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
Unfreezing the Arctic: science, colonialism, and the transformation of Inuit lands
Concordia (Print book) | Laval (eBook) | UQTR (eBook)
This book analyses the impacts of colonialism on the climate crisis in the Arctic. (Andrew Stuhl, Chicago, The University of Chicago Press, 2016, 232 p. )
Collection(s): *** Studying the North ***, Perspectives on Colonialism, *** General Public ***, Books (essays), Climate and Environment
Print Document, Reserved Access, Humanities and Social Sciences, Natural Sciences
Subjects: Colonialism, Climate change
What is the imaginated North? Ethical Principles
Essay on the multidisciplinary methodology of the North and the cultural Arctic and its ethical principles. (Daniel Chartier, Montréal and Harstad (Norway), Imaginaire Nord and Arctic Arts Summit, coll. « Isberg », 2018, 157 p. Translated from French by Christina Duck Kannenberg.)
Collection(s): *** Studying the North ***, Imaginary Perspectives
Free - Open Access, Humanities and Social Sciences
Subjects: Imaginary North, Culture, Nordicity
Wrestling with colonialism on steroids: Quebec Inuit fight for their homeland
Concordia (Print Book) | Laval (Print Book)
In this book, Zebedee Nungak provides his account of The Battle of James Bay from 1971-1975, where Inuit and Cree communities fought for their lands and waters against the Quebec government’s James Bay hydro project. (Zebedee Nungak, Montreal, Véhicule Press, 2017, 129p.)
Collection(s): *** Studying the North ***, Perspectives on Colonialism, *** First Peoples of the North ***, Indigenous Authors (Essays)
Print Document, Humanities and Social Sciences
Subjects: Colonialism, Quebec, James Bay, Indigenous authors, Inuit