Publications

Some of our research outputs.

Journal articles

Jarema, S.I., J. Samson, B.J. McGill, M.M. Humphries. 2009. Variation in abundance across a species’ range predicts climate change responses in the range interior will exceed those at the edge: a case study with North American beaver. Global Change Biology. 15:508-522.

Peloquin, C., and F. Berkes. 2009. Local knowledge, subsistence harvests, and social-ecological complexity in James Bay. Human Ecology 37(4) (In press) DOI: 10.1007/s10745-009-9255-0.

Pendea, F., G. Chmura, A. Costopoulos, and C. Nielsen. (Submitted) New shoreline displacement model for Eastern James Bay, Canada in the last 7000 years. Quaternary Research.

Theses

Bussieres, V. 2005. Towards a Culturally-Appropriate Locally-Managed Protected Area for the James Bay Cree Community of Wemindji, Northern Québec. Master's thesis, Concordia University.

Forrest, M. 2006. Stewardship as Partnership: a comparative study of positive human-environment relationships in a east Cree and suburban Montreal communities. Master's thesis, McGill University

Maltais, A. 2006. The Concept of Cultural Landscape: Reconciling Aboriginal Interests and Protection Frameworks in Land Conservation honour's thesis, Concordia University.

Martinson, J. 2006. Crucifying the Great Bear: Christianity and East James Bay Cree bush religion in comparison. Honour’s thesis, McGill University.

Milligan H. 2008 Aquatic and terrestrial foraging by a subarctic herbivore: The beaver. Master's thesis, McGill University. 75 p. http://nrs-staff.mcgill.ca/humphries/heatherthesis.pdf

Nasr, W. 2007. Master's. thesis, McGill University.

Peloquin, C. 2007. Variability, Change and Continuity in Social-Ecological Systems: Insights from James Bay Cree Cultural Ecology. Master's thesis, University of Manitoba. 152 p. http://hdl.handle.net/1993/3019

Sayles, J. 2008. Tapaiitum: Human Modifications of the Coast as Adaptations to Environmental Change, Wemindji, Eastern James Bay. Master's thesis, Concordia University.

Scott, K. 2008. Fire, Plants and People: Exploring environmental relations through local knowledge of postfire ecology at Wemindji, Quebec. Master's thesis, McGill University.

Reports

Benessaiah, K., A. Bennett, S. Boyce, E. Crawford, V. Demers, M. Forrest, É. Lagacé, C.C. Lemoine, C. Peloquin, J. Sayles, S. Schiff, and K. Scott. 2003. Aa-Wiichaautuwiihkw: Creating a Culturally Appropriate Watershed and Adjacent Marine Coastal Protected Area in Paakumshumwaau, Wemindji, James Bay, QC (Volume 1). Report to the McGill School of Environment and the Cree Nation of Wemindji.

Berryman, N., J, Burt, J., Fortier, E., Lotter, B., Mackay, C., Paquin, a., Quock, M., Stock, T., Teitelbaum, T., and C. Wellen. 2004. Aa-Wiichaautuwiihkw: Creating a Culturally Appropriate Watershed and Adjacent Marine Coastal Protected Area in Paakumshumwaau, Wemindji, James Bay, QC (Volume 2). Report to the McGill School of Environment and the Cree Nation of Wemindji.

Blondeau, M. 2009. La flore vasculaire des environs de Wemindji, Baie James Québec et Nunavut. Ministère des Ressources naturelle et de la Faune, Direction de la recherche forestière, Herbier du Québec.

Chu, S.Y., V. Crystal, S. Lefrançois, A. Maltais, J. Martinson, A. Usborne, G. Prud’homme, J. Maisonneuve. 2005. Aa-Wiichaautuwiihkw: Coming Together to Walk Together. Creating a Culturally Appropriate Watershed and Marine Protected Area in Paakumshumwaau (Old Factory) James Bay, Quebec (Volume 3). Report to the McGill School of Environment and the Cree Nation of Wemindji.

Bussières, V., K. Scott, J. Dolan, H. Stewart, M. Mulrennan, C. Scott. 2008. Wemindji Marine and Island surveys 2008. Report prepared for Paakumshumwaau-Wemindji Project, McGill University, Montreal.

Milligan, H., M. Milligan, H. Stewart, C. Scott. 2008. 2007 Wemindji marine diving expedition. Report prepared for the Paakumshumwaau-Wemindji Project, McGill University, Montreal.

Milligan, H.E., T.D. Pretzlaw, and M.M. Humphries. 2008. Wemindji Snow-tracking project report. Report prepared for Paakumshumwaau-Wemindji Project, McGill University, Montreal.

Milligan, H.E. 2007. Beaver diet study. Report prepared for Paakumshumwaau-Wemindji Project, McGill University, Montreal.

Mulrennan, M., V. Bussières, C. Scott. 2009. Tawich (Marine) Conservation Area, Eastern James Bay. McGill University, Montreal.

