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A Farewell to Ice : A Report from the Arctic

Accessible presentation of the phenomenon of melting ice in the Arctic, which occurs in the context of climate change, and its major consequences for the planet. (Peter Wadhams, London, Penguin Books, 2016, 239 p.)

Subjects: Climate change, Ice, Pack ice

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A tea in the tundra: nipishapui nete mushuat

Joséphine Bacon

Finalist for the Grand Prix du livre de Montréal 2014, this english translation of the poetry of Joséphine Bacon, Innu of Betsiamites, takes on the words that lead us to the heart of the tundra and closer to the people who live there.

Subjects: Indigenous authors, Indigenous literature, Innu, Innu territory, Innu-aimun

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A.C.R. Grønland : l’univers mystérieux et intime d’un Nord disparu = En personlig og gådefuld verden fra et forsvundet nord = The private and mysterious world of a lost North

Trilingual album (French, Danish, English) of photographs of a Greenlandic colony at the beginning of the 20th century. (Daniel Chartier, Québec, Presses de l’Université du Québec, coll. «Imagoborealis», 2009, 48 p. )

Subjects: Greenland, History, Photographs

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An Inuit Critique of Canadian Arctic Research

Arctic research continues to operate in a colonial framework and with an academic mindset that largely privileges the interests of southern institutions and fails to address Northern societal needs and issues, in particular those experienced in Inuit communities. We have seen research principles go from research on Inuit to research with Inuit, but it is high time we witnessed research by Inuit for Inuit. If research informs policy, and policy arguably leads to change, Inuit need to have a say in how research in Inuit Nunangat (Inuit homelands) is governed to better their lives. This piece filters such matters through the eyes of an Inuk, offering insights into current Arctic research governance, and maps out some of the solutions and opportunities for altering it in the interests of Inuit communities. (Pfeifer, P. (2019). “An Inuit Critique of Canadian Arctic Research.” Arctic Focus. [originally published by Northern Public Affairs, 2018])

Subjects: Canadian arctic, Inuit, Research ethics, Research methodologies, Research with Indigenous peoples, Research by Indigenous peoples

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Annie Muktuk and other stories

Dunning, Norma

In this notorious novel, Norma Dunning portrays the unvarnished realities of northern life through gritty characters who find themselves in difficult situations. Her stories challenge southern perceptions of the north and Inuit life through evocative, nuanced voices accented with Inuktitut words and symbolism.

Subjects: Indigenous authors, Indigenous literature, Inuit

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Arctic Center / Arctic region : Basic information about the Arctic (Arctic Centre. University of Lapland)

General information on various aspects of the Arctic, including Indigenous peoples, climate change, international cooperation, flora and fauna, mapping, etc.

(Arctic Centre. University of Lapland. 2020. «Basic information about the Arctic». URL [https://www.arcticcentre.org/EN/arcticregion])

Subjects: Arctic fauna, Arctic flora, Cartography, Circumpolar Arctic, Climate change, Indigenous peoples

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Arctic labyrinth : The quest for the Northwest Passage

Williams, Glyndwr

Documentary work describing the many attempts of maritime expeditions to discover a passage leading from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean.

Williams, G. (2009). Arctic labyrinth : the quest for the Northwest Passage. Viking Canada.

Subjects: Exploration, History, John Franklin, Navigation, Northwest Passage

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Arctic Variety (Arctic Centre. University of Lapland)

Laukkanen, Marjo & Heikkilä, Markku

This book explores daily life in the Arctic in various professions and regions of Finland, such as tourism, design, economy, navigation, education, healthcare, research and diplomacy.

Laukkanen, M. & Heikkilä, Markku (2016). Arctic Centre, University of Lapland.

Subjects: Arctic sciences, Arts, Economy, Finland, Navigation, Politics

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Arctica : The vanishing North

Illustrated book showing the alarming degradation of the Arctic through a series of spectacular pictures, taken by photographer, journalist and activist Sebastian Copeland.

