Alternate Title
FNFNES Results form Quebec 2016
[First Nations Food, Nutrition & Environment Study Quebec and Labrador Regional Results]
[FNFNES Quebec and Labrador Regional Results]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Laurie Chan
Malek Batal
Olivier Receveur
Tonio Sadik
Description
Study involves five components: household interviews collecting information on dietary patterns, lifestyle and general health status; environmental concerns and food security; sampling traditional foods for contaminants; sampling water for trace metals; hair sampling for mercury; and surface water sampling for pharmaceuticals.
A First Nations Garden in France
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Katherine McIntyre
Windspeaker, vol. 28, no. 6, September 2010, p. 22
Description
Describes Ohtehra Garden in France, the only First Nations garden outside of Canada, which features plants from Quebec's 11 First Nations.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.22.
First Nations’ Involvement in Forest Governance in Québec:
The Place for Distinct Consultation Processes
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Stephen Wyatt
Jean-François Fortier
Catherine Martineau-Delisle
Forestry Chronicle, vol. 86, no. 6, Nov/Dec 2010, pp. 730-741
Description
Looks at a case study of forestry participation in a community in Quebec, and discusses Aboriginal consultation and involvement with the process.
First Nations of Quebec and Labrador Regional Longitudinal Health Survey 2002/03: Environmental Health Impact Assessment Survey: Final Report
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
FNQLHSSC [First Nation of Quebec and Labrador Health and Social Services Commission] Research Department
Description
Topics included external environment, housing and infrastructure, nutrition, employment and economic development, education, justice and safety, health and social services, identity, and governance.
First Nations to Benefit from Improved Internet Access
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Marie White
Windspeaker, vol. 26, no. 8, November 2008, p. 21
Description
Reports on the joint venture of three Indigenous organizations that created the first inter-provincial community-owned-and-operated broadband satellite in Canada to serve northern Manitoba, Ontario and Quebec.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.21.
First Peoples Law 2016
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Bruce McIvor
Description
Focuses on duty to consult and Indigenous rights.
Fish Consumption and Breast Milk PCB Concentrations among Mohawk Women at Akwesasne
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Edward F. Fitzgerald
Syni-An Hwang
Brian Bush
Katsi Cook
Priscilla Worswick
American Journal of Epidemiology, vol. 148, no. 2, 1998, pp. 164-172
Description
Determines the relation between the consumption of contaminated local fish with Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) and PCB congeners in the milk of nursing Mohawk women residing near three hazardous waste sites.
FNLED: Quebec First Nations Labour and Employment Development Survey = EDMEPN: Enquête sur le développement de la main-d’œuvre et de l’emploi chez les Premières Nations
Alternate Title
Booklet 1: Sociodemographic Profile and Life Course
Booklet 2: Culture, Identity, Language and Wellness
Booklet 4: Education, Skills and Aspirations
Booklet 5: Occupation and Employment
Booklet 6: Income and Needs Satisfaction
Booklet 7: Methodology
Highlights
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Mathieu-Olivier Côté]
[Jasmine Sawadogo]
[Nicolas Couet]
Food Insecurity among Inuit Living in Inuit Nunangat
Alternate Title
Aboriginal Peoples Survey, 2012
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Paula Arriagada
Insights on Canadian Society, February 1, 2017, pp. 1-12
Description
Statistics for adults aged 25 and over from the 2012 Aboriginal Peoples Survey.
Food Insecurity of Nutritional Biomarkers in Relation to Stature in Inuit Children From Nunavik
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Catherine M. Pirkle
Michel Lucas
Renée Dallaire
Pierre Ayotte
Joseph L. Jacobson ... [et al.]
Canadian Journal of Public Health, vol. 105, no. 4, July/August 2014, pp. e233-238
Description
Findings indicated that children affected by food insecure experienced greater nutritional challenges and physical growth deficiencies.
The Food Mail Pilot Projects: Achievements and Challenges
E-Books
Author/Creator
Jody B. Glacken
Frederick Hill
Food Plants of the North American Indians
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
V. Harvard
Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club, vol. 22, no. 3, March 27, 1895, pp. 98-123
Description
Discusses plants cultivated, broken down by introduced and indigenous, and plants growing wild.
