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The last imaginary place : a human history of the Arctic world

The last imaginary place : a human history of the Arctic world

Robert McGhee

A history of the Arctic, from the post-Ice Age to today, and from Siberia to Baffin Island, that takes a scientific approach to archaeology and anthropology. Also available in French under the title “Une histoire du monde arctique : le dernier territoire imaginaire”. (Robert McGhee, Toronto, Key Porter Books, 2004, 296 p.)

Subjects: Anthropology, Archeology, Circumpolar Arctic, History

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    • Humanities and Social Sciences
The magnetic North : Notes from the Arctic Circle

The magnetic North : Notes from the Arctic Circle

Sara Wheeler

Travelogue of author and explorer Sara Wheeler on her expedition through the territories belonging to Russia, the United States, Canada, Denmark, Norway and Finland, and showing the transformations of this once immutable landscape. (Sara Wheeler, London, Jonathan Cape, 2009, 354 p.)

Subjects: Circumpolar North, Exploration, Navigation, Photographs

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    • Printed document
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    • Humanities and Social 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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    • 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 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
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    • Humanities and Social Sciences
    • Natural Sciences
The politics of arctic sovereignty: oil, ice, and Inuit governance

The politics of arctic sovereignty: oil, ice, and Inuit governance

Jessica M. Shadian

This book analyses and provides an account of the political history of Arctic sovereignty and the Inuit Circumpolar Council, from early explorations and colonization to present day issues. (Jessica M. Shadian, New York, Routledge/ Taylor & Francis Group, 2014, 252 p.)

Subjects: Colonialism, geopolitics, Inuit

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    The right to be cold : One woman’s story of protecting her culture, the Arctic and the whole planet

    The right to be cold : One woman’s story of protecting her culture, the Arctic and the whole planet

    Sheila Watt-Cloutier

    Climate change disrupts and threatens the Inuit way of life, their culture and their economic autonomy. Biographical story of an environmental activist (Sheila Watt-Cloutier, nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in 2007) who wants to make climate change a human rights issue. Also available in French under the title “Le droit au froid : le combat d’une femme pour protéger sa culture, l’Arctique et notre planète” (2019). (Sheila Watt-Cloutier, Toronto, Allen Lane, 2015, 356 p.)

    Subjects: Climate change, Indigenous affairs, Indigenous authors, Inuit, Law

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    • Domain
      • Humanities and Social Sciences
    The settler colonial present

    The settler colonial present

    Lorenzo Veracini

    This book discusses settler colonialism as a present issue that has continuing effect on Indigenous peoples. (Lorenzo Veracini, New York, Palgrave MacMillan, 2015, 160 p. )

    Subjects: Colonialism, Indigenous studies

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    • Domain
      • Humanities and Social 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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    • Domain
      • Engineering and Technology
      • Humanities and Social Sciences
      • Natural Sciences
    Treaties with American Indians : an encyclopedia of rights, conflicts, and sovereignty

    Treaties with American Indians : an encyclopedia of rights, conflicts, and sovereignty

    Donald Lee Fixico

    Présentation des traités réalisés avec plus de 500 peuples ou groupes autochtones concernant le partage des terres, l’autonomie gouvernementale, la protection culturelle et l’aide financière.

    Subjects: History, Indigenous peoples, Land sharing, Self-government, Treaties

    Tshakapesh: Montagnais-Naskapi stories

    Tshakapesh: Montagnais-Naskapi stories

    Madeleine Lefebvre

    Tale of Tshakapesh presented in seven variations by different indigenous storytellers. It is an oral poetry colligation primarily focused on Algonquin spirituality and mythology, which introduces us to the time when humans and animals really shared everything, including the mysterious dream world.

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      • Printed document
      • Free - Open Access
    • Domain
      • Humanities and Social Sciences
    Uashtessiu : lumière d’automne

    Uashtessiu : lumière d’automne

    Jean Désy, Rita Mestokosho

    In this book, two nomads, poets, healers, one Innu, the other from Quebec, share a love for the same territory: the North Shore and, beyond, the North. Rita Mestokosho is the first Innu poet to have published a collection in Quebec, while Jean Désy is a traveling poet who sails between the South and the North and the worlds of autochthony. Two sensibilities intersect in the space of this poetic exchange which will have lasted four seasons.

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

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      • Printed document
      • Free - BAnQ Subscribers
    • Domain
      • Humanities and Social 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
    Ulirnaisigutiit : an Inuktitut-English dictionary of Northern Quebec, Labrador and Eastern Arctic dialects (with an English-Inuktitut index)

    Ulirnaisigutiit : an Inuktitut-English dictionary of Northern Quebec, Labrador and Eastern Arctic dialects (with an English-Inuktitut index)

    Lucien Schneider

    An English–Inuktitut dictionary of dialects spoken Northern Quebec, Labrador, and the Eastern Arctic.

    Subjects: Eastern Arctic, Indigenous peoples, Inuit, Inuktitut, Inuktitut dialects, Inuktitut Dictionary, Inuktitut language, Labrador, Northern Quebec

    Une histoire du monde arctique : le dernier territoire imaginaire

    Une histoire du monde arctique : le dernier territoire imaginaire

    Robert McGhee

    History of the Arctic, from the postglacial era to the present day, and from Siberia to Baffin Land, where scientific approaches to archeology and anthropology are used. French version of “The last imaginary place: A human history of the Arctic world”. (Robert McGhee, Saint-Laurent, Fides, 2006, 300 p.)

    Subjects: Anthropology, Archeology, Circumpolar Arctic, History

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      • Printed document
    • Domain
      • Humanities and Social 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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      • Free - BAnQ Subscribers
      • Reserved Access
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      • Engineering and Technology
      • Health Sciences
      • Humanities and Social Sciences
      • Natural Sciences
    Wrestling with colonialism on steroids: Quebec Inuit fight for their homeland

    Wrestling with colonialism on steroids: Quebec Inuit fight for their homeland

    Zebedee Nungak

    In this book, Zebedee Nungak provides his account of The Battle of James Bay from 1971-1975, where Inuit and Cree communities fought for their lands and waters against the Quebec government’s James Bay hydro project.

    Subjects: Colonialism, Indigenous authors, Inuit, James Bay, Quebec

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      • Printed document
    • Domain
      • Humanities and Social Sciences
    Yupʼik Eskimo dictionary

    Yupʼik Eskimo dictionary

    Steven A Jacobson, Alaska Native Language Center

    A large-format, two-volume dictionary of the Inuit language of the Yupik of Central Alaska.

    Subjects: Alaska, Indigenous peoples, Yup’ik dictionary, Yup’ik language, Yup’ik

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      • Printed document
    • Domain
      • Humanities and Social Sciences