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Living Here : a portrait of the Innu communities of Nitassinan and Inuit villages of Nunavik
This book is meant to highlight the mostly unknown treasures of the Innu communities of Nitassinan and Inuit villages of Nunavik : the...
Feb 22, 2023


Local Know-how and Self-Build in the Tundra : Inuit Cabins
Local Know-how and Self-Build in the Tundra : An Architectural Reading of the Inuit Cabins in the Salluit Fjord is an article written in...
Feb 21, 2023


The Social Transformations of the Inuit Dwelling : Utopia for a New Season?
The social transformations of the Inuit dwelling. Utopia for a new season? (Audio & PDF) by Gérard Duhaime, Professor in sociology and...
Feb 15, 2023


The search for a balance : Village and Territory
La recherche d'un équilibre : Village et reconnexion avec le territoire is an article written in the thematic issue (190) of ARQ Magazine...
Feb 14, 2023


The SHQ at the heart of public practice
Au coeur de la pratique publique : des défis stimulants à la Société d'habitation du Québec is an article written in the thematic issue...
Feb 13, 2023


Urban Nomads : Inuit living in Montreal
The overrepresentation of Inuit and Indigenous people experiencing homelessness in certain urban centers in Quebec and Canada is the...
Feb 13, 2023


A Meaningful Sense of Home
The sudden sedentarization of Nunavik Inuit in the early 1960s led to a break in the cultural and social link between the habitat, the...
Feb 13, 2023


What Qualities for Sustainable Planning in Nunavik?
This essay proposes a reflection on the planning tools and mindsets currently used in the development of Nunavik villages. It questions...
Feb 13, 2023


Adapting Village Shores to Prevent Erosion
This essay addresses, from an Inuit cultural perspective, the adaptation of built environments along the Northern coasts of Nunavik to...
Feb 13, 2023


Microclimatic Village Design and Energy Transition in Nunavik
While the government views Nunavik's energy transition from the perspective of the environment and energy demand (Paquet 2021), this...
Feb 13, 2023


Energy Transition as seen from Nunavik
The Northern Energy Transition as seen from Nunavik: Towards an Integration of Inuit and their Interests in the Energy Production Process...
Jan 18, 2023


Building and Dwelling in Inuit Nunangat
Under the spiritual umbrella of the Living in Northern quebec research partnership and directed by Myriam Blais (Université Laval) and...
Dec 14, 2021


Towards a More Autonomous Housing System in Nunavik
Arianne Côté research centres on the duality between government help and community autonomy (Master of Science in Architecture supervised...
Nov 4, 2021


Permafrost Data
Visit PERMAFROST DATA, a platform providing access to a selection of innovative projects carried out by the Centre d'études nordiques...
Sep 1, 2021


Pinasuqatigiitsuta : A Guideline for Community Planning in Nunavik
Pinasuqatigiitsuta -Methodological approach on community planning
May 5, 2020
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