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Atlas of Registered Aboriginal Population of Quebec (Réseau DIALOG)

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

Autochtonia

Autochtonia

Articles, books, briefs, theses, and research reports on the Indigenous peoples of Quebec (in French only). Some publications are freely available.

Subjects: Indigenous peoples, Northern Quebec

  • Type of access
    • Free - Reference only
    • Free - Open Access
    • Reserved Access
  • Domain
    • Health Sciences
    • Humanities and Social Sciences
    • Natural Sciences
Avataq Cultural Institute’s collections

Avataq Cultural Institute’s collections

Three separate collections are available through the website: an archeology collection, an art and artifact collection, and archives of drawings, historical photos, and oral histories. The institute also houses a library that holds more than 4,000 publications, mostly concerning Nunavik, as well as information about other Arctic regions and indigenous peoples.

Subjects: Archeology, Artifacts, Arts, Inuit, Nunavik

  • Type of access
    • Free - Open Access
  • Domain
    • Humanities and Social Sciences
Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center Archival Program

Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center Archival Program

Archival collection on polar exploration and research developed by Ohio State University. Include virtual exhibitions.

Subjects: Exploration, Primary Sources

  • Type of access
    • Free - Open Access
  • Domain
    • Humanities and Social Sciences
Canadian Ice Service publications

Canadian Ice Service publications

Publications produced by the Canadian Ice Service of the Government of Canada.

Subjects: Atlas, Canadian arctic, Ice, Maps, Northern Canada

  • Type of access
    • Free - Open Access
  • Domain
    • Natural Sciences
Canadiana

Canadiana

A virtual library dedicated to Canadian history, providing access to prints from the era of early European settlers to the mid-20th century. Various collections related to autochthony and northernness are included, including those of the Hudson’s Bay Company Archives, Jesuit Relations and Native Studies (formerly called Early Canadiana Online)

Subjects: Colonialism, Europe, Hudson’s Bay Company, Indigenous peoples, Jesuits

  • Type of access
    • Free - Open Access
  • Domain
    • Humanities and Social Sciences
Cartes anciennes de l’Arctique (Université Laval)

Cartes anciennes de l’Arctique (Université Laval)

Collection of the University Laval’s Library consisting of some twenty maps dating from the 16th to the 20th century. These documents are the work of famous cartographers such as Gerardus Mercator, Jan Jansson, Guillaume de L’Isle and Willem Blaeu, but also of explorers like Captain Joseph-Elzéar Bernier.

Subjects: Cartography, Circumpolar Arctic, Maps

  • Type of access
    • Free - Open Access
  • Domain
    • Humanities and Social Sciences
Census Profile , 2016 Census (Statistics Canada) (Statistics Canada)

Census Profile , 2016 Census (Statistics Canada) (Statistics Canada)

All census variables for northern Canada (territories) and northern Quebec (economic regions)

Subjects: Census, Indigenous peoples, Northern Canada, Northern Quebec

  • Type of access
    • Free - Open Access
  • Domain
    • Humanities and Social Sciences
Cold Regions Bibliography Project

Cold Regions Bibliography Project

References to studies on human activity and scientific operations in cold environments.

Subjects: Earth sciences, Engineering, Environmental sciences, Physical sciences

  • Type of access
    • Free - Reference only
    • Free - Open Access
  • Domain
    • Engineering and Technology
    • Natural Sciences
Corpus of Inuit Prints : Woodblock print (BAnQ)

Corpus of Inuit Prints : Woodblock print (BAnQ)

Corpus of prints produced by Manuel Lau and published under the aegis of Puvirnituq Printshop. Since the inception of the Experimental Print Program in Cape Dorset, Puvirnituq has been one of four Inuit communities that has produced collections of prints on a regular basis. These works allow us to appreciate this practice of Inuit art which traditionally puts the world around it first. It includes, among other things, a tribute to the internationally renowned artist Davidialuk Alaasuaq Amittukinuit.

Subjects: Indigenous art, Inuit

  • Type of access
    • Free - Open Access
  • Domain
    • Humanities and Social Sciences
Corpus of Inuit prints: linocut (BAnQ)

Corpus of Inuit prints: linocut (BAnQ)

Selection of prints made by Aisa Amittuq, son of the famous Inuit artist Davidialuk Alasua Amittu. Although Aisa is best known for his stone carvings, mostly carved from the dark stone found near Akulivik and Puvirnituq, this corpus bears witness to his experience in recording narrative accounts from Inuit oral tradition on prints in two dimensions.

