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Northern visions : new perspectives on the North in Canadian history

Northern visions : new perspectives on the North in Canadian history

A collection of essays presenting a variety of perspectives on the history of the North and on research into the history of the Canadian North. (Kerry Abel et Ken S. Coates, Peterborough : Broadview Press, 2001, 224 p.)

Subjects: History, Northern Canada, Research

  • Type of access
    • Printed document
    • Free - BAnQ Subscribers
    • Reserved Access
  • Domain
    • Humanities and Social Sciences
Nunavik: Inuit place name map series

Nunavik: Inuit place name map series

Collection of large maps featuring traditional place names of places, lakes, and rivers Text in Inuktitut (syllabic fonts), English, and French.

Subjects: Atlas, Indigenous peoples, Maps, Northern Quebec, Nunavik

  • Type of access
    • Printed document
    • Free - BAnQ Subscribers
  • Domain
    • Humanities and Social Sciences
Nunavut Atlas

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

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    • Printed document
  • Domain
    • Humanities and Social Sciences
    • Natural Sciences
Objectif Nord : le Québec au-delà du 49e

Objectif Nord : le Québec au-delà du 49e

Illustrated bilingual book (French and English) with pictures showing the beauty and vastness of northern Quebec and texts expressing the love and passion of their authors for this territory. (Serge Bouchard & Jean Désy, Québec, Éditions Sylvain Harvey, 2013, 199 p.)

Subjects: Côte-Nord, Northern Quebec, Nordicity, Photographs

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    • Printed document
    • Reserved Access
  • Domain
    • Humanities and Social Sciences
On decoloniality: concepts, analytics, praxis

On decoloniality: concepts, analytics, praxis

A book that combines theory and historical and current perspectives to explore decolonization, and what it means to think and live with decolonization in mind. (Walter D. Mignolo and Catherine E. Walsh, Durham, Duke University Press, 2018, 291 p. )

Subjects: Decolonization

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    • Humanities and Social Sciences
Orthophotographie noir et blanc des villages nordiques 1/10 000 (2004) (Géoindex)

Orthophotographie noir et blanc des villages nordiques 1/10 000 (2004) (Géoindex)

Set of 161 digital orthophotos representing northern villages (1:10,000).

Subjects: Indigenous peoples, Inuit, Orthophotographs, Quebec, Villages

Our Ways Will Continue On: Indigenous Approaches to Sustainability

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

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    • Free - Open Access
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  • Domain
    • Humanities and Social Sciences
Oxford Handbook of the Prehistoric Arctic

Oxford Handbook of the Prehistoric Arctic

Handbook on the cultural history of the Arctic, covering topics such as climate change impacts on human societies and European colonial expansion.

Subjects: Climate change, Colonialism, History, Indigenous peoples, Prehistory

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    • Printed document
    • Reserved Access
  • Domain
    • Humanities and Social Sciences
PAIS Index

PAIS Index

Base de données qui compte des références d’articles de revues, d’articles de conférences, de livres et de rapports sur les politiques publiques et sociales, les affaires publiques et les relations internationales. Produit pertinent pour différents domaines liés aux études nordiques, dont le développement économique, les questions judiciaires, d’éducation, de ressources naturelles, de droits humaines, etc. La base possède un riche vocabulaire contrôlé accessible par un thésaurus.

Subjects: Economy, Education, Public policy, Natural Resources

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    • Reserved Access
  • Domain
    • Humanities and Social Sciences
Parc national du Québec (Géoindex)

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
Polar circus : les explorations polaires à la française

Polar circus : les explorations polaires à la française

Non-fiction book on the history of the exploration of the circumpolar north by France, between the 17th and 20th centuries. (Stéphane Dugast, Paris, Éditions du Trésor, 2019, 233 p.)

Subjects: Circumpolar North, Exploration, French expeditions, History

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    • Printed document
  • Domain
    • Humanities and Social Sciences
Practical dictionary of Siberia and the North = Severnaia͡ ents͡ikloediia͡a

Practical dictionary of Siberia and the North = Severnaia͡ ents͡ikloediia͡a

A compilation of over 4,000 articles by Russian specialists on scientific, historical, and geographic issues related to Siberia, Scandinavia, Canada, Alaska, the North Pole, and Russia.

