois à la Baie d’Hudson (BAnQ)
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.
Subjects: Inuit, Sea ice, Missionaries, Northern Quebec
- Category.s
- Type of access
- Free - Open Access
- Domain
- Humanities and Social Sciences
- Natural Sciences
Photographic serie: Montagnais and Naskapi communities of the Côte-Nord and Labrador (BAnQ)
This photographic series was taken by Paul Provencher and bears witness to his career as a forest engineer for the Quebec North Shore company between 1929 and 1963. During this period, he explored, surveyed and inventoried the boreal forest of the Côte-Nord and du Labrador. He meets and accompanies the Innu along the Manicouagan and Toulnustouc rivers and visits the communities of Betsiamites (Pessamit), Sept-Îles (Uashat Mak Mani-Utenam), La Romaine (Unamen Shipi), Moisie Fort Mackenzie (Kawawachikamach, Matimekosh). His photographs bear witness to the Innu-aitun culture and promote the recognition of ancestral aboriginal practices that have been tested and proven for centuries.
Subjects: Côte-Nord, Cultural identity, Forestry, Forests, Innu, Innu territory, Innu-aitun, Labrador, Natural Resources
- Type of access
- Free - Open Access
- Domain
- Humanities and Social Sciences
- Natural Sciences
Photographic serie: supplying Hudson’s Bay Company posts and patrolling arctic waters (BAnQ)
Photographs taken during the summer of 1944 by the geographer Pierre Dagenais during a long-haul journey towards Labrador with stops at Cartwright, Hebron and Baffin (Cape Dorset) on board the Nascopie, a supply ship for remote posts of the Far North of the Hudson’s Bay Company. These annual excursions under the aegis of the federal government were designed to establish Canadian sovereignty in the Arctic and study related emerging issues. These photographs highlight scenes related to the provision of food and everyday consumer goods to island Inuit communities.
Subjects: Indigenous communities, Inuit, Navigation, Oceanography
- Type of access
- Free - Open Access
- Domain
- Humanities and Social Sciences
- Natural Sciences
Photographs: Antarctica and expeditions of various explorers (BAnQ)
These photographs, which range from 1913 to 1941 and each of which is accompanied by a typed card describing the circumstances surrounding its creation, relate to the Antarctic frenzy that swept the world at the turn of the 20th century. Several photographs show the American expedition led by the United States Antarctic Service and coordinated by Admiral Richard E. Byrd during World War II. It includes photographs of Robert Falcon Scott’s 1910-1913 Southern Expedition, which was carried out for the purposes of scientific research and geographic explorations of the South Pole.
Subjects: Environmental changes, Environmental sciences, Exploration, Geosciences, Pack ice, Sea ice, South Pole
- Type of access
- Free - Open Access
- Domain
- Humanities and Social Sciences
- Natural Sciences
Photographs: conquest of the Arctic (BAnQ)
These photographs, which span between 1920 and 1947 and therefore each one is accompanied by a descriptive typed card, relate mainly to the aerial flight over the North Pole, including the attempts at transpolar air navigation by the Norwegian Roald Amundsen and the travels of Paul Schulte. , Oblate missionary of German origin and instigator of an air transport service for missionaries posted in Canada’s North. The photographs also illustrate the ice cover in the Arctic as well as Inuit hunting.
Subjects: Climate change, Hunting and fishing, Ice, Inuit
- Category.s
- Type of access
- Free - Open Access
- Domain
- Humanities and Social Sciences
- Natural Sciences
Plan Nord maps (BAnQ)
Collection of geographic and thematic maps (actives mines and mining projects, electricity generation, wildlife areas, vegetation zones, aboriginal communities, etc.) from the Plan Nord program, dedicated to the sustainable development and the enhancement of the resources of northern Quebec.
Subjects: Arctic fauna, Energy, Indigenous communities, Mine exploration, Mining, Mines, Vegetation
- Type of access
- Free - Open Access
- Domain
- Engineering and Technology
- Humanities and Social Sciences
- Natural Sciences
Polar data catalogue
A catalogue of metadata and polar data, including geospatial data, that describes and provides access to data generated by Arctic and Antarctic researchers.
Subjects: Cartography, Circumpolar North, Geospatial data, Metadata, Research
- Type of access
- Free - Reference only
- Free - Open Access
- Domain
- Engineering and Technology
- Health Sciences
- Humanities and Social Sciences
- Natural Sciences
Polar explorations (National Geographic Society)
Documentary series produced by the National Geographic Society and focusing on the two most extreme areas of the planet: the Arctic and the Antarctic. Discover the typical landscapes, the inhabitants, the wildlife and much more in this high quality educational series (22 episodes).
Subjects: Arctic fauna, Geology, History, Indigenous communities, Landscapes
- Category.s
- Type of access
- Free - BAnQ Subscribers
- Reserved Access
- Domain
- Humanities and Social Sciences
- Natural Sciences
Polar Research (Norwegian Polar Institute)
An international journal from Norway’s institute for the study of polar regions, publishing original research in all scientific disciplines, and including book reviews. (Polar Research, Norwegian Polar Institute, 1982 to the present. )
Subjects: Arctic sciences
- Type of access
- Free - Open Access
- Domain
- Engineering and Technology
- Natural Sciences
Portail des données ouvertes – Arctique canadien (Gouvernement du Canada)
A selection of geographic maps of the Canadian North covering various topics.
Subjects: Canadian arctic, Geospatial data, Northern Canada
- Type of access
- Free - Open Access
- Domain
- Engineering and Technology
- Humanities and Social Sciences
- Natural Sciences
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
- Type of access
- Free - Open Access
- Domain
- Humanities and Social Sciences
- Natural Sciences