We remember the land: Quebec geography and the question of Indigenous memory
In Quebec, many collective territorial identities coexist, but they do not all have the same visibility. In 2006, Étienne Rivard spoke of a ‘’geography of absence’’ regarding questions of Indigenous territorial identity. Starting from this premise, we explore the unevenness between the importance of Indigenous issues in current affairs and the contribution of geographers in shedding light on these issues. If Quebec academic geography often glosses over the diversity of territorialities in the province, Inuit and First Nations, on the other hand, continue to trace the outlines of what an understanding of Quebec that fully integrates the Indigenous components of its territory could be. Using two examples – one relating to place names and the other to an Indigenous cultural festival – we discuss the growing visibility of Indigenous peoples in Quebec space, in Northern as well as urban regions.