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Borderline : la vie sur le cercle arctique
BAnQ (Print book) | Laval (Print book)
Illustrated book on the daily life of residents from eight different countries around the circumpolar Arctic, and captured by London-based photographer Cristian Barnett. French translation of the book "Life on the Line: People of the Arctic Circle". (Cristian Barnett (photograph) & Huw Lewis-Jones, Paris, Paulsen, 2014, 207 p.)
Collection(s): *** General Public ***, Books (essays), Indigenous Peoples, Illustrated Books
Print Document, Humanities and Social Sciences
Subjects: Circumpolar Arctic, Inuit, Photographs
Brave new Arctic : The untold story of the melting North
BAnQ (Print Book) | Concordia (Print Book) | INRS (eBook) | Laval (Print Book) | McGill (eBook) | UQAM (eBook)
Scientific adventures by Arctic geographer and climatologist Mark C. Serreze demonstrating that the transformation of the Arctic is the harbinger of the global warming and its unprecedented consequences. (Mark C. Serreze, Princeton, Princeton University Press, 2018, 255 p.)
Collection(s): *** General Public ***, Books (essays), Climate and Environment
Print Document, Natural Sciences
Subjects: Climate change, Environmental changes, Geobotany
Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center Archival Program
Archival collection on polar exploration and research developed by Ohio State University. Include virtual exhibitions.
Collection(s): *** Archives and Primary Sources ***
Free - Open Access, Humanities and Social Sciences
Subjects: Exploration, Primary Sources
Cadre écologique de référence du Québec (CERQ) (Géoindex)
Concordia (Reserved Access) | INRS (Reserved Access) | Laval (Reserved Access) | McGill (Reserved Access) | UQAM (Reserved Access) | UQTR (Reserved Access)
A collection of 4 layers of geospatial data showing ecological classification of the land and allowing users to assess its potential and constraints, and the fragility of its ecosystems.
Collection(s): *** Maps, Atlases and Geospatial Data ***, Geospatial Data, Northern Quebec
Reserved Access, Natural Sciences
Subjects: Cartography, Ecological classification, Geospatial data, Quebec
Canada and Colonial Genocide
Concordia (Print book) | Laval (Print book) | McGill (Print book)
This volume offers scholarly analyses on the process of settler colonialism and its effects on the Indigenous communities within what is now called “Canada.” It covers various forms of colonial violence including residential schools, repressive governmental policy, ecological destruction, etc. (Andrew Woolford and Jeff Benvenuto eds., London, Routledge, 2017, 126 p.)
Collection(s): *** Studying the North ***, Perspectives on Colonialism
Print Document, Humanities and Social Sciences
Subjects: Colonialism, Colonization, Indigenous peoples, Indigenous authors
Canada and the idea of North
Concordia (eBook) | Laval (eBook) | McGill (eBook) | UQÀM (eBook) | UQTR (eBook)
An exploration of northern Canadian imagery, with examples from literature, art, music, and popular culture. (Sherrill E. Grace, Montréal, McGill-Queen's University Press, 2001, 341 p.)
Collection(s): *** Studying the North ***, Imaginary Perspectives
Reserved Access, Humanities and Social Sciences
Subjects: Arts, Popular culture, Imaginary North, Literature, Music, Northern Canada, Indigenous authors
Canada's changing North
BAnQ (Print Book) | Concordia (eBook) | Laval (eBook) | McGill (eBook) | UQAM (eBook) | UQTR (eBook)
Collection of texts providing an overview of the geography, history, economy, politics, and ethnology of the Canadian North. (Wonders, William C., Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2003, 449 p.)
Collection(s): *** Studying the North ***, Overall Perspectives
Print Document, Reserved Access, Humanities and Social Sciences
Subjects: Geography, History, Economy, Politics, Ethnology, Northern Canada, Indigenous authors
Canadian International Polar Year (IPY) Publications Database (ASTIS)
Citations or full text of 4,800 documents on polar exploration and research carried out as part of International Polar Year, which date back to 1882.
Collection(s): *** Databases ***, Natural Sciences
Free - Open Access, Free - Reference only, Natural Sciences
Subjects: Hydrology, Northern Canada, Oceanography
Canadian Nordicity: it is your north, too
BAnQ (Print book) | Concordia (Print book) | Laval (Print book) | McGill (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. English translation of Nordicité canadienne. (Louis-Edmond Hamelin, Montreal : Harvest House, 1979.)
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
Canadian Permafrost Conferences (ASTIS)
Contains over 250 conference proceedings records from the six Canadian Permafrost Conferences.
Collection(s): *** Databases ***, Natural Sciences, Engineering and Technology
Free - Open Access, Engineering and Technology, Natural Sciences
Subjects: Permafrost, Earth sciences, Environmental sciences
Canadiana
A virtual library dedicated to Canadian history, providing access to prints from the era of early European settlers to the mid-20th century. Various collections related to autochthony and northernness are included, including those of the Hudson's Bay Company Archives, Jesuit Relations and Native Studies (formerly called Early Canadiana Online)
Collection(s): *** Archives and Primary Sources ***, *** General Public ***, *** First Peoples of the North ***, Archives and Primary Sources
Free - Open Access, Humanities and Social Sciences
Subjects: Indigenous peoples, Colonialism, Hudson’s Bay Company, Europe, Jesuits
Carcajou à l'aurore du monde : fragments écrits d'une encyclopédie orale innue (BAnQ)
This book immerses us in the boreal universe of Carcajou, this strange and fabulous being who populates the legends of northern Quebec and Labrador. In the 1970s, Savard recorded narrative sequences of this character after interviewing storytellers from the Ungava Valley and Sheshatshiu in Labrador.
