The Assembly and the Board of UArctic, acting together, invite distinguished individuals to serve as 'Friends of the University of the Arctic'. The advice of the Friends of UArctic is welcome on all programmatic activities or on any matter pertaining to the network. Friends of UArctic may be asked to serve as special advisors for program areas where their special competence may be relevant.
Shirley Adamson
Country: Canada
Connection to UArctic: Board member 2001-2007
Year of invitation: 2007
Lloyd Axworthy
Country: Canada
Connection to UArctic: Board member 2001-2007
Year of invitation: 2007
Karen Barnes
Country: Canada
Connection to UArctic: Board member 2018-21
Year of invitation: 2023
Edwin Bourget
Country: Canada
Connection to UArctic: Board member 2016-2019
Year of invitation: 2019
Asgeir Brekke
Country: Norway
Connection to UArctic: Interim Council Chair 1998-2001
Year of invitation: 2006
Artur Chilingarov (1939-2024)
Country: Russia
Connection to UArctic: Board member 2003-2006
Year of invitation: 2006
Ingmar Egede (1930-2003)
Country: Denmark / Greenland
Connection to UArctic: Board member 2001-2003
Year of invitation: 2003
Claudia Fedorova
Country: Russia
Connection to UArctic: Council Vice-Chair 2001-2005; Council Chair 2006-2010
Year of invitation: 2013
Terry Fenge (1950-2015)
Country: Canada
Connection to UArctic: CUA Working Group / Founding of UArctic
Year of invitation: 2002
Tove Søvndahl Gant
Country: Kingdom of Denmark, Greenland
Connection to UArctic: Board Vice-Chair 2014-2018; Acting Board Chair 2018
Year of invitation: 2019
Andrew Greenshaw
Country: Canada
Connection to UArctic: Board member 2007-2013, Board Vice-Chair 2007-2011
Year of invitation: 2013
Olafur Ragnar Grímsson
Country: Iceland
Connection to UArctic: Supporter in the founding and development of UArctic
Year of invitation: 2001
Bill Heal (1934-2021)
Country: United Kingdom
Connection to UArctic: Chair of Arctic Council Task Force / Founding of UArctic
Year of invitation: 2002
Stephen Heal
Country: United Kingdom
Connection to UArctic: Founder of the Heal Fund; Member of the President's Cabinet 2022-
Year of invitation: 2024
Liisa Holmberg
Country: Finland / Norway
Connection to UArctic: Chair and Vice-Chair of Council / Assembly 2015-2021; Membership and Nominations Committee member 2012-2015.
Year of invitation: 2021
Antero Ikäheimo
Country: Finland
Connection to UArctic: Board member 2004-2007
Year of invitation: 2007
Margaret Imrie
Country: Canada
Connection to UArctic: Council Vice-Chair 2007-2009; Board member 2009-2011
Year of invitation: 2011
Charles Jago
Country: Canada
Connection to UArctic: Supporter in the founding of UArctic’s International Academic Office
Year of invitation: 2006
Mona Johnsson
Country: Norway
Connection to UArctic: Development of the UArctic’s mobility activities and the mobility programme north2north in 2001-2019
Year of invitation: 2023
Kjell Åke Jonsson
Country: Sweden
Connection to UArctic: Board member 2013-2016
Year of invitation: 2016
Stephen Jones
Country: USA
Connection to UArctic: Board Chair 2007-2009
Year of invitation: 2009
Gary Kachanoski
Country: Canada
Connection to UArctic: Board member and Chair of the Board Finance Policy Advisory Group 2014-2023
Year of invitation: 2023
William Kauffman
Country: USA
Connection to UArctic: Board Fellow 2008-2013
Year of invitation: 2014
Jan Henry Keskitalo
Country: Norway
Connection to UArctic: Board member 2001-2010; UArctic Vice-President Indigenous 2010-2013
Year of invitation: 2010
Alexander Krylov
Country: Russia
Connection to UArctic: Board member 2007-2009
Year of invitation: 2009
Elena Kudryashova
Country: Russia
Connection to UArctic: Board member 2011-2017
Year of invitation: 2017
Kari Laine
Country: Finland
Connection to UArctic: Head of UArctic Thematic Networks Coordination Office 2005-2016; Co-chair of UArctic Knowledge and Dialogue Stategic Area 2007-2012; UArctic Vice-President Research 2014-2016
Year of invitation: 2017
Lauri Lajunen
Country: Finland
Connection to UArctic: Board member 2010-2016
Year of invitation: 2016
Lauri Lantto
Country: Finland
Connection to UArctic: Board member 2007-2010
Year of invitation: 2010
Guy Lindström
Country: Finland
Connection to UArctic: Supporter in the founding of UArctic
Year of invitation: 2002
Paavo Lipponen
Country: Finland
Connection to UArctic: Supporter in the founding of UArctic
Year of invitation: 2001
Irina Lugovskaya
Country: Russia
Connection to UArctic: Board member 2009-2011
Year of invitation: 2011
Lasse Lønnum
Country: Norway
Connection to UArctic: Board member 2010-2019, Board Vice-Chair 2011-2013
Year of invitation: 2019
Audrey McLaughlin
Country: Canada
Connection to UArctic: Board member 2001-2007
Year of invitation: 2007
Ole Henrik Magga
Country: Norway
Connection to UArctic: Supporter in the founding and development of UArctic
Year of invitation: 2001
Pål Markusson
Country: Norway
Connection to UArctic: Council Vice-Chair 2013-2015, Council Chair 2015-16, Vice-President Mobility 2016-2021.
