1 GEOG-301: THE GEOGRAPHY OF NUNAVUT
The Nunavut Territory is the newest and geographically largest political entity within Canada. While Nunavut was officially proclaimed only in 1999, following the division of the Northwest Territories, the process that led to its formation began in the 1970s and represents the creation of the first...
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ftciteseerx:oai:CiteSeerX.psu:10.1.1.489.4494 2023-05-15T16:55:09+02:00 1 GEOG-301: THE GEOGRAPHY OF NUNAVUT Prof G. W. Wenzel The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives application/pdf http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.489.4494 http://www.geog.mcgill.ca/courses/geog301/GEOG301-Outline.pdf en eng http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.489.4494 http://www.geog.mcgill.ca/courses/geog301/GEOG301-Outline.pdf Metadata may be used without restrictions as long as the oai identifier remains attached to it. http://www.geog.mcgill.ca/courses/geog301/GEOG301-Outline.pdf text ftciteseerx 2016-01-08T08:22:46Z The Nunavut Territory is the newest and geographically largest political entity within Canada. While Nunavut was officially proclaimed only in 1999, following the division of the Northwest Territories, the process that led to its formation began in the 1970s and represents the creation of the first political unit in Canada with an Aboriginal majority. Indeed, while Nunavut is a territory until itself, its appearance is in part the product of a much larger North-South story. This course will examine the evolution of Nunavut from its early occupation by Inuit to the social, economic, political and other issues of concern to Nunavummiut in relation to their homeland, Canada and the world. Thus, the course will use economic, historical and political geographic approaches, as well as concepts drawn from anthropology, Native Studies and political science, to understand how Nunavut has come to be and to analyze the processes that affect this unique territory. In so doing, we will also explore the concept of Nunavummiut in terms of its theoretical and practical meanings. Course Structure Text inuit Northwest Territories Nunavut Unknown Nunavut Northwest Territories Canada |
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The Nunavut Territory is the newest and geographically largest political entity within Canada. While Nunavut was officially proclaimed only in 1999, following the division of the Northwest Territories, the process that led to its formation began in the 1970s and represents the creation of the first political unit in Canada with an Aboriginal majority. Indeed, while Nunavut is a territory until itself, its appearance is in part the product of a much larger North-South story. This course will examine the evolution of Nunavut from its early occupation by Inuit to the social, economic, political and other issues of concern to Nunavummiut in relation to their homeland, Canada and the world. Thus, the course will use economic, historical and political geographic approaches, as well as concepts drawn from anthropology, Native Studies and political science, to understand how Nunavut has come to be and to analyze the processes that affect this unique territory. In so doing, we will also explore the concept of Nunavummiut in terms of its theoretical and practical meanings. Course Structure |
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