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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 (Statistics Canada)
Census Program key indicators for Nunavut.
Subjects: Census, Demographic statistics, Indigenous peoples, Nunavut
- Type of access
- Free - Open Access
- Domain
- Humanities and Social 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
Nunivaat – Nunavik Statistics Program (Université Laval)
Socio-economic statistics on Nunavik.
Subjects: Indigenous peoples, Inuit, Nunavik, Social statistics, Socio-economic Statistics
- Type of access
- Free - Reference only
- Domain
- Humanities and Social Sciences
Online Cree Dictionary
English–Cree dictionary in syllabics and Roman orthography. Produced by Miyo Wahkohtowin Education and the University of Alberta.
Subjects: Cree, Cree dictionary, Cree language, Indigenous peoples, Syllabic writing
- Type of access
- Free - Open Access
- Domain
- Humanities and Social Sciences
Our Responsibility to The Seventh Generation. Indigenous Peoples and Sustainable Development
Indigenous perspectives on sustainable development, addressing the relationship to the environment, environmental degradation, respect for life, and the well-being of current and future generations. (Linda Clarkson, Vern Morrissette et Gabriel Régallet, International Institute for Sustainable Development, Winnipeg, 1992, 92 p.)
Subjects: Environment, Indigenous peoples, Sustainable development
- Type of access
- Free - Open Access
- Domain
- Humanities and Social Sciences
Our Ways Will Continue On: Indigenous Approaches to Sustainability
Indigenous perspectives on sustainable development in international law. (Jeffrey Corntassel, The Internationalization of Indigenous Rights, 2011, p. 65-71.)
Subjects: Indigenous peoples, Law, Sustainable development
- Type of access
- Free - Open Access
- Reserved Access
- Domain
- Humanities and Social Sciences
Pan Inuit Trails
Atlas showing Inuit occupancy of the Northwest Passage region, specifically traditional Inuit trails across the Arctic.
Subjects: Indigenous peoples, Inuit, Maps, Northwest Passage, Trails
- Type of access
- Free - Open Access
- Domain
- Humanities and Social 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: exhibition of Inuit sculptures and engravings (BAnQ)
Corpus of photographs taken during an exhibition held in 1964 by Jacques Rousseau, geographer and northerner, and devoted to Inuit art. These iconographic documents showcase remarkable stone carvings and carvings on walrus ivory from New Quebec (or Nunavik, as it is now called).
Subjects: Artifacts, Indigenous art
- Type of access
- Free - Open Access
- Domain
- Humanities and Social 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 Journal (Taylor & Francis)
This journal publishes multi-disciplinary research on governance, policy, culture, economic and environmental issues within the polar regions. (Polar Journal, Taylor & Francis, 2011 to present.)
Subjects: Circumpolar North
- Category.s
- Type of access
- Free - Open Access
- Domain
- Humanities and Social 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