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  • The Hands' Measure

    Essays Honouring Leah Aksaajuq Otak's Contribution to Arctic Science

    Edición de John MacDonald, Nancy Wachowich ...
    The essays in this collection explore a wide variety of topics broadly related to cultural renewal and representation, oral history, heritage, and social change among the Inuit of Igloolik, in Nunavut’s northern Qikiqtani Region. This is an eclectic collection of essays written and compiled in recognition of Leah Aksaajuq Otak. Leah was a skilled oral historian and linguist from Igloolik, whose ... Leer más

    $15.89 USD

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    Saqiyuq

    Stories from the Lives of Three Inuit Women

    de Nancy Wachowich ...
    Narrado por Tiffany Ayalik ...

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    12 hora 32 minutos

    A grandmother, daughter, and granddaughter take us on a remarkable journey in which the cycles of life — childhood, adolescence, marriage, birthing and child rearing — are presented against the contrasting experiences of three successive generations. Their memories and reflections give us poignant insight into the history of the people of the new territory of Nunavut.Apphia Awa, who was born in ... Leer más

    $32.99 USD

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  • A Long Journey

    Residential Schools in Labrador and Newfoundland

    de Andrea Procter ...
    Series Libro 86 - Social and Economic Studies
    Left out of the national apology and reconciliation process begun in 2008, survivors of residential schools in Labrador and Newfoundland received a formal apology from the Canadian government in 2017. This recognition finally brought them into the circle of residential school survivors across Canada, and acknowledged their experiences as similarly painful and traumatic.For years, the story of ... Leer más

    $21.59 USD

  • Kinauvit?

    What’s Your Name? The Eskimo Disc System and a Daughter’s Search for her Grandmother

    de Dr. Norma Dunning ...
    From the winner of the 2021 Governor General's Award for literature, a revelatory look into an obscured piece of Canadian history: what was then called the Eskimo Identification Tag SystemIn 2001, Dr. Norma Dunning applied to the Nunavut Beneficiary program, requesting enrolment to legally solidify her existence as an Inuk woman. But in the process, she was faced with a question she could not ... Leer más

    $12.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • This Is My Country, What's Yours?

    A Literary Atlas of Canada

    de Noah Richler ...
    Winner of the 2007 B.C. Award for Canadian Non-fictionA Globe and Mail Best 100 Book (2006)National Post Best Books (2006)A bold cultural portrait of contemporary Canada through the work of its most celebrated novelists, short story writers, and storytellers.Stories are the surest way to know a place, and at a time when the fabric of the country seems daily more uncertain, Noah Richler looks to ... Leer más

    $16.99 USD

  • Vilhjalmur Stefansson

    Arctic Adventurer

    de Tom Henighan ...
    Series Libro 23 - Quest Biography
    Born in Manitoba of Icelandic parents, Vilhjalmur Stefansson (1879-1962) became one of Canada’s most famous and controversial Arctic explorers. After graduate studies in anthropology at Harvard University, Stefansson lived with and studied Inuit in the Mackenzie River Delta in the Northwest Territories in the winter of 1906-07. In two subsequent expeditions he completed a major anthropological ... Leer más

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  • Nature First

    Outdoor Life the Friluftsliv Way

    Edición de Bob Henderson, Nils Vikander ...
    Nature First combines the Scandinavian approach to creating a relationship with nature (known as friluftsliv) with efforts by Canadian and international educators to adapt this wisdom and apply it to everyday life experiences in the open air. The word friluftsliv literally refers to "free-air life" or outdoor life. A word saturated with values, the concept can permeate deeply and playfully into ... Leer más

    $13.09 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • Hidden in Plain Sight

    Contributions of Aboriginal Peoples to Canadian Identity and Culture, Volume II

    Edición de Cora J. Voyageur, David Newhouse, Dan Beavon ...
    The acclaimed and accessible Hidden in Plain Sight series showcases the extraordinary contributions made by Aboriginal peoples to Canadian identity and culture. This collection features new accounts of Aboriginal peoples working hard to improve their lives and those of other Canadians, and serves as a powerful contrast to narratives that emphasize themes of victimhood, displacement, and cultural ... Leer más

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  • The Book of Unconformities

    Speculations on Lost Time

    de Hugh Raffles ...
    From the author of lnsectopedia, a powerful exploration of loss, grief, endurance, and the absences that permeate the present.Unconformities are gaps in the geological record, physical evidence of breaks in time. For Hugh Raffles, these holes in history are also fissures in feeling, knowledge, memory, and understanding. In this endlessly inventive, riveting book, Raffles enters these gaps, drawing ... Leer más

    $8.69 USD

  • Anne of Tim Hortons: Globalization and the Reshaping of Atlantic-Canadian Literature

    Globalization and the Reshaping of Atlantic-Canadian Literature

    de Herb Wyile ...
    Anne of Tim Hortons: Globalization and the Reshaping of Atlantic-Canadian Literature is a study of the work of over twenty contemporary Atlantic-Canadian writers that counters the widespread impression of Atlantic Canada as a quaint and backward place. By examining their treatment of work, culture, and history, author Herb Wyile highlights how these writers resist the image of Atlantic Canadians ... Leer más

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  • White Lies About the Inuit

    de John Steckley ...
    Series series Teaching Culture: UTP Ethnographies for the Classroom
    The Inuit are a familiar part of Canadian identity but also exotic residing in the remote Arctic. The mix of the familiar and the exotic has resulted in the creation and perpetuation of a number of "White Lies." These are stories that have been developed over long periods of time, reproduced in classrooms, anthropology and sociology textbooks, and other media, but have been rarely challenged, ... Leer más

    $27.59 USD

  • Unfreezing the Arctic

    Science, Colonialism, and the Transformation of Inuit Lands

    de Andrew Stuhl ...
    This account of a region transformed—and threatened—offers "a timely historical reflection on the important social role of science and scientists."— Historical GeographyIn recent years, environmentalists have pointed urgently to the melting Arctic as a leading indicator of climate change. While climate change has unleashed profound transformations in the region, many commentators mislabel them as ... Leer más

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