Paberzyte, I. 2005. Archaeological Expedition to the Old Factory Lake (James Bay, Northern Quebec) in summer 2005 Lietuvos Archeologijos Draugija http://www.lad.if.vu.lt/ieva_paberzyte.htm

Wellen, Christopher and R. E. Sieber. 2005. Growing Wemindji’s Geographic Information Systems (GIS). User Needs Assessment of the Cree Community of Wemindji, Quebec. Montreal, QC. McGill University. 65 p.

Dingle and Sieber, 2010.  Geographic Information Systems for a Temporal Evolution of Mining Titles in Wemindji Territory. Click here to download PDF (1.75Mb)

Conference presentations

Bussieres, V. 2009. An Integrated Watershed and Marine Protected Area As a Strategy for Preserving Eeyou Cree Identity. Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Las Vegas, 26 March.

Eades, G. L. 2009. Indigenous Geographic Information Systems: (Re)configuring geospatial technologies for local productions of Space. Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Las Vegas, 26 March.

Lapointe, U. 2006. Environmental Issues Associated with Gold Mining in Northern Quebec and Canada. Congrès de l'Association francophone pour le savoir (ACFAS), McGill University, Montreal.

Milligan, H.E. 2007. A journey studying wildlife with Wemindji Cree while paddling the Maatuskaau River. Association of Canadian Universities for Northern Studies (ACUNS) Student Conference on Northern Studies, Saskatoon, October.

Milligan, H.E, Scott, C., Stewart, H. and M.L. Milligan. 2007. A plunge into the Paakumshumwaau-Wemindji Cree protected area project (poster). Conference of the Ocean Management Research Network (OMRN), Ottawa.

Milligan, H.E. and M.M. Humphries. 2007. Les aliments aquatiques et terrestres des castor sont identifiées par l’analyse des isotopes stables. Congrès de la Socièté Québecoise pour l’Ètude Biologique du Comportement. Québec, Québec.

Milligan, H.E. and M.M. Humphries. 2007. Freshwater and terrestrial foraging by beavers revealed with stable isotope analysis (poster).ArcticNet 4th Annual Conference, Collingwood, Ontario.

Milligan, H.E. and M.M. Humphries. 2007. Aquatic and terrestrial foraging by beavers revealed with sable isotope analysis. McGill University Biology Graduate Student Symposium, Montreal, Quebec. (Best paper award).

Peloquin C. 2007. Turbulence et complexité environnementale: points de vue de l'écologie culturelle crie. Les Autochtones et Modernité, Université du Québec à Montréal, 10 May.

Peloquin, C., and F. Berkes. 2007. Variability, change and continuity: Insights from James Bay Cree cultural ecology. Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, San Francisco, 19 April.

Peloquin, C. 2007. James Bay Cree ecological knowledge, ecosystem dynamics and protected areas. Northern Scientific Training Program Conference 2007, Winnipeg, 3 April.

Peloquin, C. 2006. Safekeeping of the Wemindji Cree relationships to the land: A culturally appropriate protected area in Eastern James Bay, Quebec. Canada’s North: Whose North? Colloquium, Winnipeg, 11 March.

Peloquin, C., and F. Berkes. 2005. A Cree-style marine protected area in James Bay, (poster). Conference of the Ocean Management Research Network (OMRN), Ottawa, 29 September.

Pendea, I.F., A. Costopoulos, V. Pospelova, G.L. Chmura. 2007. Paleoecological reconstruction of the Late Tyrrell Sea Phase at Old Factory Lake, Eastern James Bay, Québec, (refereed poster). Canadian Quaternary Association, Ottawa.

Sayles, J. S., and M.E. Mulrennan. 2008. Wemindji Cree adaptations to coastal landscape change, Eastern James Bay. Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Boston, 18 April.

Sayles, J. S., and M.E. Mulrennan. 2007. James Bay Cree response to coastal landscape change, Eastern James Bay. Conference of the Ocean Management Research Network (OMRN), Ottawa, 25 October.

Sayles, J. S., and M.E. Mulrennan. 2007. Where islands meet the mainland; Understanding dynamic Human and biophysical historic coastal changes in Wemindji, Eastern James Bay, QC, Association of Canadian Universities for Northern Studies (ACUNS) Student Conference on Northern Studies, Saskatoon, October.

Scott, K. 2005. Burning Questions: fire plants and people in a Cree protected area. Parks and Protected Areas Research Forum of Manitoba, Winnipeg, 26 October.

Sieber, R. E. and C.C. Wellen. 2006. Participatory geo-spatial information technology using ontologies and folksonomies. American Association of Geographers Annual Conference, Chicago, IL, March 15-18.

Sieber, R. E. and C.C. Wellen. 2006. Participatory Indigenous Spatial Ontology. GIScience Biennial Conference, Munster, Germany, Sept. 20-23.

Stocek, C., K. Scott and R. Mark. Cultural Resource Practices within community development: stone scrapers and fleshing machines. Design et culture matérielle: développement communautaire et cultures autochtones. Montréal, October 17-18, 2008.

Wellen, C. C. and R. Sieber. 2009. Applying ontologies to GIS for cultural preservation. Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Las Vegas, 26 March.

Wellen, C. C. and R. E. Sieber. 2007. Indigenous Spatial Ontology Application, Association of American Geographers Annual Conference. San Francisco, CA, April 17-21.