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Hidden in plain sight: contributions of Aboriginal peoples to Canadian identity and culture

This book offers an Indigenous perspective to Canadian and Aboriginal history, demonstrating the significant contributions Indigenous peoples have made and are making to the development of Canadian identity, politics, education, and culture, etc. (David Newhouse, Cora Voyageur, Daniel Beavon eds., Toronto, University of Toronto Press, 2005, 491 p.)

Subjects: Decolonization, Indigenous peoples

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Illustrations taken from Quebec periodicals: expeditions in the arctic archipelago (BAnQ)

Dating from the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century, these illustrations taken from Quebec periodicals shed light on the wave of expeditions devoted to reaching the northern summit with a view to claiming sovereignty over the North Pole. There are old engravings of the ship Fram on which the Norwegian Fridtjof Nansen made the first transpolar drift, an image illustrating the departure of Captain J. E. Bernier during his Canadian boreal expedition, etc.

Subjects: Arctic Ocean, Arctic archipelago, Exploration, Canadian arctic

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Impact: colonialism in Canada

A collection of both non-fiction and fiction writings by Indigenous authors reflecting on the impacts of settler colonialism in Canada. (Warren Cariou, Katherena Vermette, Niigaan James Sinclair eds, Winnipeg, Manitoba First Nations Education Resource Centre Inc., 2017, 198 p. )

Subjects: Colonialism, Indigenous authors

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Indigenous Research Statement of Principles (Conseil de recherche en sciences humaines du Canada)

Presentation of SSHRC’s commitment to support and promote research conducted by and with Indigenous Peoples.

Subjects: Research, CIHR, Indigenous peoples, Research by Indigenous peoples, Research with Indigenous peoples

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Inuit Literatures

This site contains biographies of writers from Nunavik, Nunavut, Nunatsiavut and Greenland, a presentation of works written by the Inuit of these territories, documents to better understand the cultural Inuit history, and a cultural chronology taken from their own works. (Laboratoire international de recherche sur l’imaginaire du Nord, de l’hiver et de l’Arctique. Université du Québec à Montréal. «Littératures inuites». URL [https://inuit.uqam.ca/fr] )

Subjects: Indigenous authors, Indigenous literature, Inuit

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Keetsahnak: our missing and murdered indigenous sisters

With essays from Indigenous women, this book analyses colonial violence within what is now called “Canada” and provides an anti-violence model from an Indigenous perspective. (Kim Anderson, Maria Campbell & Christi Belcourt eds., Edmonton, University of Alberta Press, 2018, 400 p. )

Subjects: Colonialism, Indigenous authors, Indigenous women

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