Food Politics: Finding a Place for Country Food in Canada's Northern Food Policy
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Eleanor Stephenson
George Wenzel
Northern Public Affairs, vol. 5, no. 1, Food (In)security in Northern Canada, April 2017, pp. 49-51
Description
Comments on the Government of Canada's review of the Nutrition North Canada program.
Food Security of Canadian Arctic Indigenous Women
Theses
Author/Creator
Allison Jill Lambden
Description
Dietetics and Human Nutrition Thesis (M.Sc.)--McGill University, 2006.
[Foreword, Introduction]
Alternate Title
Dignity and Power
Home is the Hunter: The James Bay Cree
Nature, History, Society
Why James Bay?
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Hans M. Carlson
Graeme Wynn
Description
Author explains why he believes studying Cree hunters' relationship with their environment is important, and how this relationship has been effected by hydroelectric dams and integration into the modern Canadian economy.
Excerpt from Home is the Hunter: The James Bay Cree and Their Land by Hans M. Carlson, foreword by Graeme Wynn.
Forty-Third Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1925-1926
E-Books
Author/Creator
J. Walter Fewkes
Description
Report includes the following papers:
Report of the Chief by J. Walter Fewkes
The Osage Tribe: Two Versions of the Child-Naming Rite by Francis La Flesche
Wawenock Myth Texts from Maine by Frank G. Speck
Native Tribes and Dialects of Connecticut: A Mohegan-Pequot Diary by Frank G. Speck
Picuris Children's Stories by John P. Harrington and Helen H. Roberts
Iroquoian Cosmology - Second Part by J. N. B. Hewitt
Four Case Studies Exemplifying Best Practices in Architectural Co-design and Building with First Nations
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Royal Architectural Institute of Canada (RAIC)
[Louise Atkins]
The Frequency of HLA Alleles in a Population of Inuit Women of Northern Quebec
Alternate Title
Proceedings of the 15th International Congress on Circumpolar Health
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Stephanie Metcalfe
Michel Roger
Marie-Claude Faucher
François Coutlée
Eduardo L. Franco
Paul Brassard
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 72, Supplement 1, 2013, p. article no. 21350
Description
Study findings revealed that HLA Alleles distribution in Nunavik, Quebec is not duplicated elsewhere in Canada or around the world.
From Community Gardens to Hybrid Hydroponics: The Evolution of Northern Greenhouses and Arctic Gardening
Theses
Author/Creator
Saara Sipola
Description
Governance and Entrepreneurship in Northern and Indigenous Areas Thesis (M.G.E.N.I.A.)-- Arctic University of Norway / University of Saskatchewan, 2019.
From Science to Action and From Action to Science: The Nunavik Trichinellosis Prevention Program
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Sylvain Larrat
Manon Simard
Stéphane Lair
Denise Bélanger
Jean-François Proulx
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 71, 2012, p. article no. 18595
Description
Review shows that because of program (NTPP) there is a relatively low rate of outbreaks.
From Science to Policy in the Western and Central Canadian Arctic: An Integrated Regional Impact Study (IRIS) of Climate Change and Modernization
E-Books
Author/Creator
Gary Stern
Ashley Gaden
Lauren Candlish
David Barber
Peter Outridge ... [et al.]
Description
Presents key recommendations related to the effects of climate change on northern people.
From Tent to Trading Post and Back Again: Smithsonian Anthropology in Nunavut, Nunavik, Nitassinan, and Nunatsiavut - The Changing IPY Agenda, 1882-2007
Alternate Title
Smithsonian at the Poles Symposium May 3-4, 2007
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Stephen Loring
Description
Chapter in book: Smithsonian at the Poles: Contributions to International Polar Year Science edited by Igor Krupnik, Michael A. Lang, Scott E. Miller.
From the First Mile to Outer Space: Tamaani Satellite Internet in Northern Quebec
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Rob McMahon
Thomassie Mangiok
Journal of Community Informatics, vol. 10, no. 2, [Building the First Mile], 2014, p. [?]
Description
Discusses how Nunavik's regional government has approached broadband infrastructure development.
Gambling, Internet and Media Use: Qanuilirpitaa? 2017: Nunavik Inuit Health Survey
Alternate Title
Nunavik Inuit Health Survey 2017: Qanuilirpitaa? = How are we now?