Year of invitation: 2022
Denis Mayrand
Country: Canada
Connection to UArctic: Board member 2013-2015
Year of invitation: 2016
Evgeniya Isaevna Mikhailova
Country: Russia
Connection to UArctic: Board member 2010-2013
Year of invitation: 2013
Mikhail Efimovits Nikolaev
Country: Russia
Connection to UArctic: Supporter in the founding and development of UArctic
Year of invitation: 2003
Erling Olsen (1927-2011)
Country: Denmark
Connection to UArctic: Board member 2001-2010
Year of invitation: 2010
Jake Ootes
Country: Canada
Connection to UArctic: Supporter in the founding of UArctic
Year of invitation: 2002
Ingegerd Palmér
Country: Sweden
Connection to UArctic: Supporter in the founding and development of UArctic
Year of invitation: 2001
Frits Pannekoek
Country: Canada
Connection to UArctic: Board member 2010-2012
Year of invitation: 2012
Tony Penikett
Country: Canada
Connection to UArctic: Supporter in the founding and development of UArctic
Year of invitation: 2002
Evon Peter
Country: USA
Connection to UArctic: Board member 2018-2021
Year of invitation: 2023
Pat Pitney
Country: USA
Connection to UArctic: Head of UArctic Finance Office 2010-2014; UArctic Vice-President Finance 2012-2014.
Year of invitation: 2015
Mikhail Jurievich Prysyazhny
Country: Russia
Connection to UArctic: Board member 2013-2019; Board Finance Policy Committee member 2015-2019.
Year of invitation: 2019
Esko Riepula
Country: Finland
Connection to UArctic: Supporter in the founding and development of UArctic
Year of invitation: 2001
Duncan Rice (1942-2022)
Country: United Kingdom
Connection to UArctic: Supporter in the founding UArctic
Year of invitation: 2002
Brian D. Rogers
Country: USA
Connection to UArctic: Board member 2009-2018; Board Chair 2013-2018; Chair Governance Task Force 2009-2010; Chair of Board Finance Policy Committee 2009-2014.
Year of invitation: 2018
Rune Rydén
Country: USA / Sweden
Connection to UArctic: Board Ex-Officio member 2001-2012; Chair and Vice-Chair of Membership and Nominations Committee 2007-2015.
Year of invitation: 2015
Barry Scherr (1945-2024)
Country: USA
Connection to UArctic: Board member 2007-2013; Board Chair 2009-2013; Nominations Committee Vice-Chair 2014-2020.
Year of invitation: 2013
Aron Senkpiel (1955–2003)
Country: Canada
Connection to UArctic: Supporter in the founding of UArctic’s Circumpolar Studies program
Year of invitation: 2002
Mary Simon
Country: Canada
Connection to UArctic: Board member 2003-2009
Year of invitation: 2009
Peter Sköld
Country: Sweden
Connection of UArctic: Board member 2016-2022; Board Chair 2018-2022
Year of invitation: 2023
David Stone
Country: Canada
Connection to UArctic: Supporter in the founding of UArctic
Year of invitation: 2002
Krister Stoor
Country: Sweden
Connection to UArctic: Member and Chair of UArctic's Indigenous Issues Committee 2011-2017
Year of invitation: 2017
Emőke Szathmáry
Country: Canada
Connection to UArctic: Board member 2007-2010
Year of invitation: 2010
Minister Lauri Tarasti
Country: Finland
Connection to UArctic: Guiding the development of UArctic’s legal structure 2018-2020
Year of invitation: 2020
Raimo Väyrynen
Country: Finland
Connection to UArctic: Board Fellow 2009-2013
Year of invitation: 2014
Sheila Watt-Cloutier
Country: Canada
Connection to UArctic: Supporter in the founding of UArctic
Year of invitation: 2001
Sally Webber
Country: Canada
Connection to UArctic: Arctic Council Task Force / Founding of UArctic; Council Chair 2001-2006
Year of invitation: 2006
Oran R. Young
Country: USA
Connection to UArctic: Board Chair 2001-2007
Year of invitation: 2007
