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Environmental Law, Sustainable Development and Food Security in Nunavik

Chapter dealing with environmental laws related to sustainable development in Nunavik. (Paule Halley et Marie-Josée Verrault, chapitre 10 de Sustainable Food Security in the Arctic, State of Knowledge, Québec/Edmonton, GÉTIC Université Laval/Canadian Circumpolar Institute University of Alberta, 2002, p. 177-188.)

Ethical principles for the conduct or research in the north (Association universitaire canadienne d’études nordiques)

A statement of ethical principles that reflects the needs and concerns of northern communities and researchers.

Eye on the Arctic (Radio-Canada International)

Videos and news articles by journalists from the world’s circumpolar countries, reporting about Arctic climate change and reality of Arctic communities and peoples.

Fauna boreali-americana, or, The zoology of the northern parts of British America : containing descriptions of the objects of natural history collected on the late northern land expeditions under command of Captain Sir John Franklin, R.N (BAnQ)

Three volumes of the scientific work Fauna Boreali-Americana, written by John Richardson with contributions from William Swainson and Reverend William Kriby. John Richardson participated in Sir John Franklin’s first two Arctic expeditions as a physician and naturalist. Published between 1829 and 1837, each of these three volumes is dedicated to a specific animal species: insects, birds and quadrupeds. This work is an interesting example of Predarwinian natural history, containing detailed descriptions of the appearance, anatomy and behavior of different species. Descriptions of species sometimes include details about their interactions with humans.

First Nation Profile Interactive Map (Government of Canada)

Map of Indigenous communities in Canada, with access to information about them.

First Nation Profiles (Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada)

Profiles of Canada’s First Nations containing general information on reserves, governance, federal funding, geography, population statistics, etc.

First Nations Food, Nutrition, and Environment Study

A Canadian scope study on the benefits and risks of food and water in First Nations communities.

First Nations in Quebec and Labrador’s research protocol (Assembly of First Nations Quebec-Labrador) (Assemblée des Premières Nations Québec-Labrador)

A guide for Indigenous communities, local organizations and the scientific community, governing research activities with First Nations or within their territory.

First Nations of Quebec and Labrador sustainable development strategy

Report addressing the issues (culture, languages, natural resources, economic development, governance) related to the issue of sustainable development among the First Nations of Quebec and Labrador. (Catherine Johnson et Suzy Basile, First Nations of Quebec and Labrador Sustainable Development Institute, 2006, 29 p.)

Flora of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago

Porsild’s Illustrated Flora of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago (1957, 1964) has been the authority for vascular plants of Canada’s Arctic islands for more than 40 years, during which time there has been considerable research on Arctic vascular plants. The present document summarizes the post-1957 literature, the information resulting from the Panarctic Flora project (Nordal and Razzhivin 1999, Elven et al. 2003), and the current nomenclature for Arctic flora included in Flora of North America.

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.

Géocultures : Méthodologies russes sur l’Arctique

Collective essay on cultural methodologies on the Arctic in the context of Siberia. (Daniel Chartier, Dmitry Zamyatin, Ekaterina Romanova et Olga Lavrenova, Montréal, Imaginaire Nord, coll. «Isberg», 2020, 100 p. Translated from Russian by Marianna Samsonova.)

Géogratis – Index des produits géospatiaux

Access to the most common federal geospatial data for Canada, including the Arctic.

GéoInfo – Territoire nordique (Gouvernement du Québec)

Compilation of data on Northern Quebec, some of which is freely accessible.

GEOSCAN

Database of the scientific publications of Natural Resources Canada containing 85,000 references related to the fields of geoscience (including publications by the Geological Survey of Canada), mining, materials, and energy. Some publications are freely available.

Glossary of Permafrost Science and Engineering

Canadian Permafrost Association (Permafrost Terminology Action Group)

The Glossary of Permafrost Science and Engineering is intended to provide technical definitions for use by researchers, practitioners and post-secondary students.

Google Scholar

A bibliographic search engine that indexes a considerable proportion of scientific publications made available in digital format by academic publishers, scholarly societies, and universities, including journal articles, reports, theses, e-books, and others. Full text (not just metadata) can be searched. Provides links to free-access content.

High North Research Documents

Freely available articles, theses, reports, books, maps, videos, and other documents dealing with the North and the Far North.

Historical maps: Arctic (BAnQ)

Corpus of twelve old maps dating from the 17th to the 20th century. These documents bear witness to the Arctic expeditions and explorations carried out by several generations of European explorers in search of the Northwest Passage. These documents reflect the advancement of knowledge of the Arctic coastline of North America. The information on these maps is based among other things on the discoveries of Martin Frobisher, William Baffin, etc.

Historical maps: Hudson’s Bay (BAnQ)

Corpus of historical maps dating from the 17th and 18th century and allowing to visualize the territorial evolution of Hudson Bay. Their representation of Hudson’s Bay is inspired, among other things, by the explorations of Henry Hudson and Thomas James. These maps relate the French and English expeditions to this much coveted territory because of its strategic positioning for the fur trade in Europe.