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The Canadian north : issues and challenges

Robert M. Bone, Don Mills

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 court of better fiction : three trials, two executions, and Arctic sovereignty

Debra Komar

Covering the wrongful conviction and execution of two Inuit men by the Canadian government in 1921, this book discusses how the court case established Canada’s relationship with the Inuit and served to bolster the government’s push for Arctic sovereignty. (Debra Komar, Toronto, Dundrum, 2019, 194 p. )

Subjects: Colonialism, Colonization, Inuit

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The iconic north: cultural constructions of Aboriginal life in postwar Canada

Joan Sangster

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

Peter Davidson

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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The Inuit and Northern experience

Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada

A report from the TRC discussing Inuit and other Northern Indigenous peoples’ experiences in the Residential School system. (Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada, Montreal, Kingston, McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2016, 260 p.)

Subjects: Colonialism, Indian residential schools

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The last imaginary place : a human history of the Arctic world

Robert McGhee

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: Circumpolar Arctic, History, Anthropology, Archeology

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