Subjects: Circumpolar North, Geography, History, Russia, Siberia

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    • Printed document
  • Domain
    • Engineering and Technology
    • Health Sciences
    • Humanities and Social Sciences
    • Natural Sciences
Qu’as-tu fait de mon pays? Tanite nene etutamin nitassi?

Qu’as-tu fait de mon pays? Tanite nene etutamin nitassi?

This novel tells the story of the dispossession of indigenous peoples and the abuses of the colonial system in the form of a philosophical tale. In this work, An Antane Kapesh, the first Innu author, interprets the forest and those who endured colonial history in their flesh and their dignity and explains the world as it was before colonization.

Subjects: Colonization, Indigenous authors, Indigenous literature, Innu, Innu territory

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    • Printed document
    • Free - BAnQ Subscribers
    • Reserved Access
  • Domain
    • Humanities and Social Sciences
Racism, colonialism, and indigeneity in Canada: a reader

Racism, colonialism, and indigeneity in Canada: a reader

A collection of essays by Indigenous scholars discussing and examining the impacts on racism and settler colonialism on Indigenous communities in what is now called “Canada.” (Martin J. Cannon, Lina Sunseri eds, Don Mills, Oxford University Press, 2018, 263 p. )

Subjects: Colonialism, Indigenous peoples

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    • Printed document
  • Domain
    • Humanities and Social Sciences
Rediscovery of Traditional Ecological Knowledge as Adaptive Management

Rediscovery of Traditional Ecological Knowledge as Adaptive Management

Article that considers indigenous traditional knowledge and practices to ensure ecosystem management. (F. Berkes et al., Ecological Applications, vol. 10, no 5, 2000.)

Subjects: Environment, Indigenous peoples

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    • Reserved Access
  • Domain
    • Humanities and Social Sciences
Reference encyclopedia of the American Indian

Reference encyclopedia of the American Indian

Presentation of treaties made with more than 500 Indigenous peoples or Indigenous groups regarding land sharing, self-government, cultural protection and financial assistance.

Subjects: Bibliography, Economy, Education, Health, Indigenous communities, Indigenous peoples

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    • Printed document
    • Free - BAnQ Subscribers
  • Domain
    • Humanities and Social Sciences
Resurgence and reconciliation: indigenous settler-relations and earth teachings

Resurgence and reconciliation: indigenous settler-relations and earth teachings

From a multidisciplinary approach, this book seeks to analyse and criticize the two schools of thought, resurgence and reconciliation, that seek to improve and guide Indigenous-settler relations in what is now called Canada. Contibutions by settler and Indigenous authors. (Michael Asch, John Borrows, James Tully eds, Toronto, Toronto University Press, 2018, 369 p.)

Subjects: Colonialism, Decolonization, Indigenous authors

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    • Printed document
    • Reserved Access
  • Domain
    • Humanities and Social Sciences
Rethinking the Great White North: race, nature, and the geographies of whiteness in Canada

Rethinking the Great White North: race, nature, and the geographies of whiteness in Canada

Rethinking the Great White North takes a multi-disciplinary approach to deconstructing Canada’s imaginary north. By exploring Canada’s historical geography, the book discusses how racism and whiteness have shaped the country’s identity and systems. (Audrey Kobayashi, Andrew Baldwin, Laura Cameron, Vancouver, UBC Press, c2011, 343 p.)

Subjects: Colonialism, Decolonization, Imaginary North

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    • Printed document
  • Domain
    • Humanities and Social Sciences
Returning to the teachings: exploring aboriginal justice

Returning to the teachings: exploring aboriginal justice

This book discusses traditional Indigenous knowledge and teachings as a way of both decolonizing the Canadian justice system and assisting Indigenous communities to heal from their traumas. (Rupert Ross, Toronto, Penguin, 2006, 300 p. )

Subjects: Decolonization, Indigenous peoples, Justice

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    • Printed document
  • Domain
    • Humanities and Social Sciences
Rhetoric and settler inertia: strategies of Canadian decolonization

Rhetoric and settler inertia: strategies of Canadian decolonization

This book explores the ways that communication can help the process of decolonizing what is now called “Canada,” highlighting both settler and Indigenous audiences. (Patrick Belanger, Lanham, Lexington Books, 2019, 149 p.)

 

Subjects: Decolonization, Indian residential schools

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    • Printed document
  • Domain
    • Humanities and Social Sciences