Newsletter INQ | November 2021

Scientific News | The Arctic: economic activities and social inequalities

Living within the circumpolar confines, there are the Inuit, but also the Sami, the Koriak, the Nenets and many others. These peoples do not only have the North in common. They are all witness to the exploitation of the natural resources around them and they all face economic and social inequalities. To document how economic activities developed in the Arctic percolate down to Arctic communities, the circumpolar partnership Wealth of the Arctic Group of Experts (WAGE) received a $2.5 million grant over 5 years and Gérard Duhaime, a professor in the Department of Sociology at Université Laval, is leading the project.

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Job offer

Institut nordique du Québec is looking for an Operations Coordinator. Interested candidates must apply by November 19, 2021.

Do not hesitate to circulate this offer in your network.

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Call for proposals | Northern Collaborative Lexicon

Students are invited to submit a digital project to be included in the Northern Collaborative Lexicon.

This lexicon, dedicated to the North and the Arctic, will be composed of concise digital content defining in simple terms words or concepts generally known to the general public, but applied to northern regions.

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Roundtable discussion | November 22 at noon (hybrid event)

Implementing Self-Government in the Nordic Countries, Greenland and Northern Canada

The The INQ Northern Sustainable Development Research Chair, in partnership with CIÉRA and INQ, proposes a public conference on the different models of political autonomy in the Arctic.

Speakers:

• Jo Saglie, (Institute for Social Research, Oslo)
• Maria Ackrén (University of Greenland)
• Uffe Jakobsen (University of Copenhagen et University of Greenland)
• Henrik Larsen (University of Copenhagen)
• Thierry Rodon (Université Laval)

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Next INQ Webinar | Mamuapuat Territory: Living together in Natashquan, Nutashkuan and Nitassinan

Wednesday, November 10 at 10 a.m.

Speakers:

• Laurie Guimond, Professor in the Department of Geography at UQAM
• Nathalie Lapierre, Committed citizen, Natashquan
• Yvonne Mesténapéo, Coordinator of Community Mobilization, Citizen Participation and Promotion of Healthy Living, Innu Community of Nutashkuan

This webinar focuses on intercultural cohabitation on the Côte-Nord between the Innu community of Nutashkuan and the village of Natashquan.

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Featured equipment | Mercury analyser (INRS)

The environmental concentration of mercury is well known to scientists and has been increasing since the beginning of the industrial era. Although it exists naturally, it is human activity that is the main source of mercury around the world. In the Arctic, although there is little industrial activity, atmospheric transport of mercury plays an important role in the high concentrations found at all levels of the food chain.

Is the issue of environmental mercury part of your research? Discover the Milestone DMA-80 mercury analyzer on Lab-O-Nord. This instrument allows you to measure total mercury in solid or liquid matrices, without any sample preparation. You can use it alone after training or with full assistance of a technician. Otherwise, INRS also offers a complete analysis service.

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Featured Resource | SPRI Museum catalogue

Did you know that Scrimshaw is the name given to a wide variety of objects made and decorated by whale hunters?

To discover more or simply to quench your thirst of curiosity, Atikᵁ invites you to visit the Polar Museum of the Scott Polar Research Institute (SPRI, University of Cambridge), an image bank with nearly 6225 objects grouped under 9 collections all related to the North and the Arctic.

Find out more in Atikᵁ ➔

Upcoming INQ Webinars

November 24, 2021 - Accumulation of carbon in northern peatlands by Michelle Garneau (UQAM)

January 19, 2022 - Anxiety and its risk factors among Inuit adolescents in Nunavik by Dave St-Amour (UQAM)

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On the calendar

Novembre 22 - deadline to submit a project to the Quebec-Nordic Council of Ministers 2021-2022 call for projects

November 30, 2021 - deadline to submit an abstract for CEN's Annual Symposium 2022

December 6 to 10 - ArcticNet Annual Scientific Meeting 2021

February 17-18, 2022 - CEN's Annual Symposium 2022 - in Quebec City