Atik^u

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.

Siglit Inuvialuit uqautchiita nutaat kipuktirutait aglipkaqtat = Siglit Inuvialuit Eskimo dictionary

Dictionary of the Siglit dialect of Inuktitut spoken in the Western Canadian Arctic.

Social History of the Eastern Arctic Database

This database contains abstracts of documents that deal principally with what is now Nunavut Territory and includes other material from the Inuvialuit Settlement Area, the Northwest Territories and Nunavik (Arctic Quebec).Designed to provide users with access to documents related to the social history of the Eastern Arctic that are in the archives of Canada. Contains references only.

SPRI Museum catalogue

Bank of more than 5000 images from the collections of the Polar Museum at the Scott Polar Research Institute (University of Cambridge). The images are grouped into eight collections, including the Arctic Material Culture Collection, the Polar Art Collection and the Inuit Art Collection.

Stories in a new skin: approaches to Inuit literature

Stories in a new skin encourages decolonization through literature. Author Keavy Martin discusses Inuit literary traditions through various forms and genres as a way of educating a diverse audience about Inuit texts, cultures, and traditions. (Keavy Martin, Winnipeg, University of Winnipeg Press, 2012, 180 p.)

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.

The big thaw : Adventures in the vanishing Arctic

Ed Struzik, Etobicoke, Wiley & Sons Canada

A story by veteran Arctic journalist Ed Struzik of eleven trips to document the rapid and profound transformation of this northern territories of Canada due to climate change. (Ed Struzik, Etobicoke, Wiley & Sons Canada, 2011, 278 p.)

The court of better fiction : three trials, two executions, and Arctic sovereignty

Debra Komar

Covering the wrongful conviction and execution of two Inuit men by the Canadian government in 1921, this book discusses how the court case established Canada’s relationship with the Inuit and served to bolster the government’s push for Arctic sovereignty. (Debra Komar, Toronto, Dundrum, 2019, 194 p. )

The Labrador Inuit Through Moravian Eyes

Provides photographs, maps, drawings, and manuscripts on the 250-year relationship between Moravian missionaries and the Inuit of Labrador.

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.)

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.)

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.)

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.

Umiujaq. ᐅᒥᐅᔭᖅ. Regards inuits sur le paysage. ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᓯᓚᒥ ᑕᑯᒡᓇᓂᒡᓇ. Inuit Views on the Landscape

Fabienne Joliet

Trilingual album (French, Inuktitut, English) of amateur photographs taken in the region of Imiujaq (Nunavik) and addressing the idea of landscape among the Inuit.
(Fabienne Joliet, Montréal, Imaginaire|Nord, coll. «Isberg», 2012, 150 p.)

What I remember, what I know: The life of a high Arctic exile

Larry Audlaluk

Larry Audlaluk was born in Uugaqsiuvik, a traditional settlement west of Inujjuak in northern Quebec, or Nunavik. He was almost three years old when his family was chosen by the government to be one of seven Inuit families relocated from Nunavik to the High Arctic in the early 1950s.They were promised a land of plenty. They were given an inhospitable polar desert. (Larry Audlaluk, Iqaluit, Inhabit Media, 2020.)

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. (Zebedee Nungak, Montreal, Véhicule Press, 2017, 129p.)