The International Arctic Science Committee (IASC) and Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) are jointly organizing the SCAR/IASC IPY Open Science Conference in St Petersburg, Russia, on 8-11 July 2008. Natural and social scientists are invited to present papers under a series of session headings that address the t...

The Office of Undergraduate Studies invites applicants for the position of the Program Officer at the UArctic Office of Undergraduate Studies. This is a one year maternity leave replacement position.

The University of the Arctic would like to congratulate Dr. Anna Sinisalo on successfully completing and defending her PhD thesis on ‘Geophysical exploration of Antarctic blue ice areas (BIAs) for paleoclimate applications’. Anna has been a long time friend of the UArctic, and a great role model for young polar researcher...

The International Directory of Arctic Social Scientists (IDASS) is an international project where the aim is to provide participants with an online, updatable, searchable database of the organizations and individuals conducting social science research in the Arctic.

Interested participants are warmly invited to the Circumpolar Art & Science seminar 'Human - Nature Relations: Perspectives from the North and from the South'. The seminar is organised by Dr. Anna Stammler-Gossmann from the Arctic Centre of the University of Lapland, as well as by its partner University, Universidad del S...

Yukon College and University of the Arctic announces an international offering of the online course, International Polar Year IV: Context and Promise.

The International Arctic Science Committee (IASC) announces the launch of its new website, which has been developed in cooperation with the Arctic Portal (http://www.arcticportal.org/).

Pauktuutit Inuit Women of Canada is seeking submissions for presentations to and participation in our upcoming conference, “Sexual Health is Everyone’s Responsibility”. This sexual health conference will explore the effects of the resource extraction industry on Inuit sexual health by bringing together researchers, front-lin...

Bjørn Sagdahl of the University College of Bodø hosted the 2nd meeting of the Circumpolar Studies Core Course Revision Team in October 18-21, 2007.

As was suggested at the recent Sustainable Development Working Group (SDWG) meeting in Vadsø, a conference on gender focus in Arctic matters has been proposed. Titled 'Taking Wing 2' the conference will concentrate on themes of particular interest in current and future arctic issues.

The Nordic response to the climate challenges was the main theme of the Nordic Council Session in Oslo 30 October to 1 November. The Nordic Prime Ministers also took the opportunity to move forward with joint Nordic measures on globalisation. Among the initiatives is a forum for freedom of movement to be led by the former a...

The UArctic is pleased to announce that registration is now open for its 2008 Rectors’ Forum, held in Rovaniemi Finland from February 27-29, 2008.

Studying on the 70° parallel, Irina Demina feels like she’s on top of the world. Since arriving in Tromso Norway in early August 2007, the 21 year old Russian exchange student has felt at home in her new northern surroundings, and is thoroughly enjoying her experiences of studying and living above the Arctic circle.

The University of the Arctic’s Thematic Networks (TN) program continues to grow. Kirsi Latola, programme coordinator for TN Programme office, has already received several ideas for new networks.

The conference "Polar Gateways of Understanding to Solar System Exploration for IPY-IHY" will be held on 23-29 January 2008, at the Barrow Arctic Science Consortium (BASC) in Barrow, Alaska.