E-Books
Author/Creator
Richard E. Bélanger
Gina Muckle
Yohann Courtemanche
Natalia Poliakova
Christopher Fletcher
Marie-Claude Lyonnais
Description
Gendered Dimensions of Environmental Health, Contaminants and Global Change in Nunavik, Canada
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Joanna Kafarowski
Études/Inuit/Studies, vol. 30, no. 1, Gender Issues, 2006, pp. 31-49
Description
Investigates the different roles and perspectives Inuit women and men have regarding hunting participation and lead contamination.
Geologic and Geomorphologic Survey of Coastal Islands of the Tawich National (Marine) Conservation Area, Eastern James Bay (2009)
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
George McCourt
Youcef Larbi
Henry Stewart
Description
Information gathered on the Cape Hope Islands, outer Old Factory Islands, Weston Island, Solomon's Temple Islands and the Paint Hills Islands for Parks Canada and the Wemindji-McGill Protected Areas project.
Geoweb: Indigenous Mapping of Intergenerational Knowledge
Theses
Author/Creator
Gwilym Lucas Eades
Description
Geography Thesis (Ph.D.)--McGill University, 2010.
GIS: A Useful Tool for First Nations Housing Management, Planning, Maintenance and Safety
Alternate Title
GIS for First Nations Housing and Public Safety
Research Report (Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation)
Research Report. External Research Program
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Jeff Sutton
Research Report (Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation)
Description
Case study of the Cree Nation of Mistissini's use of a Geographic Information System.
Glacial Lake Levels and Eastern Great Lakes Palaeo-Indians
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lawrence J. Jackson
Christopher Ellis
Alan V. Morgan
John H. McAndrews
Geoarchaeology: An International Journal, vol. 15, no. 5, 2000, pp. 415-440
Description
Investigates new water level information on sites that have been inundated by rising water levels.
A Glimmer of Hope: A Review of Recent Works on the Relations between Indigenous Peoples and Settler Society
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Keith Smith
Journal of Canadian Studies, vol. 44, no. 2, Spring, 2010, pp. 219-229
Description
Book reviews of: Compact, Contract, Covenant: Aboriginal Treaty-Making in Canada by J.R. Miller.
Home is the Hunter: The James Bay Cree and Their Land by Hans M.
[Grand Plans for More Hydro Power]
Alternate Title
Venture ; March 20, 1988
[James Bay Project: Grand Plans for More Hydro Power]
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Robert Bourassa
Robert Scully
Description
Interview with Premier of Quebec about phase two of the James Bay Project (also known as the Great Whale).
Duration: 6:06.
The Great Fur Land, or, Sketches of Life in the Hudson's Bay Territory
Alternate Title
Sketches of Life in the Hudson's Bay Territory
The Great Fur Land
E-Books
Author/Creator
H. M. Robinson
Description
Presents picturesque phases of life in the Hudson's Bay Territory, representing the varying seasons of the fur trade.
Greening Canada's Arctic Food System: Local Food Procurement Strategies for Combating Food Insecurity
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Angel Chen
David Natcher
Canadian Food Studies, vol. 6, no. 1, January 2019, pp. 140-154
Description
Discusses results of project undertaken to map and inventory community gardens and greenhouses in Labrador, Nunavik, Nunavut, Yukon, and the Northwest Territories.
Growing a Sustainable Community From Our Roots: Mohawk Experiences in Sustainable Housing - The Kanata Healthy Housing Project
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lynn Katsitsaronkwas Jacobs
The Journal of Aboriginal Economic Development, vol. 3, no. 1, Special Issue on Sustainability, Summer, 2002, pp. 21-23
Description
Discusses the experiences surrounding the development in a Mohawk community of 7,000 people near Montreal, Quebec.
Handbook Case Study: State University of New York and the Akwesasne Community: PCBs in Breast Milk in the Akwesasne Mohawk Body Burden Monitoring
Documents & Presentations
Description
Looks at the linkages between eating fish from the St. Lawrence River and breast milk contamination.
Excerpt from Community Monitoring Handbook.