Collection(s): *** General Public ***, Books (essays), Indigenous Peoples
Free - BAnQ Subscribers
Subjects: Atanukans, Oral narratives, Mythologie, Innu-aitun, Innu
Cartes anciennes de l’Arctique (Université Laval)
Collection of the University Laval's Library consisting of some twenty maps dating from the 16th to the 20th century. These documents are the work of famous cartographers such as Gerardus Mercator, Jan Jansson, Guillaume de L'Isle and Willem Blaeu, but also of explorers like Captain Joseph-Elzéar Bernier.
Collection(s): *** General Public ***, Maps and Atlases, Old Maps, *** Maps, Atlases and Geospatial Data ***, Maps and Atlases, Old Maps
Free - Open Access, Humanities and Social Sciences
Subjects: Circumpolar Arctic, Maps, Cartography
Cartes du Nord (Gouvernement du Canada)
Selection of Natural Resources Canada maps on coastal areas, ice, snow, permafrost, and more.
Collection(s): *** Maps, Atlases and Geospatial Data ***, Maps and Atlases, Northern Canada
Free - Open Access, Natural Sciences
Subjects: Maps, Northern Canada, Natural resources
Cartes topographiques des villages autochtones du nord (2009-2011) à l’échelle de 1/2 000 (BDVN-2K) (Géoindex)
Concordia (Reserved Access) | INRS (Reserved Access) | Laval (Reserved Access) | McGill (Reserved Access) | UQAM (Reserved Access) | UQTR (Reserved Access)
A collection of 22 layers of geospatial data comprising a valuable geographic reference tool for organizations working in these regions.
Collection(s): *** First Peoples of the North ***, Maps, Atlases, and Geospatial Data, Geospatial Data, Northern Quebec, *** Maps, Atlases and Geospatial Data ***, Geospatial Data, Northern Quebec
Reserved Access, Humanities and Social Sciences
Subjects: Topographic maps, Northern Quebec, Topography, Villages
Census Profile , 2016 Census (Statistics Canada) (Statistics Canada)
All census variables for northern Canada (territories) and northern Quebec (economic regions)
Collection(s): *** Statistics ***, Socio-economic Statistics, Census Profile, *** First Peoples of the North ***, Statistics
Free - Open Access, Humanities and Social Sciences
Subjects: Indigenous peoples, Northern Canada, Northern Quebec, Census
Chasseur au harpon : un long récit de Markoosie
Concordia (Print Book) | Laval (eBook) | McGill (Print Book) | UQAM (Print Book) | UQTR (eBook)
En pleine tempête de neige, un ours blanc attaque un campement inuit et éviscère de nombreux chiens. Convaincus que l'animal est malade et qu'il s'en prendra de nouveau aux leurs, des chasseurs se lancent à sa poursuite au péril de leur vie.
Collection(s): *** First Peoples of the North ***, Indigenous novels and poetry, *** General Public ***, Indigenous novels and poetry
Free - Open Access, Print Document, Reserved Access, Humanities and Social Sciences
Subjects: Inuit, Indigenous authors, Hunting and fishing, Indigenous communities
Circling the midnight sun: Culture and change in the invisible Arctic
Over the course of three years, James Raffan circumnavigated the globe at 66.6 degrees latitude: the Arctic Circle. He set out to put a human face on climate change. In Circling the Midnight Sun, Raffan presents a warm-hearted, engaging portrait of the circumpolar world, but also a deeply affecting story of societies and landscapes in the throes of enormous change. (James Raffan, Toronto, HarperCollins Canada, 2014, 400 p.)
Collection(s): *** General Public ***, Books (essays), General Subjects, Climate and Environment
Free - BAnQ Subscribers
Subjects: Circumpolar Arctic, Climate change
Circumpolar Health Atlas
BAnQ (Print Book) | Laval (Print Book) | McGill (Reserved Access) | UQAM (eBook) | UQTR (eBook)
Uses maps, tables, charts, and images to describe and explain the major health problems of the diverse peoples who inhabit the circumpolar region of the northern hemisphere.
Collection(s): *** First Peoples of the North ***, Maps, Atlases, and Geospatial Data, Map and Atlases, Circumpolar North, *** Maps, Atlases and Geospatial Data ***, Maps and Atlases, Circumpolar North, *** Dictionaries and Encyclopedias ***, Health Sciences
Print Document, Reserved Access, Health Sciences
Subjects: Atlas, Indigenous peoples, Maps, Social determinants of health, Circumpolar North, Health, Medical care
Circumpolar Health Bibliographic Database (ASTIS)
Records of publications on human health, including public health, medicine, and human biology in the circumpolar region. Subset of the ASTIS database.
Collection(s): *** First Peoples of the North ***, Databases, *** Databases ***, Health Sciences
Free - Open Access, Free - Reference only, Health Sciences
Subjects: Circumpolar Arctic, Indigenous peoples, Medicine, Health, Public health