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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.
Subjects: Earth sciences, Energy, Engineering, Geology, Mining
- Category.s
- Type of access
- Free - Reference only
- Free - Open Access
- Domain
- Engineering and Technology
- Natural Sciences
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.
Subjects:
- Type of access
- Free - Reference only
- Free - Open Access
- Domain
- Engineering and Technology
- Health Sciences
- Humanities and Social Sciences
- Natural Sciences
High North Research Documents
Freely available articles, theses, reports, books, maps, videos, and other documents dealing with the North and the Far North.
Subjects: Caribou, Climate change, Ice, Indigenous peoples, Inuit, Oceanography, Permafrost, Sami, Tundra
- Type of access
- Free - Open Access
- Domain
- Engineering and Technology
- Health Sciences
- Humanities and Social Sciences
- Natural Sciences
Historical maps: Arctic (BAnQ)
Corpus of fifteen 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.
Subjects: Arctic archipelago, Baffin bay, Canadian arctic, Cartography, Circumpolar Arctic, Davis Strait, Greenland, Hudson Strait, Maps, Northwest Passage
- Type of access
- Free - Open Access
- Domain
- Humanities and Social Sciences
Historical maps: Circumpolar North (BAnQ)
Corpus of ancient maps of various kinds that represent the greater circumpolar region.
Subjects: Circumpolar North, Northern Quebec, Nouveau-Québec, Nunavik
- Type of access
- Free - Open Access
- Domain
- Humanities and Social Sciences
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.
Subjects: Cartography, Hudson Bay, Hudson’s Bay Company, Maps, New France
- Type of access
- Free - Open Access
- Domain
- Humanities and Social Sciences
Historical maps: Strait of Belle Isle (BAnQ)
Corpus of ancient maps of the Strait of Belle Isle, including parts of the coasts of Newfoundland and Labrador.
Subjects: Groswater Bay, Labrador, Strait of Belle Isle
- Type of access
- Free - Open Access
- Domain
- Humanities and Social Sciences
Hubert Wenger Eskimo Database
Bibliography of literature reporting first contact and first observations of the Inuit, hosted by the University of Alaska, Fairbanks.
Subjects: Bibliography, First contact, Inuit, Literature
- Type of access
- Free - Open Access
- Domain
- Humanities and Social Sciences
Hydrocarbon Impacts (ASTIS)
Contains references for 9,000 publications on the environmental impacts, socio-economic effects, and regulation of hydrocarbon exploration, development, and transportation in northern Canada.
Subjects: Environmental sciences, Gas, Hydrocarbons, Oil, Regulation
- Type of access
- Free - Reference only
- Free - Open Access
- Domain
- Engineering and Technology
- Humanities and Social Sciences
- Natural Sciences
Illustrations taken from Quebec periodicals: expeditions in the arctic archipelago (BAnQ)
Dating from the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century, these illustrations taken from Quebec periodicals shed light on the wave of expeditions devoted to reaching the northern summit with a view to claiming sovereignty over the North Pole. There are old engravings of the ship Fram on which the Norwegian Fridtjof Nansen made the first transpolar drift, an image illustrating the departure of Captain J. E. Bernier during his Canadian boreal expedition, etc.
Subjects: Arctic archipelago, Arctic Ocean, Canadian arctic, Exploration
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- Type of access
- Free - Open Access
- Domain
- Humanities and Social Sciences
- Natural Sciences
Illustrations taken from Quebec periodicals: Inuit mores and customs (BAnQ)
19th century documentary iconography corpus. These images, taken from Quebec magazines: L’Opinion publique (1870-1883), Monde Illustré (1884-1902,1907) and L’Album Univers (1902-1907), paint a picture of the cultural and social life of the Inuit in a time when photographs were uncommon.
Subjects: Cultural identity, Hunting and fishing, Inuit, Villages
- Type of access
- Free - Open Access
- Domain
- Humanities and Social Sciences
- Natural Sciences
Images du Nord et de l’Arctique
Photographs and postcards of the Université Laval library, representing First Nations and Inuit, settlers, missionaries, explorers and landscapes from Canada’s Arctic and Northern Quebec. Includes photographs of the Judicial Expedition in 1923 at Pond Inlet (Baffin Island), with Captain Bernier.
Subjects: Canadian arctic, Indigenous peoples, Joseph-Elzéar Bernier, Postcards, Missionaries, Northern Quebec, Photographs
- Type of access
- Free - Open Access
- Domain
- Humanities and Social Sciences
In the Way of Development : Indigenous Peoples, Life Projects and Globalization
Indigenous reflections and strategies on globalization and sustainable development. (Mario Blaser, Harvey A. Feit, et Glenn McRae [éd.], Zed, IDRC, 2004, 384 p.)
Subjects: Indigenous peoples, Sustainable development
- Type of access
- Free - Open Access
- Domain
- Humanities and Social Sciences
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 Cultures (Musée McCord Stewart)
5800 archaeological and historical objects from the McCord Stewart Museum documenting the material culture of the First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples of Canada, primarily, but also of Siberia and Greenland.
Subjects: Archeology, Canada, Greenland, Indigenous peoples, Material culture, United States, Siberia
- Type of access
- Free - Open Access
- Domain
- Humanities and Social Sciences
Indigenous Research Statement of Principles (Conseil de recherche en sciences humaines du Canada)
Presentation of SSHRC’s commitment to support and promote research conducted by and with Indigenous Peoples.
Subjects: CIHR, Indigenous peoples, Research, Research with Indigenous peoples, Research by Indigenous peoples
- Type of access
- Free - Open Access
- Domain
- Health Sciences
- Humanities and Social Sciences
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
Innu placenames
A directory of Innu place names put together by the Innu Nation and Sheshatshiu Innu First Nation.
Subjects: Indigenous peoples, Innu, Innu place names, Innu territory
- Type of access
- Free - Open Access
- Domain
- Humanities and Social Sciences
Innu-Aimun Glossary
Innu–English glossary for the following fields: Medical, Teaching, Environmental Impact Assessment, Family Law and Criminal Law.
Subjects: Indigenous peoples, Innu, Innu dictionary, Innu glossary, Innu language, Innu-aimun
- Type of access
- Free - Open Access
- Domain
- Humanities and Social Sciences
International Bathymetric Chart of the Arctic Ocean
Maps and bathymetric geospatial data of the Arctic north of the 64th parallel.
Subjects: Bathymetry, Maps
- Type of access
- Free - Open Access
- Domain
- Natural Sciences