Healing and Conversion: Medical Evangelism in James Bay Cree Society
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ronald Niezen
Ethnohistory, vol. 44, no. 3, Summer, 1997, pp. 463-491
Description
Draws parallels between biomedicine and evangelical religion and traces its dissemination in three distinct phases.
A Health Profile of the Inuit: Report of the Santé Québec Health Survey among the Inuit of Nunavik, 1992; Volume I, Health Determining Factors
E-Books
Author/Creator
Santé Québec
Health Risk Assessment for Inuit Newborns Exposed to Dioxin-like Compounds Through Breast Feeding
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
P. Ayotte
G. Carrier
É. Dewailly
Chemosphere, vol. 32, no. 3, 1996, pp. 531-542
Description
Looks at the transfer of dioxin-like compounds while breast feeding, and the impact their body burden has on Inuit from birth to 75 years of age.
High Blood Cadmium Levels are Not Associated with Consumption of Traditional Food Among the Inuit of Nunavik
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Maritza Rey
Fernand Turcotte
Claude Lapointe
Eric Dewailly
Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health, vol. 51, no. 1, May 1997, pp. 5-14
Description
Attributes high cadmium levels found in Inuit to smoking rather than consumption of liver and kidneys of caribou and sea mammals.
[High Hopes for the James Bay Project]
Alternate Title
CBC Television News ; May 2, 1971
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Robert Bourassa
Description
Very short clip of Premier Robert Bourassa announcing plans for a hydroelectric-power development in northern Quebec.
Duration: 0:44.
High Mercury Levels in Indian and Inuits (Eskimos) in Canada
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Clarence T. Charlebois
Ambio, vol. 7, no. 5/6, Toxics and Their Control: A Special Issue , 1978, pp. 204-210
Description
Examines mercury levels in fish and game, contamination compensations, and levels in excess of 200 ppb among Canadian Aboriginal peoples.
Historical GIS Research in Canada
Alternate Title
Canadian History and Environmental Series ; no.2
E-Books
Author/Creator
John S. Lutz
Patrick A. Dunae
Jason Gilliland
Don Lavfreniere
Megan Harvey ... [et al.]
Holocene Shoreline Occupations and Water-level Changes at Lac Mégantic, Québec
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Brad Loewen
Claude Chapdelaine
Pierre J. H. Richard
Canadian Journal of Archaeology, vol. 29, no. 2, 2005, pp. 267-288
Description
Discusses shoreline problems in a site with a 12,000-year-long cultural sequence.
Home is the Hunter: The James Bay Cree and Their Land
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
John Sandlos
Northern Review, no. 32, Spring, 2010, pp. 201-203
Description
Book review of, Home is the Hunter: The James Bay Cree and Their Land by Hans M. Carlson.
Home is the Hunter: The James Bay Cree and Their Land
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Claude Peloquin
Arctic, vol. 62, no. 4, December 2009, pp. 483-484
Description
Book review of: Home is the Hunter: The James Bay Cree and Their Land by Hans M. Carlson
Homelessness: Portrait of Homelessness in First Nations Communities in Quebec
E-Books
Author/Creator
Marie-France Harvey
Host Factors Associated With HPV Infection in Inuit Women of Northern Quebec
Theses
Author/Creator
Stephanie Metcalfe
Description
Epidemiology Thesis (M.Sc.)--McGill University, 2012.
Household Crowding and Food Insecurity among Inuit Families with School-Aged Children in the Canadian Arctic
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Maria Ruiz-Castell
Gina Muckle
Éric Dewailly
Joseph L. Jacobson
Sandra W. Jacobson
Pierre Ayotte ... [et al.]
American Journal of Public Health, vol. 105, no. 3, March 2015, pp. e122-e132
Description
Study conducted between 2005 and 2010 with 292 participants living in 14 Nunavik communities found that likelihood of reducing size of children's meals was higher in crowded households.
Household Food Insecurity and Canadian Aboriginal Women's Self-efficacy in Food Preparation
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Genevieve Mercille
Oliver Receveur
Louise Potvin
Canadian Journal of Dietetic Practice & Research, vol. 73, no. 3, Fall, 2012, pp. 134-140
Description
Study looked at Atikamek women's confidence in their ability to prepare balanced dishes using store-bought food.