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The Arctic grail : The quest for the North West Passage and the North Pole (1818-1909)
Documentary work on the many explorations of the Arctic during the 19th and early 20th centuries, in order to discover both the North Pole, but also a passage connecting the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean. (Pierre Berton, Toronto, McClelland and Stewart, 1988, 672 p.)
Subjects: Exploration, History, Northwest Passage
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- Humanities and Social Sciences
The Arctic guide : Wildlife of the Far North
Guide to over 800 species of plants, fish, butterflies, birds and mammals of the circumpolar Arctic, including many colour photographs. (Sharon Chester, Princeton, Princeton University Press, 2016, 542 p.)
Subjects: Arctic fauna, Arctic flora, Circumpolar Arctic
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The big thaw : Adventures in the vanishing Arctic
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
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The Canadian north : issues and challenges
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
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The future history of the Arctic
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
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The iconic north: cultural constructions of Aboriginal life in postwar Canada
This book analyses the dominant perceptions of northern Indigenous communities and peoples in settler-Canadian textual and visual materials. It argues that these dominant narratives are both tools and products of colonial oppression and consolidation. (Joan Sangster, Vancouver, UBC Press, 2016, 391 p. )
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The idea of north
An exploration of various representations of the North in literature, painting, and prints, as well as in mythology, from a European standpoint. (Peter Davidson, London, Reaktion, 2004, 272 p.)
Subjects: Arts, Imaginary North, Indigenous authors, Literature, Mythology, Northern Europe
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- Humanities and Social Sciences
The last imaginary place : a human history of the Arctic world
A history of the Arctic, from the post-Ice Age to today, and from Siberia to Baffin Island, that takes a scientific approach to archaeology and anthropology. Also available in French under the title “Une histoire du monde arctique : le dernier territoire imaginaire”. (Robert McGhee, Toronto, Key Porter Books, 2004, 296 p.)
Subjects: Anthropology, Archeology, Circumpolar Arctic, History
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The magnetic North : Notes from the Arctic Circle
Travelogue of author and explorer Sara Wheeler on her expedition through the territories belonging to Russia, the United States, Canada, Denmark, Norway and Finland, and showing the transformations of this once immutable landscape. (Sara Wheeler, London, Jonathan Cape, 2009, 354 p.)
Subjects: Circumpolar North, Exploration, Navigation, Photographs
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The new Northwest Passage : A voyage to the front line of climate change
Exploration story by Canadian journalist Cameron Dueck during his expedition through the Northwest Passage in 2009, for which the crossing is now possible in summer due to climate change. (Cameron Dueck, Winnipeg, Great Plains Publications, 2012, 256 p.)
Subjects: Climate change, Exploration, Inuit, Northwest Passage
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The polar regions : an environmental history
A book that looks at the history of the exploration, economic development, geopolitical challenges, and myths about the Arctic and the Antarctic, from an environmental standpoint. (Adrian Howkins, Cambridge, Polity Press, 2016, 251 p.)
Subjects: Circumpolar Arctic, Economy, Environment, Exploration, History, Mythology
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The politics of arctic sovereignty: oil, ice, and Inuit governance
This book analyses and provides an account of the political history of Arctic sovereignty and the Inuit Circumpolar Council, from early explorations and colonization to present day issues. (Jessica M. Shadian, New York, Routledge/ Taylor & Francis Group, 2014, 252 p.)
Subjects: Colonialism, geopolitics, Inuit
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The right to be cold : One woman’s story of protecting her culture, the Arctic and the whole planet
Climate change disrupts and threatens the Inuit way of life, their culture and their economic autonomy. Biographical story of an environmental activist (Sheila Watt-Cloutier, nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in 2007) who wants to make climate change a human rights issue. Also available in French under the title “Le droit au froid : le combat d’une femme pour protéger sa culture, l’Arctique et notre planète” (2019). (Sheila Watt-Cloutier, Toronto, Allen Lane, 2015, 356 p.)
Subjects: Climate change, Indigenous affairs, Indigenous authors, Inuit, Law
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The settler colonial present
This book discusses settler colonialism as a present issue that has continuing effect on Indigenous peoples. (Lorenzo Veracini, New York, Palgrave MacMillan, 2015, 160 p. )
Subjects: Colonialism, Indigenous studies
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Treaties with American Indians : an encyclopedia of rights, conflicts, and sovereignty
Présentation des traités réalisés avec plus de 500 peuples ou groupes autochtones concernant le partage des terres, l’autonomie gouvernementale, la protection culturelle et l’aide financière.
Subjects: History, Indigenous peoples, Land sharing, Self-government, Treaties
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Tshakapesh: Montagnais-Naskapi stories
Tale of Tshakapesh presented in seven variations by different indigenous storytellers. It is an oral poetry colligation primarily focused on Algonquin spirituality and mythology, which introduces us to the time when humans and animals really shared everything, including the mysterious dream world.
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Uashtessiu : lumière d’automne
In this book, two nomads, poets, healers, one Innu, the other from Quebec, share a love for the same territory: the North Shore and, beyond, the North. Rita Mestokosho is the first Innu poet to have published a collection in Quebec, while Jean Désy is a traveling poet who sails between the South and the North and the worlds of autochthony. Two sensibilities intersect in the space of this poetic exchange which will have lasted four seasons.
Subjects: Indigenous authors, Indigenous literature, Innu, Innu-aimun, Innu-aitun, Poetry
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- Free - BAnQ Subscribers
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Uiesh : Quelque part
This bilingual French-Innu aimum collection of poetry chronicles the life of a city-dweller whose soul and heart have remained in a lost land. Being a tribute to the territory of her ancestors, this book won Joséphine Bacon the Prix des libraires 2019.
Subjects: Indigenous authors, Indigenous literature, Innu territory, Innu-aitun, Poetry
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- Free - BAnQ Subscribers
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- Humanities and Social Sciences
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Ulirnaisigutiit : an Inuktitut-English dictionary of Northern Quebec, Labrador and Eastern Arctic dialects (with an English-Inuktitut index)
An English–Inuktitut dictionary of dialects spoken Northern Quebec, Labrador, and the Eastern Arctic.
Subjects: Eastern Arctic, Indigenous peoples, Inuit, Inuktitut, Inuktitut dialects, Inuktitut Dictionary, Inuktitut language, Labrador, Northern Quebec
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Une histoire du monde arctique : le dernier territoire imaginaire
History of the Arctic, from the postglacial era to the present day, and from Siberia to Baffin Land, where scientific approaches to archeology and anthropology are used. French version of “The last imaginary place: A human history of the Arctic world”. (Robert McGhee, Saint-Laurent, Fides, 2006, 300 p.)
Subjects: Anthropology, Archeology, Circumpolar Arctic, History
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- Humanities and Social Sciences