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The magnetic North : Notes from the Arctic Circle
BAnQ (Print Book) | Concordia (Print Book) | Laval (Print Book) | McGill (Print Book)
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.)
Collection(s): *** General Public ***, Books (essays), General Subjects
Print Document, Humanities and Social Sciences
Subjects: Circumpolar North, Exploration, Navigation, Photographs
The new Arctic
Concordia (eBook) | INRS (eBook) | Laval (Reserved Access) | McGill (Reserved Access) | UQAM (eBook) | UQTR (eBook)
Provides a multidisciplinary perspective of Arctic science today, with texts related to Indigenous studies, tourism, economics, natural resources, and governance. (Birgitta Evengård et al. [dir.], Cham (Suisse) : Springer, 2015, 352 p.)
Collection(s): *** Studying the North ***, Overall Perspectives
Reserved Access, Humanities and Social Sciences, Natural Sciences
Subjects: Circumpolar Arctic, Indigenous peoples, Climate change, Northern studies, Arctic sciences
The new Northwest Passage : A voyage to the front line of climate change
BAnQ (Print Book) | Laval (Print Book)
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.)
Collection(s): *** General Public ***, Books (essays), Exploration, Climate and Environment
Print Document, Natural Sciences
Subjects: Northwest Passage, Exploration, Inuit, Climate change
The North Data (Gouvernement du Canada)
A selection of geospatial data from Natural Resources Canada on geology, ice, snow, the seabed, etc.
Collection(s): *** Maps, Atlases and Geospatial Data ***, Geospatial Data, Northern Canada
Free - Open Access, Natural Sciences
Subjects: Canada, Geospatial data, Seabed, Geology, Ice, Snow
The Polar Explorer (PBS)
Documentary film on the exploration of the Arctic aboard the icebreaker Admunsen which, during the three weeks crossing the Northwest Passage, highlights the effects of climate change on this area. (Mark Terry, PBS, 2012, 60 min.)
Collection(s): *** General Public ***, Online Films, *** Online Films ***
Free - BAnQ Subscribers, Natural Sciences
Subjects: Exploration, Northwest Passage, Climate change, Films
The polar regions : an environmental history
Concordia (Print Book) | Laval (Print Book) | McGill (eBook)
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.)
Collection(s): *** Studying the North ***, Historical Perspectives
Print Document, Humanities and Social Sciences, Natural Sciences
Subjects: Circumpolar Arctic, Economy, Environment, Exploration, History, Mythologie
The politics of arctic sovereignty: oil, ice, and Inuit governance
Concordia (Print Book) | Laval (eBook)
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.)
Collection(s): *** Studying the North ***, Perspectives on Colonialism
Print Document, Reserved Access
Subjects: Colonialism, Inuit, geopolitics
The right to be cold : One woman's story of protecting her culture, the Arctic and the whole planet
BAnQ (eBook) | Concordia (Print Book) | Laval (Print Book)
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.)
Collection(s): *** First Peoples of the North ***, Indigenous Authors (Essays), *** General Public ***, Books (essays), Indigenous Peoples, Climate and Environment
Print Document, Reserved Access, Humanities and Social Sciences
Subjects: Climate change, Law, Inuit, Indigenous affairs, Indigenous authors
The settler colonial present
Concordia (eBook) | Laval (Print Book)
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. )
Collection(s): *** Studying the North ***, Perspectives on Colonialism
Print Document, Reserved Access, Humanities and Social Sciences
Subjects: Colonialism, Indigenous studies
The Western Arctic Seas Encyclopedia
Concordia (eBook) | INRS (eBook) | Laval (eBook) | McGill (eBook)
An encyclopedia designed to accumulate and systematize knowledge about three unique natural water areas—the Barents, White, and Kara Seas—and their rich features, the events that have taken place on their waters and shores, and the remarkable people whose lives were, and are, closely intertwined with these seas.
Collection(s): *** Dictionaries and Encyclopedias ***, Natural Sciences, Engineering and Technology, Humanities and Social Sciences
Reserved Access, Engineering and Technology, Humanities and Social Sciences, Natural Sciences
Subjects: Western Arctic, Biology, History, Oceanography, Earth sciences
Toolbox of research principles in an aboriginal context (Commission de la santé et des services sociaux des Premières Nations du Québec et du Labrador)
A selection of about forty protocols and initiatives from various research groups and Indigenous organizations.
