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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 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
Atlas des peuples autochtones du Canada
Four-volume atlas presenting information on Indigenous communities, languages, education, treaties and territories, as well as residential schools, colonialism, racism and cultural appropriation. (Ottawa, Société géographique royale du Canada, 2018, 4 vol. )
Subjects: Atlas, Colonialism, Indian residential schools, Indigenous communities, Indigenous peoples, Inuit
- Type of access
- Free - Open Access
- Domain
- Humanities and Social Sciences
Atlas of Registered Aboriginal Population of Quebec (Réseau DIALOG)
Interactive map of statistical data on the registered Indian population in Quebec from 1998 to 2010, on-reserve and off-reserve.
Subjects: Atlas, Demographic statistics, Indigenous peoples, Maps, Population
- Type of access
- Free - Open Access
- Domain
- Humanities and Social Sciences
Autochtonia
Articles, books, briefs, theses, and research reports on the Indigenous peoples of Quebec (in French only). Some publications are freely available.
Subjects: Indigenous peoples, Northern Quebec
- Type of access
- Free - Reference only
- Free - Open Access
- Reserved Access
- Domain
- Health Sciences
- Humanities and Social Sciences
- Natural Sciences
Avataq Cultural Institute
Three separate collections are available through the website: an archeology collection, an art and artifact collection, and archives of drawings, historical photos, and oral histories. The institute also houses a library that holds more than 4,000 publications, mostly concerning Nunavik, as well as information about other Arctic regions and indigenous peoples.
Subjects: Archeology, Artifacts, Arts, Inuit, Nunavik
- Type of access
- Free - Open Access
- Domain
- Humanities and Social Sciences
Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center Archival Program
Archival collection on polar exploration and research developed by Ohio State University. Include virtual exhibitions.
Subjects: Exploration, Primary Sources
- Category.s
- Type of access
- Free - Open Access
- Domain
- Humanities and Social Sciences
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
- Category.s
- Type of access
- Free - Reference only
- Free - Open Access
- Domain
- Natural Sciences
Canadian Permafrost Conferences (ASTIS)
Contains over 250 conference proceedings records from the six Canadian Permafrost Conferences.
Subjects: Earth sciences, Environmental sciences, Permafrost
- Category.s
- Type of access
- Free - Open Access
- Domain
- Engineering and Technology
- Natural Sciences
Canadiana
A virtual library dedicated to Canadian history, providing access to prints from the era of early European settlers to the mid-20th century. Various collections related to autochthony and northernness are included, including those of the Hudson’s Bay Company Archives, Jesuit Relations and Native Studies (formerly called Early Canadiana Online)
Subjects: Colonialism, Europe, Hudson’s Bay Company, Indigenous peoples, Jesuits
- Type of access
- Free - Open Access
- Domain
- Humanities and Social Sciences
Cartes anciennes de l’Arctique (Université Laval)
Collection of the University Laval’s Library consisting of some twenty maps dating from the 16th to the 20th century. These documents are the work of famous cartographers such as Gerardus Mercator, Jan Jansson, Guillaume de L’Isle and Willem Blaeu, but also of explorers like Captain Joseph-Elzéar Bernier.
Subjects: Cartography, Circumpolar Arctic, Maps
- Type of access
- Free - Open Access
- Domain
- Humanities and Social Sciences
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)
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
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
Circumpolar Health Bibliographic Database (ASTIS)
Records of publications on human health, including public health, medicine, and human biology in the circumpolar region. Subset of the ASTIS database.
Subjects: Circumpolar Arctic, Health, Indigenous peoples, Medicine, Public health
- Type of access
- Free - Reference only
- Free - Open Access
- Domain
- Health Sciences
Cold Regions Bibliography Project
References to studies on human activity and scientific operations in cold environments.
Subjects: Earth sciences, Engineering, Environmental sciences, Physical sciences
- Category.s
- Type of access
- Free - Reference only
- Free - Open Access
- Domain
- Engineering and Technology
- Natural Sciences
Corpus of Inuit Prints : Woodblock print (BAnQ)
Corpus of prints produced by Manuel Lau and published under the aegis of Puvirnituq Printshop. Since the inception of the Experimental Print Program in Cape Dorset, Puvirnituq has been one of four Inuit communities that has produced collections of prints on a regular basis. These works allow us to appreciate this practice of Inuit art which traditionally puts the world around it first. It includes, among other things, a tribute to the internationally renowned artist Davidialuk Alaasuaq Amittukinuit.
Subjects: Indigenous art, Inuit
- Type of access
- Free - Open Access
- Domain
- Humanities and Social Sciences
Corpus of Inuit prints: linocut (BAnQ)
Selection of prints made by Aisa Amittuq, son of the famous Inuit artist Davidialuk Alasua Amittu. Although Aisa is best known for his stone carvings, mostly carved from the dark stone found near Akulivik and Puvirnituq, this corpus bears witness to his experience in recording narrative accounts from Inuit oral tradition on prints in two dimensions.
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- Type of access
- Free - Open Access
- Domain
- Humanities and Social Sciences
Corpus of Inuit prints: silkscreen (BAnQ)
This selection of prints illustrates screen printing practices within the Inuit community of Povungnituk during the 1980s, spurred on by the Cape Dorset art movement. This so-called contemporary artistic phase was characterized by a culture in full transition and coincided with the gradual “opening” of the North after the Second World War. This corpus highlights birds, marine mammals and land animals from the Arctic.
Subjects: Arts, Indigenous art, Inuit
- Type of access
- Free - Open Access
- Domain
- Humanities and Social Sciences
Corpus of Inuit Prints: Stone Engraving (BAnQ)
This selection of prints illustrates stonecutting practices within the Inuit art community of Povungnituk in the early 1980s. Featuring prominent Inuit printmakers of the time, it highlights the complex self-representation of the experience. Nordic, the founding myths of Inuit culture as well as traditional hunting and fishing techniques.
Subjects: Indigenous art, Inuit
- Type of access
- Free - Open Access
- Domain
- Humanities and Social Sciences