Studying The North
The resources described here offer various perspectives for identifying the issues and main themes in Northern and the Arctic research, including concerns related to the ethics and practice of research in Indigenous communities.
To consult the various categories and subcategories that this collection contains, use the filter Collection.
Resources
Negociating Research Relationships with Inuit Communities: A Guide for Researchers (Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami et Nunavut Research Institute)
A guideline for researchers who plan to work with Canadian Inuit communities.
Collection(s): *** Studying the North ***, Research Ethics and Practice in Indigenous Communities, Protocols and Guides
Free - Open Access, Humanities and Social Sciences
Subjects: Guide, Inuit, Research, Research with Indigenous peoples
Nested federalism and Inuit governance in the Canadian Arctic
Concordia (Print book) | Laval (eBook) | UQTR (eBook)
This book analyses the transition towards Inuit self-governance in Nunavik, the Inuvialuit Settlement Region, and Nunatsiavut in the Canadian Arctic. (Gary N. Wilson, Christopher Alcantara, and Thierry Rodon, Vancouver, UBC Press, 2020, 207 p. )
Collection(s): *** Studying the North ***, Perspectives on Colonialism
Print Document, Reserved Access, Humanities and Social Sciences
Subjects: Colonialism, Inuit, Self-government
Nordicité canadienne
Concordia (Print Book) | INRS (Print Book) | Laval (Print Book) | McGill (Print Book) | UQAM (Print Book) | UQTR (Print Book)
A seminal work on northern studies and nordicity that looks at the notion of "the North" (including perceptions and boundaries) in a Canadian context. (Louis-Edmond Hamelin, Montréal, Hurtubise HMH, 1975, 458 p.)
Collection(s): *** Studying the North ***, Overall Perspectives
Print Document, Humanities and Social Sciences, Natural Sciences
Subjects: Northern studies, Geography, Limits of the Canadian North, Northern Canada, Nordicity
Northern visions : new perspectives on the North in Canadian history
BAnQ (Print Book) | Concordia (eBook) | Laval (Ebook) | McGill (Print Book) | UQAM (eBook) | UQTR (eBook)
A collection of essays presenting a variety of perspectives on the history of the North and on research into the history of the Canadian North. (Kerry Abel et Ken S. Coates, Peterborough : Broadview Press, 2001, 224 p.)
Collection(s): *** Studying the North ***, Historical Perspectives
Free - BAnQ Subscribers, Print Document, Reserved Access, Humanities and Social Sciences
Subjects: History, Northern Canada, Research
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)
Collection(s): News
Free - Open Access, Humanities and Social Sciences
Subjects: Indigenous communities, Indigenous peoples, Politics
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)
Collection(s): News
Reserved Access, Humanities and Social Sciences
Subjects: Indigenous communities, Indigenous peoples, Politics
On decoloniality: concepts, analytics, praxis
Concordia (Print Book) | Laval (eBook)
A book that combines theory and historical and current perspectives to explore decolonization, and what it means to think and live with decolonization in mind. (Walter D. Mignolo and Catherine E. Walsh, Durham, Duke University Press, 2018, 291 p. )
Collection(s): *** Studying the North ***, Perspectives on Decolonization
Print Document, Reserved Access, Humanities and Social Sciences
Subjects: Decolonization
Photographs: Antarctica and expeditions of various explorers (BAnQ)
These photographs, which range from 1913 to 1941 and each of which is accompanied by a typed card describing the circumstances surrounding its creation, relate to the Antarctic frenzy that swept the world at the turn of the 20th century. Several photographs show the American expedition led by the United States Antarctic Service and coordinated by Admiral Richard E. Byrd during World War II. It includes photographs of Robert Falcon Scott's 1910-1913 Southern Expedition, which was carried out for the purposes of scientific research and geographic explorations of the South Pole.
Collection(s): *** Archives and Primary Sources ***, *** Studying the North ***, Historical Perspectives
Free - Open Access, Humanities and Social Sciences, Natural Sciences
Subjects: Exploration, Pack ice, South Pole, Sea ice, Environmental sciences, Environmental changes, Geosciences
Polar Journal (Taylor & Francis)
This journal publishes multi-disciplinary research on governance, policy, culture, economic and environmental issues within the polar regions. (Polar Journal, Taylor & Francis, 2011 to present.)