Copeland, S. (2015). Kempen (Allemagne). teNeues.

Subjects: Arctic fauna, Environmental changes, Landscapes, Photographs

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Arctique, l’histoire secrète : de Pythéas à Poutine, une lutte de 2500 ans

Le Brun, Dominique

History of the conquest of the Arctic, from the first explorers to the present day.

Subjects: Circumpolar Arctic, Exploration

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Arthur Lamothe Collection (BAnQ)

Filmmaker Arthur Lamothe has devoted most of his work to raising awareness of the First Peoples of Quebec, mainly the Innu and their culture. This collection covers two of his documentaries shot in the 1970s: “Amerindian Culture” and “Previous Memory”. Through 81 short films, various subjects are discussed, including snowshoe making and butchering moose.

Subjects: Cultural identity, Innu, Innu territory

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Atlas des pôles : régions polaires : questions sur un avenir incertain

Eric Canobbio ; cartographie d'Aurélie Boissière.

Atlas published by Éditions Autrement presenting the physical and natural environment, First Nations, and environmental, climatic, and geopolitical issues associated with the Arctic and the Antarctic.

Subjects: Alaska, Climate change, geopolitics, Indigenous peoples

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Atlas of Indian nations

Treuer, Anton

Atlas with rich iconographic, cartographic, and textual content presenting the various nations of North America according to a wide range of themes. Includes relevant content about the First Peoples of the North and the Arctic.

Subjects: Atlas, Indigenous peoples, Maps

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Bleuets et abricots

Kanapé Fontaine, Natasha

In Bleuets et apricots, Natasha Kanapé Fontaine’s poems bring to the fore the voices of indigenous women who stand up against the wounds of colonization. With the blueberry, native fruit of the Nordic territory, and the large apricots of Haiti, she invites dialogue, reconciliation and links that enrich peoples. This work earned her a nomination as a finalist for the Grand Prix du livre de Montréal.

Subjects: Côte-Nord, Indigenous authors, Indigenous communities, Indigenous literature, Innu, Innu-aitun

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Borderline : la vie sur le cercle arctique

Illustrated book on the daily life of residents from eight different countries around the circumpolar Arctic, and captured by London-based photographer Cristian Barnett. French translation of the book “Life on the Line: People of the Arctic Circle”. (Cristian Barnett (photograph) & Huw Lewis-Jones, Paris, Paulsen, 2014, 207 p.)

Subjects: Circumpolar Arctic, Inuit, Photographs

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Brave new Arctic : The untold story of the melting North

Scientific adventures by Arctic geographer and climatologist Mark C. Serreze demonstrating that the transformation of the Arctic is the harbinger of the global warming and its unprecedented consequences. (Mark C. Serreze, Princeton, Princeton University Press, 2018, 255 p.)

Subjects: Climate change, Environmental changes, Geobotany

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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

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Carcajou à l’aurore du monde : fragments écrits d’une encyclopédie orale innue (BAnQ)

Savard, Rémi

This book immerses us in the boreal universe of Carcajou, this strange and fabulous being who populates the legends of northern Quebec and Labrador. In the 1970s, Savard recorded narrative sequences of this character after interviewing storytellers from the Ungava Valley and Sheshatshiu in Labrador.

Savard, R. (2016). Carcajou à l’aurore du monde : fragments écrits d’une encyclopédie orale innue. Recherches amérindiennes au Québec.

Subjects: Atanukans, Innu, Innu-aitun, Mythology, Oral narratives

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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

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Chasseur au harpon : un long récit de Markoosie

En pleine tempête de neige, un ours blanc attaque un campement inuit et éviscère de nombreux chiens. Convaincus que l’animal est malade et qu’il s’en prendra de nouveau aux leurs, des chasseurs se lancent à sa poursuite au péril de leur vie.

Subjects: Hunting and fishing, Indigenous authors, Indigenous communities, Inuit

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