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Arctic Variety (Arctic Centre. University of Lapland)

Arctic Variety (Arctic Centre. University of Lapland)

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. (Marjo Laukkanen & Markku Heikkilä, Rovaniemi (Finland), Arctic Centre. University of Lapland, 100 p.)

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

  • Type of access
    • Free - Open 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
Empire Online

Empire Online

Manuscripts, printed works, correspondence, maps, photographs, etc., related to history, politics, culture and colonial societies from the collections of 23 libraries in the United States and the United Kingdom. Opportunity to filter by geographic region (North America).

Subjects: Colonialism, History, Indigenous peoples, Politics, Primary Sources

  • Type of access
    • Reserved Access
  • Domain
    • Humanities and Social Sciences
Encyclopedia of the Arctic

Encyclopedia of the Arctic

A three-volume set of essays on the Arctic’s environment, climate, peoples, ecology, wildlife, history, economics, and politics.

Subjects: Animals, Climate change, Ecology, Economy, Environment, History, Indigenous peoples, Politics

  • Type of access
    • Printed document
  • Domain
    • Humanities and Social Sciences
    • Natural Sciences
Floating coast : An environmental history of the Bering Strait

Floating coast : An environmental history of the Bering Strait

Documentary work on the history of peoples, animal species and environmental changes specific to the Bering Strait. The author notably explores the impact of the economy and the exploitation of natural resources on the delicate balance of this remote area. (Bathsheba Demuth, New York, Norton & Company, 2019, 416 p.)

Subjects: Bering Strait, Environmental changes, History, Politics, Natural Resources

  • Type of access
    • Free - BAnQ Subscribers
  • Domain
    • Humanities and Social Sciences
    • Natural Sciences
Les Inuit et les Cris du Nord du Québec Territoire, gouvernance, société et culture (BAnQ)

Les Inuit et les Cris du Nord du Québec Territoire, gouvernance, société et culture (BAnQ)

This book consists of understanding how the Cree and Inuit populations of northern Quebec are building the foundations of a new institutional and social framework in the face of recent social changes while maintaining their traditions. Cree society and Inuit society are approached through the prism of three axes: territory-law-governance, society-environment-health and language-culture-heritage.

Subjects: geopolitics, Innu, Inuit, Land occupancy, Self-government, Politics

  • Type of access
    • Printed document
    • Free - BAnQ Subscribers
  • Domain
    • Health Sciences
    • Humanities and Social Sciences
    • Natural Sciences
Nunatsiaq News (Nortext Publishing Corporation)

Nunatsiaq News (Nortext Publishing Corporation)

Nunatsiaq News is the first source for news, features and opinion about Canada’s Eastern Arctic. Nunavut and Nunavik communities are featured. Publishing daily and weekly on its website. (Nunatsiaq News, 1972 to the present)

Subjects: Indigenous communities, Indigenous peoples, Politics

  • Type of access
    • Free - Open Access
  • Domain
    • Humanities and Social Sciences
NWT News/North (NNSL Media)

NWT News/North (NNSL Media)

This weekly newspaper serves the communities of Canada’s western Arctic. Issues include contains editorials, letters to the editor, news, sports, arts and entertainment stories. (NWT News/North, 2004 to the present)

Subjects: Indigenous communities, Indigenous peoples, Politics

  • Type of access
    • Reserved Access
  • Domain
    • Humanities and Social Sciences
The future history of the Arctic

The future history of the Arctic

Charles Emmerson

Geopolitical history of the Arctic that focuses on the major political, economic, scientific and social actors on this territory. (Charles Emmerson, New York, Public Affaires, 2010, 442 p.)

Subjects: Economy, geopolitics, Indigenous peoples, Politics

  • Type of access
    • Printed document
    • Reserved Access
  • Domain
    • Humanities and Social Sciences
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