CARC provides information and assistance to government decision makers, educators, researchers and students, northern native peoples' organizations, and members of the public. In books, monographs, and policy papers, CARC makes available the results of our research, policy studies, conferences, and workshops. We publish Northern Perspectives and Northern Decisions to focus on current issues and events in the North. The objective of CARC's publishing programme is to give decision makers and the public clear and useful information about northern issues.

Since 1973, Northern Perspectives has provided analyses of current policy issues important to Canada's North. Its readers include government decision makers, academics and students, consultants, and many private citizens concerned about the North. Northern Perspectives is distributed free of charge, and is supported by donations from the public. Its circulation of 14,000 is world-wide.

In 1986, CARC published the following issues of Northern Perspectives:

In our twice-monthly bulletin Northern Decisions, we report on regulatory and policy decisions for natural resources management north of 60°. Items reported include important policy, administrative, regulatory, and management decisions, applications for approvals of permits, licences, and authorities, studies undertaken, and reports released. We publish a subject index once a year.

Publication of Northern Decisions began in 1983, funded under CARC's Northern Decisions Study by the Donner Canadian Foundation. It is now supported by subscribers-federal, provincial, and territorial governments, universities, industry, native peoples' organizations, and consultants in Canada, the United States, and Europe. (Subscriptions are $225.00 per year. A reduced rate is available to northern communities and non-profit organizations.)

In 1986, CARC released three more titles in its Policy Paper Series, initiated in 1985 with the publication of Ken Beauchamp's Port Policy for the Canadian Arctic Coast, an examination of the existing federal legislative and administrative framework for port development in the North.

Policy Paper 2, Politics and Conservation in the International North, by Peter Jull, discusses conservation and sustainable development as the principal political problems faced by northern jurisdictions and northern nations. Drawing from examples in Alaska, northern Norway, and the proposed territory of Nunavut in Canada's eastern Arctic, Jull pulls together common issues and themes, and offers recommendations for the governance of northern areas.

Policy Paper 3, The Devolution of Wildlife Management and the Prospects for Wildlife Conservation in the Northwest Territories, by Peter J. Usher, examines the conflict between native harvesters and wildlife professionals. Usher argues that only the integration of indigenous and government management systems can achieve the balance of resources and expertise required to deal with the problems of conservation in the North. He suggests that a framework including innovative institutions, arrangements, and practices could prevent wildlife management in the Northwest Territories from evolving along the more rigid lines that characterize other North American jurisdictions.

Policy Paper 4, Native Economic Development Corporations: Political and Economic Change in Canada ts North, by Michael S. Whittington, investigates the potential of native corporations to drastically alter the way of life of individuals and the communities they are intended to serve. This paper outlines the political and economic context within which native corporations operate and elaborates a general framework for assessing development strategies. Whittington speculates that increased employment opportunities for northerners may lead to the emergence of an indigenous native middle class and the subsequent establishment of traditional values within the Canadian economic mainstream.

Policy Papers I and 2 are available from CARC for $7.50 each. Policy Papers 3 and 4 are $9.50. All orders should include $1.50 to cover postage and handling.