Collection(s): Research Journals on the Arctic
Free - Open Access, Humanities and Social Sciences
Subjects: Circumpolar North
Polar Research (Norwegian Polar Institute)
An international journal from Norway’s institute for the study of polar regions, publishing original research in all scientific disciplines, and including book reviews. (Polar Research, Norwegian Polar Institute, 1982 to the present. )
Collection(s): *** Studying the North ***, Current perspectives, Research Journals on the Arctic
Free - Open Access, Engineering and Technology, Natural Sciences
Subjects: Arctic sciences
Préhistoire béringienne : Étude archéologique des grottes du Poisson-Bleu (Yukon)
The Bluefish Caves, home to the first Beringians, are unveiling their secrets through zooarchaeological and taphonomic analysis of the fauna. The findings suggest that the settlement of North America occurred much earlier than previously thought. (Lauriane Bourgeon, Gatineau, Musée canadien de l'histoire & Ottawa, Presses de l'Université d'Ottawa, 2018, 93 p. )
Collection(s): *** Studying the North ***, Historical Perspectives, *** First Peoples of the North ***
Free - BAnQ Subscribers, Humanities and Social Sciences
Subjects: Yukon, Bering Strait, Archeology, Indigenous peoples, Prehistory
Propriété intellectuelle et éthique
Issue of the journal Études/Inuit/Studies devoted to the notions of intellectual property and ethics in northern research, specifically with regard to collaboration with Inuit communities. (Murielle Nagy [dir.], Études/Inuit/Studies, vol. 35, Numéro 1–2, 20)
Collection(s): *** Studying the North ***, Research Ethics and Practice in Indigenous Communities, Selected Articles
Reserved Access, Humanities and Social Sciences
Subjects: Research ethics, Inuit, Intellectual property, Research with Indigenous peoples
Protocole de recherche des Premières Nations au Québec et au Labrador [affiche] (Commission de la santé et des services sociaux des Premières Nations du Québec et du Labrador)
Poster illustrating the rights and values of Indigenous communities with regard to research.
Collection(s): *** Studying the North ***, Research Ethics and Practice in Indigenous Communities, Protocols and Guides
Free - Open Access, Humanities and Social Sciences
Subjects: Poster, Labrador, Research protocol, Quebec, Research with Indigenous peoples![rotocole de recherche des Premières Nations au Québec et au Labrador [affiche]](/sites/default/files/2020-07/opac-image%20%282%29.png)
Qu'est-ce que l'imaginaire du Nord? Principes éthiques
Essay on the multidisciplinary methodology of the North and the cultural Arctic and its ethical principles. (Daniel Chartier, Montréal et Harstad (Norvège), Imaginaire Nord et Arctic Arts Summit, coll. « Isberg », 2018, 157p.)
Collection(s): *** Studying the North ***, Imaginary Perspectives
Free - Open Access
Subjects: Imaginary North, Culture, Nordicity
Racism, colonialism, and indigeneity in Canada: a reader
Concordia (Print Book) | Laval (Print Book)
A collection of essays by Indigenous scholars discussing and examining the impacts on racism and settler colonialism on Indigenous communities in what is now called "Canada." (Martin J. Cannon, Lina Sunseri eds, Don Mills, Oxford University Press, 2018, 263 p. )
Collection(s): *** Studying the North ***, Perspectives on Colonialism
Print Document, Humanities and Social Sciences
Subjects: Colonialism, Indigenous authors
Research Licensing in Nunavut (Nunavut Research Institute)
Information about the research licenses administered by the Nunavut Research Institute that are required for conducting research in Nunavut.
Collection(s): *** Studying the North ***, Research Ethics and Practice in Indigenous Communities, Protocols and Guides
Free - Open Access, Engineering and Technology, Health Sciences, Humanities and Social Sciences, Natural Sciences
Subjects: Research licenses, Nunavut, Research permit
Research Priorities for Quebec First Nations (Commission de la santé et des services sociaux des Premières Nations du Québec et du Labrador)
Research areas including law, culture and communications, economic development, environment, education and governance.
Collection(s): *** Studying the North ***, Research Ethics and Practice in Indigenous Communities, Statements, Principles, and Guidelines
Free - Open Access, Humanities and Social Sciences
Subjects: Indigenous peoples, Research, Research with Indigenous peoples
Resurgence and reconciliation: indigenous settler-relations and earth teachings
Concordia (Print Book) | Laval (Print Book) | UQTR (eBook)
From a multidisciplinary approach, this book seeks to analyse and criticize the two schools of thought, resurgence and reconciliation, that seek to improve and guide Indigenous-settler relations in what is now called Canada. Contibutions by settler and Indigenous authors. (Michael Asch, John Borrows, James Tully eds, Toronto, Toronto University Press, 2018, 369 p.)
Collection(s): *** Studying the North ***, Perspectives on Colonialism, Perspectives on Decolonization
Print Document, Reserved Access, Humanities and Social Sciences
Subjects: Decolonization, Colonialism, Indigenous authors
Rethinking the Great White North: race, nature, and the geographies of whiteness in Canada
Concordia (Print Book) | Laval (Print Book)
Rethinking the Great White North takes a multi-disciplinary approach to deconstructing Canada’s imaginary north. By exploring Canada’s historical geography, the book discusses how racism and whiteness have shaped the country’s identity and systems. (Audrey Kobayashi, Andrew Baldwin, Laura Cameron, Vancouver, UBC Press, c2011, 343 p.)
Collection(s): *** Studying the North ***, Perspectives on Colonialism, Perspectives on Decolonization
Print Document, Humanities and Social Sciences
Subjects: Decolonization, Colonialism, Imaginary North
Returning to the teachings: exploring aboriginal justice
Concordia (Print Book) | Laval (Print Book)
This book discusses traditional Indigenous knowledge and teachings as a way of both decolonizing the Canadian justice system and assisting Indigenous communities to heal from their traumas. (Rupert Ross, Toronto, Penguin, 2006, 300 p. )
Collection(s): *** Studying the North ***, Perspectives on Decolonization
Print Document, Humanities and Social Sciences
Subjects: Decolonization, Justice, Indigenous peoples