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Atlas des activités des chasseurs et piégeurs cris de Eeyou Istchee (Réseau DIALOG)
Interactive map of the activities of hunters and trappers in nine Cree communities in Eeyou Istchee (James Bay region) produced using annual statistical data (1977 to 2011) from the Cree Hunters and Trappers Income Security Board.
Subjects: Atlas, Cree, Hunting and fishing, Indigenous peoples, Maps
- Type of access
- Free - Open Access
- Domain
- Humanities and Social Sciences
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
- Type of access
- Printed document
- Free - Open Access
- Reserved Access
- Domain
- Humanities and Social Sciences
Illustrations taken from Quebec periodicals: Inuit mores and customs (BAnQ)
19th century documentary iconography corpus. These images, taken from Quebec magazines: L’Opinion publique (1870-1883), Monde Illustré (1884-1902,1907) and L’Album Univers (1902-1907), paint a picture of the cultural and social life of the Inuit in a time when photographs were uncommon.
Subjects: Cultural identity, Hunting and fishing, Inuit, Villages
- Type of access
- Free - Open Access
- Domain
- Humanities and Social Sciences
- Natural Sciences
Le bestiaire innu : les quadrupèdes (BAnQ)
This encyclopedic-type book brings together Innu knowledge concerning a selection of twenty quadrupeds, ranging from black bears and caribou to various species of mice, including beavers, wolves, hares, dogs and many others. It is based on ethnographic data, historians, missionaries, naturalists, biologists and even accounts from explorers who have traveled through northern Quebec.
Subjects: Animals, Hunting and fishing, Innu, Innu-aitun
- Type of access
- Printed document
- Free - BAnQ Subscribers
- Reserved 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
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
Series of photographs: daily life of the Inuit of Nouveau-Québec (now called Nord-du-Québec) (BAnQ)
Series of photographs (1959-1967) taken by Armor Landry in the Nord-du-Québec region during his career as a photojournalist. These photographs are living witnesses of Inuit culture and find their basis in an ethnographic perspective. The Inuit are presented there as part of their daily life, as a family and as a guide to their territory. There are also aerial views of the surrounding flora and photographs of a former Hudson’s Bay Company trading post converted into supply stores. These photos were used for the illustration of newspaper articles and the preparation of reports.
Subjects: Cultural identity, Hunting and fishing, Inuit, Northern Quebec, Nouveau-Québec
- Type of access
- Free - Open Access
- Domain
- Humanities and Social Sciences
- Natural Sciences
Takuvik
YouTube channel gathering dozens of videos produced by the research program Takuvik, associated with the Green Edge project, which seeks to understand the impact of environmental disturbances on Arctic, marine and terrestrial ecosystems and geosystems.
Subjects: Arctic Ocean, Climate change, Argo Floats, Dimethylsulfide, Education, Green Edge Project, Hunting and fishing, Indigenous peoples, Inuit, Marine ecosystem, Phytoplankton, Satellites, Videos
- Category.s
- Type of access
- Free - Open Access
- Domain
- Engineering and Technology
- Humanities and Social Sciences
- Natural Sciences