Canadian Circumpolar Institute

Association of Canadian Universities for Northern Studies

University of Alberta. Circumpolar Students' Association

Topics range from fossil remnants on Axel Heiberg Island to collaborative tourism planning in the Yukon; from the influence of sea-ice and ocean circulation on arctic climate, to the differences between Inuit healing and western medicine. Yet, there is a common thread that links all of these papers. It is a place. It is the North. The importance of such a perspective is often lost in an academic world that rewards specialization by emphasizing expertise in a narrow field. But the boundaries between disciplines are becoming more and more artificial in an increasingly complex and interconnected world. An interdisciplinary approach built on 'place' provided a platform from which researchers could transcend these boundaries. The ACUNS conference, and by extension, these proceedings, helps 'break the ice'. Includes papers by Marni Amirault, Donna L. Atkinson, Johanna Bergé, Nilgun Cetin, Paul G. Myers, Suzanne de la Barre, Vasiliki Douglas, Audrey R. Giles, Sarah Giles, Brenda Guernsey, Joanna Kafarowski, Gita J. Laidler, Francis Levesque, Patrick T. Maher, Andrew C. L. Postnikoff, James F. Basinger, J. M. Ross, Michelle Schlag, Anne-Pascale Targé, Mariana Trindade, David Greene, Mike Gravel. Extended abstracts by Anna Dabros, Marcia J. Waterway, Colleen M. Davison, Ekaterina Evseeva, Patrick Faubert, Harri Vasander, Line Rochefort, Eeva-Stiina Tuittila, Jukka Laine, Ulrik Pram Gad, D.C. Hardie, J.A. Hutchings, Ioana Radu, Frank J. Sowa, Reid A. Van Brabant and Antoni G. Lewkowicz.

Proceedings of the 7th ACUNS (Inter)National Student Conference on Northern Studies

Breaking the Ice/Briser la Glace

Emile Fortuné Stanislas Joseph Petitot

Rachelle Castonguay

Geoffrey S. Lester

Donat Savoie

Émile Petitot lived and worked in the Athabasca-Mackenzie area from 1862 to 1883. Accompanied by native guides, he made several journeys to the Arctic Ocean and inland, where he closely observed the geography and inhabitants of the area, drawing maps and gathering native place names.

Toponymic Inventory, Data Analyses, Legal Implications

Land Occupancy by the Amerindians of the Canadian Northwest in the 19th Century, as Reported by Émile Petitot

Arne Kalland

Frank Sejersen

Mats Ris

Harald Beyer Broch

This book focuses upon the hunting of seals and whales in the North Atlantic region, and how the activities of urban-based environmentalism has prompted responses from diverse northern peoples associated with self-determination, human rights, and sustainable development. However, the relevance of an expanding environmentalism implicitly challenges the interests and very survival of local peoples and their distinctive cultures. An historical analysis of these hunting societies reveals that although often understood as traditional and marginal, they are modern, dynamic, and pro-active. The authors argue that their 'indigenousness' is more usefully understood in terms of power relations within the international community. In examining the discourses in both camps, the authors find that despite the polarized and opposed positions each side takes, common ground still exists.

Marine Mammals and Northern Cultures

Ludwig N. Carbyn

Steven H. Fritts

Dale R. Seip

This book is a compilation of selected papers presented at the Second North American Symposium on Wolves, held in Edmonton in August 1992.

Ecology and Conservation of Wolves in a Changing World

Allen P. McCartney

Offers a perspective of northern native societies that have depended upon whaling for centuries. Alaskan and Western Canadian Arctic coastal residents have pursued these animals as sources of food and fuel, but whaling also serves as a center for cultural traditional and spiritual sustenance. Papers by: Rober K. Harritt, Carol Zane Jolles, and Allen P. McCartney; Owen K. Mason and S. Craig Gerlach; Roger K. Harritt; Don E. Dumond; Linda Finn Yarborough; Allen P. McCartney; T. Max Friesen and Charles D. Arnold; James M. Savelle; David R. Yesner; Hans-Georg Bandi; Glenn W. Sheehan; Mary Ann Larson; Carol Zane Jolles; Stephen R. Braund and Elisabeth L. Moorehead; Howard W. Braham; Carol Zane Jolles; and Herbert O. Anungazuk.

Native Whaling in the Western Arctic and Subarctic

Hunting the Largest Animals

Leslie Treseder

Jamie Honda-McNiel

Mina Berkes

Fikret Berkes

Joe Dragon

Claudia Notzke

Tanja Schramm

Robert J. Hudson

This report consists of a series of essays on various aspects of community based wildlife management in Canada, with a focus on co-management of terrestrial mammals in Canada's northern territories. (preface)

Community-based Wildlife Management in Canada

Northern Eden

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