Subjects:

  • Type of access
    • Free - Open Access
  • Domain
    • Humanities and Social Sciences
Corpus of Inuit prints: silkscreen (BAnQ)

Corpus of Inuit prints: silkscreen (BAnQ)

This selection of prints illustrates screen printing practices within the Inuit community of Povungnituk during the 1980s, spurred on by the Cape Dorset art movement. This so-called contemporary artistic phase was characterized by a culture in full transition and coincided with the gradual “opening” of the North after the Second World War. This corpus highlights birds, marine mammals and land animals from the Arctic.

Subjects: Arts, Indigenous art, Inuit

  • Type of access
    • Free - Open Access
  • Domain
    • Humanities and Social Sciences
Corpus of Inuit Prints: Stone Engraving (BAnQ)

Corpus of Inuit Prints: Stone Engraving (BAnQ)

This selection of prints illustrates stonecutting practices within the Inuit art community of Povungnituk in the early 1980s. Featuring prominent Inuit printmakers of the time, it highlights the complex self-representation of the experience. Nordic, the founding myths of Inuit culture as well as traditional hunting and fishing techniques.

Subjects: Indigenous art, Inuit

  • Type of access
    • Free - Open Access
  • Domain
    • Humanities and Social Sciences
Cree Vision of Plan Nord

Cree Vision of Plan Nord

Presentation of the Cree people’s vision of the Northern Plan, including issues of governance, environmental protection, mining, economic development, transportation, tourism, and Cree culture and identity. (Cree Nations of Eeyou Istchee, 2011, 115 p.)

Subjects: Cree, Indigenous authors, Indigenous communities, Indigenous peoples, Northern Quebec, Plan Nord

  • Type of access
    • Free - Open Access
  • Domain
    • Humanities and Social Sciences
Current Daily Ice Analysis (U.S. National Ice Center)

Current Daily Ice Analysis (U.S. National Ice Center)

Geospatial data on ice in the Arctic and Antarctic.

Subjects: Circumpolar North, Geospatial data, Ice, Pack ice

  • Type of access
    • Free - Open Access
  • Domain
    • Natural Sciences
Dictionnaire atikamekw

Dictionnaire atikamekw

Dictionary produced by the Atikamekw Nation Council and Carleton University presenting more than 12,000 words in Atikamekw with their French equivalents.

Subjects: Atikamekw dictionary, Atikamekw language, Atikamewk, Conseil de la Nation Atikamekw, Quebec

  • Type of access
    • Free - Open Access
  • Domain
    • Humanities and Social Sciences
Données Québec – Environnement, ressources naturelles et énergie (Gouvernement du Québec)

Données Québec – Environnement, ressources naturelles et énergie (Gouvernement du Québec)

Selection of geospatial data from Quebec’s Department of Energy and Natural Resources.

Subjects: Cartography, Energy, Geospatial data, Quebec, Natural Resources

  • Type of access
    • Free - Open Access
  • Domain
    • Engineering and Technology
    • Natural Sciences
Early Books in Aboriginal Languages : Witnesses of Founding Cultures (BAnQ)

Early Books in Aboriginal Languages : Witnesses of Founding Cultures (BAnQ)

Published between 1556 and 1900, these works contain concrete traces of the linguistic heritage of the first Aboriginal peoples who inhabited what is now Quebec: Iroquoian languages (including Mohawk and Wendat), Algonquian (including Algonquin, Abenaki, Cree, Innu, Mi’kmaq) as well as Inuktitut. These are alphabet books, syllabaries, grammars, dictionaries, lexicons, reading books and other textbooks. This collection also sheds light on the history of relations between indigenous communities and European settlers.

Subjects: Algonquins, Colonialism, Cree, Indigenous authors, Indigenous languages, Innu language, Linguistic

  • Type of access
    • Free - Open Access
  • Domain
    • Humanities and Social Sciences
Eastern James Bay Cree-English-French Dictionary

Eastern James Bay Cree-English-French Dictionary

A dictionary created by EastCree.Org, a non-profit partnership between the Cree School Board and Prof. Marie-Odile Junker at Carleton University, Ottawa.

Subjects: Cree, Cree dictionary, Cree language, Indigenous peoples, James Bay

Engravings: Canadian Far North Mission and Eskimo Mission (BAnQ)

Engravings: Canadian Far North Mission and Eskimo Mission (BAnQ)

Corpus of engravings 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