Collection(s): *** Studying the North ***, Research Ethics and Practice in Indigenous Communities, Protocols and Guides
Free - Open Access, Humanities and Social Sciences
Subjects: Research ethics, Labrador, Research protocol, Quebec, Research with Indigenous peoples
Topographic maps (NTS 13: Côte-Nord) (BAnQ)
Corpus of topographic maps of the North Shore of Quebec at a scale of 1: 50,000. The first level NTS number representing the geographic area concerned is 13.
Collection(s): *** Maps, Atlases and Geospatial Data ***, Maps and Atlases, Northern Quebec
Free - Open Access, Natural Sciences
Subjects: Topographic maps, Côte-Nord
Topographic maps (NTS 14: Nord-du-Québec) (BAnQ)
Corpus of topographic maps of Nord-du-Québec at a scale of 1: 50,000. The first-level NTS number representing the geographic area concerned is 14.
Collection(s): *** Maps, Atlases and Geospatial Data ***, Maps and Atlases, Northern Quebec
Free - Open Access, Natural Sciences
Subjects: Topographic maps, Northern Quebec
Topographic maps (NTS 24: Nord-du-Québec) (BAnQ)
Corpus of topographic maps of Nord-du-Québec at a scale of 1: 50,000. The NTS number representing the geographic area concerned is 24.
Collection(s): *** Maps, Atlases and Geospatial Data ***, Maps and Atlases, Northern Quebec
Free - Open Access, Natural Sciences
Subjects: Topographic maps, Northern Quebec
Topographic maps (NTS 25: Nord-du-Québec) (BAnQ)
Corpus of topographic maps of Nord-du-Québec at a scale of 1: 50,000. The NTS number representing the geographic area concerned is 25.
Collection(s): *** Maps, Atlases and Geospatial Data ***, Maps and Atlases, Northern Quebec
Free - Open Access, Natural Sciences
Subjects: Topographic maps, Northern Quebec
Topographic maps (NTS 33: Nord-du-Québec) (BAnQ)
Corpus of topographic maps of Nord-du-Québec at the scale of 1: 50,000. The NTS number representing the geographic area concerned is 33.
Collection(s): *** Maps, Atlases and Geospatial Data ***, Maps and Atlases, Northern Quebec
Free - Open Access
Subjects: Topographic maps, Northern Quebec
Topographic maps (NTS 34: Nord-du-Québec) (BAnQ)
Corpus of topographic maps of Nord-du-Québec at the scale of 1: 50,000. The NTS number representing the geographic area concerned is 34.
Collection(s): *** Maps, Atlases and Geospatial Data ***, Maps and Atlases, Northern Quebec
Free - Open Access, Natural Sciences
Subjects: Topographic maps, Northern Quebec
Topographic maps (NTS 35: Nord-du-Québec) (BAnQ)
Corpus of topographic maps of Nord-du-Québec at the scale of 1: 50,000. The NTS number representing the geographic area concerned is 35.
Collection(s): *** Maps, Atlases and Geospatial Data ***, Maps and Atlases, Northern Quebec
Free - Open Access, Natural Sciences
Subjects: Topographic maps, Northern Quebec
Traditional Animal Foods of Indigenous Peoples of Northern North America
Describes and references the published literature on traditional animal foods known and used by Indigenous Peoples of northern North America; organized by animal, culture, and nutrients.
Collection(s): *** Dictionaries and Encyclopedias ***, Health Sciences, *** First Peoples of the North ***, Dictionaries and Encyclopedias, Others
Free - Open Access, Health Sciences
Subjects: Traditional foods, Indigenous peoples, Nutrition
Travelogues: North-West Passage (BAnQ)
Corpus of two accounts of exploration dedicated to finding the Northwest Passage: an original edition of explorer Henry Ellis's travelogue, A voyage to the Hudson's-Bay, volume 2 (1749) and the travelogue of the Captain Christopher Middleton, West of Hudson Bay (1743).
Collection(s): *** Archives and Primary Sources ***
Free - Open Access, Humanities and Social Sciences
Subjects: Hudson Bay, Exploration, Northwest Passage