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America: History & Life

America: History & Life

Main private database (EBSCO) devoted to the history of Canada and the United States, with over 1,700 indexed journals. Significant content on the history of Indigenous Peoples, colonization, and exploration of the North. Features controlled vocabulary, via its index, that includes geographic terms.

Subjects: Colonization, Exploration, History, Indigenous peoples, Northern Canada

  • Type of access
    • Reserved Access
  • Domain
    • Humanities and Social Sciences
Atlas climatiques des glaces sur 30 ans

Atlas climatiques des glaces sur 30 ans

Atlas produced by the Canadian Ice Service, which provides the location of ice during the ice season, its coverage, thickness, and variability, for the period from 1981 to 2010. Features three volumes, including one on Northern Canadian waters and another on the East Coast.

Subjects: Atlas, Canadian arctic, Ice, Maps, Northern Canada

  • Type of access
    • Free - Open Access
  • Domain
    • Natural Sciences
Atlas of the North American Indian

Atlas of the North American Indian

Atlas with a focus on the history, migrations, conflicts, lifestyles, and location of Indigenous Peoples in North America. Content related to Northern Canada and Alaska.

Subjects: Alaska, Atlas, Indigenous peoples, Maps, Northern Canada

  • Type of access
    • Printed document
  • Domain
    • Humanities and Social Sciences
Canada and the idea of North

Canada and the idea of North

An exploration of northern Canadian imagery, with examples from literature, art, music, and popular culture. (Sherrill E. Grace, Montréal, McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2001, 341 p.)

Subjects: Arts, Imaginary North, Indigenous authors, Literature, Popular culture, Music, Northern Canada

  • Type of access
    • Reserved Access
  • Domain
    • Humanities and Social Sciences
Canada’s changing North

Canada’s changing North

Collection of texts providing an overview of the geography, history, economy, politics, and ethnology of the Canadian North. (Wonders, William C., Montreal : McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2003, 449 p.)

Subjects: Economy, Ethnology, Geography, History, Indigenous authors, Northern Canada, Politics

  • Type of access
    • Printed document
    • Reserved Access
  • Domain
    • Humanities and Social Sciences
Canadian International Polar Year (IPY) Publications Database (ASTIS)

Canadian International Polar Year (IPY) Publications Database (ASTIS)

Citations or full text of 4,800 documents on polar exploration and research carried out as part of International Polar Year, which date back to 1882.

Subjects: Hydrology, Northern Canada, Oceanography

  • Type of access
    • Free - Reference only
    • Free - Open Access
  • Domain
    • Natural Sciences
Canadian Nordicity: it is your north, too

Canadian Nordicity: it is your north, too

A seminal work on northern studies and nordicity that looks at the notion of “the North” (including perceptions and boundaries) in a Canadian context. English translation of Nordicité canadienne. (Louis-Edmond Hamelin, Montreal : Harvest House, 1979.)

Subjects: Geography, Limits of the Canadian North, Northern studies, Northern Canada, Nordicity

  • Type of access
    • Printed document
  • Domain
    • Humanities and Social Sciences
    • Natural Sciences
Cartes du Nord (Gouvernement du Canada)

Cartes du Nord (Gouvernement du Canada)

Selection of Natural Resources Canada maps on coastal areas, ice, snow, permafrost, and more.

Subjects: Maps, Northern Canada, Natural Resources

  • Type of access
    • Free - Open Access
  • Domain
    • Natural Sciences
Census Profile , 2016 Census (Statistics Canada) (Statistics Canada)

Census Profile , 2016 Census (Statistics Canada) (Statistics Canada)

All census variables for northern Canada (territories) and northern Quebec (economic regions)

Subjects: Census, Indigenous peoples, Northern Canada, Northern Quebec

  • Type of access
    • Free - Open Access
  • Domain
    • Humanities and Social Sciences
Frontier Production Statistics (National Energy Boards)

Frontier Production Statistics (National Energy Boards)

Oil and gas production data from companies exploiting deposits located in areas regulated by the National Energy Board. The report lists monthly hydrocarbon and water production volumes for each deposit.

Subjects: Energy, Gas production, Northern Canada, Oil production

  • Type of access
    • Free - Open Access
  • Domain
    • Engineering and Technology
    • Humanities and Social Sciences
    • Natural Sciences
Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. First Nation profiles

Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. First Nation profiles

Demographic and socio-economic data on registered and non-registered Indians in the North.

Subjects: Demographic statistics, Indigenous peoples, Northern Canada, Socio-economic Statistics

  • Type of access
    • Free - Open Access
  • Domain
    • Humanities and Social Sciences
Indigenous Studies Portal

Indigenous Studies Portal

Books, articles, theses, and visual documents on Canada’s Indigenous Peoples. Allows users to search free-access content.

Subjects: Indigenous peoples, Northern Canada

  • Type of access
    • Free - Reference only
    • Free - Open Access
  • Domain
    • Humanities and Social Sciences
Inuit Nunangat (Government of Canada) (Gouvernement du Canada)

Inuit Nunangat (Government of Canada) (Gouvernement du Canada)

Map of 53 Inuit communities in Northern Canada.

Subjects: Indigenous peoples, Inuit, Maps, Northern Canada

NCP Publications (ASTIS)

NCP Publications (ASTIS)

Descriptions of over 3,700 publications (books, reports, book chapters, journal articles, conference proceedings and abstracts, and theses) resulting from the Northern Contaminants Program.

Subjects: Contaminants, Environmental sciences, Food, Northern Canada

  • Type of access
    • Free - Reference only
    • Free - Open Access
  • Domain
    • Health Sciences
    • Humanities and Social Sciences
    • Natural Sciences
Nordicana D

Nordicana D

Database of the Centre d’études nordiques gathering raw data from published studies as well as unpublished research data.

Subjects: Centre d’études nordiques, Climate change, Environmental sciences, Research data, Northern Canada

  • Type of access
    • Free - Open Access
  • Domain
    • Natural Sciences
Nordicité canadienne

Nordicité canadienne

A seminal work on northern studies and nordicity that looks at the notion of “the North” (including perceptions and boundaries) in a Canadian context. (Louis-Edmond Hamelin, Montréal, Hurtubise HMH, 1975, 458 p.)

 

Subjects: Geography, Limits of the Canadian North, Northern studies, Northern Canada, Nordicity

  • Type of access
    • Printed document
  • Domain
    • Humanities and Social Sciences
    • Natural Sciences
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
Portail des données ouvertes – Arctique canadien (Gouvernement du Canada)

Portail des données ouvertes – Arctique canadien (Gouvernement du Canada)

A selection of geographic maps of the Canadian North covering various topics.

Subjects: Canadian arctic, Geospatial data, Northern Canada

  • Type of access
    • Free - Open Access
  • Domain
    • Engineering and Technology
    • Humanities and Social Sciences
    • Natural Sciences
The big thaw : Adventures in the vanishing Arctic

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.)

Subjects: Climate change, Environmental changes, Inuit, Northern Canada

  • Type of access
    • Printed document
  • Domain
    • Humanities and Social Sciences
The Canadian north : issues and challenges

The Canadian north : issues and challenges

Robert M. Bone, Don Mills

A geographic, social, and economic overview of the Canadian North today, with a focus on Indigenous Peoples and natural resources, as well as issues relating to climate change and geopolitics. (Robert M. Bone, Don Mills: Oxford University Press, 2012, 326 p.)

Subjects: Geography, Limits of the Canadian North, Northern studies, Northern Canada, Nordicity

  • Type of access
    • Printed document
  • Domain
    • Humanities and Social Sciences
    • Natural Sciences